Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. What’s a risk again? It helps to think of risks in categories.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 21, 2022

The elements of any construction project delivery include design, planning, construction and financing. Construction management at risk, also known as CM at Risk or CMAR, is a construction management approach that’s been gaining popularity. What Is Construction Management at Risk? CM at Risk Pros & Cons.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Making accurate estimates of construction costs requires an understanding of job costing, knowing what a costing sheet is and what needs to be included in that costing sheet. We’ll go over all, plus explain when to use job costing and provide an example of job costing to make sure the definition is clear.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2022

Here they are: Quality: There are quality standards for every project, whether its final deliverable is a tangible or intangible product. Project managers need a quality management plan to control quality. Risk: Risk is inherent to any project. Benefit: There are different types of benefit obtained from a project.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

We’ll get into the definition, illustrate product breakdown structure examples and even offer a free product breakdown structure template to give you practical experience with using this helpful flowchart. The second type of product is called the external products; these have been brought in or supplied by another project. PBS Example.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 7, 2024

This is an essential part of managing a construction project as it helps the general contractor calculate the progress of all ongoing work, allowing them to see what’s done and what’s outstanding. Estimated Project Cost: The total amount for all the costs that the contractor will cover as the construction project is built.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If you’re new to project management , a project charter template can set you up to make sure you’re hitting all the major points. We’ve included a free project template charter to help as an example of what a project charter should include. So, what is a project charter, exactly? Build the Project Budget.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 12, 2023

API Documentation & Resources Visit our development center and developer discussion forum to get the documentation, example code and resources you need to get started. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps you plan, manage and track your projects in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. But how much they’ll cost is an open question. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. In fact, it works throughout the entire life cycle of a project. Cost estimates.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Cost: How much money is available to achieve this outcome? For example, if you decide to extend the scope and build 20 webpages instead of 10, you’ll need more time and money to achieve that adjusted goal. For example, your project’s scope may involve creating 10 webpages. Tool for Handling Risk.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This improves financial oversight by providing a clear view of project costs and financial performance. It also enhances accountability by assigning costs to specific tasks or team members. They also can help identify financial risks earlier to allow project managers and teams to take proactive steps to mitigate them.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

Many costs can appear over the life cycle of a project, and an accurate estimation method can be the difference between a successful plan and a failed one. Projects bring risks, and risks bring unexpected costs. Challenges of Cost Estimation. Project Cost Estimation Techniques.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Even if you’re using project management software, project planning templates can help you with everything from decision making, such as with our free RACI matrix template, to identifying project deliverables, with our free work breakdown structure template. Project Plan Template A project plan is a big endeavor.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2021

In order to understand cost control, you must first understand why it is used: monitoring expenses and identifying risks in order to increase profits. Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that can save businesses money. Predicting risks is another key factor in cost control.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs. This also applies to projects, which can use scenario planning to help them respond to changes in time, costs and scope. All have advantages and disadvantages.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 22, 2022

Let’s look at what a project account is as well as its principles and methods. What Is Project Accounting? Project accounting refers to all elements related to financial transactions in a project. This includes everything from project costs, billing and revenue. Project Accounting vs. Financial Accounting.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 10, 2022

A successful project starts with a successful estimate. To properly schedule the work to execute your project, you need to know the timeline, costs, scope, risk and more. All of these considerations are part of project estimation techniques. Project management software can help when using estimation techniques.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is done by using a project management maturity model. To do so, first one must understand project management maturity and what the project management maturity model is. What Is Project Management Maturity? Improving an organization’s project management maturity will reap many rewards.

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PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Like any project management baseline, a cost baseline is used to compare actual spend versus cost estimates. Ideally, the cost estimates and actual project costs numbers should match or, better yet, the actual costs should be lower than the cost baseline. How to Create a Cost Baseline.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Our real-time dashboards give project managers a high-level overview of project costs whenever they want them. Dashboards have easy-to-read graphs and charts that track five other project metrics, too. ProjectManager’s live dashboard captures project costs in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

PMOs can use project management software to review and decide on whether to accept, reject or defer the request. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that estimates project costs and creates budgets to show the viability of the request. Here are a few to help with the project intake process.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

With these features, you can simply update and add items as they arise throughout the project. ProjectManager is cloud-based software that allows you to plan and track project costs in real time. Get more control, data and visibility for your project and budget. What Is a Project Budget? Learn More!

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

You can also assign labor costs to team members, and that potential cost is automatically calculated as you assign them tasks and work hours. Plus, as the project unfolds, our real-time dashboards can track project costs and compare them against your initial planned costs, so projects don’t ever have to go over budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

What is project contingency? Contingency can be defined as additional resources put aside to address potential risk and uncertainty in a project. So risk is critical to understanding contingency: that’s the first step. Why risk matters. As a project manager, our reality is that we expect the unexpected to happen.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

When you start getting into the numbers, it’s important to have a strong and extensive project budget. Sol has a range of project budget templates drawn from past projects. Sol says he doesn’t get a blank cheque for any project. Have a risk budget. One thing that’s important to have is a risk budget.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This is done during the execution phase and the monitoring and controlling phase of the project, two project management phases that overlap. When a project manager identifies a scope, cost or schedule variance then they have to balance the project management triangle to keep the project on track.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While it won’t help you with all the documents, charts or diagrams that you need to manage a project, it can help you create some of them. For example, you can create a Gantt chart in Word. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart has robust project planning, scheduling and tracking features. Microsoft Word is one of those tools.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Finally, we’ll illustrate capital budgeting with some examples. Capital budgeting is a process by which investments in large-scale projects are analyzed, evaluated and prioritized. Project management software will help to plan, manage and track that project to ensure that it is delivered on time and within the budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This guide is most helpful for developing project budgets for projects that are approved or close to being approved, for example as input to a business case. What is included in a project budget? I find this helps me establish what’s in the project budget and what isn’t. So, let’s take direct costs first.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 26, 2021

For example, a fixed-price contract is only viable for the contractor when they are able to very accurately forecast how much the project will cost. If there are too many variables and unknowns, then setting an arbitrary cost for the work can be too high or too low. It’s too much of a risk to take.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 8, 2021

Estimating might not be an exact science, but it is one of the most important aspects of planning for a project. It’s how you build a budget by figuring out as best as possible what your project costs will be, including resources and how long you’ll need them for. ProjectManager.com’s Project Estimate Template.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Sample assumptions: Currency conversions rates will stay the same throughout the project Resource costs will stay the same throughout the project There will be no contractual billing rate changes throughout the project Costs for materials will increase at 3% per year. Here’s an example. Environment.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

The result will be a Gantt chart diagram that shows your project schedule and basic details such as project task names, duration and due dates. Unfortunately, if you make a Gantt chart in Tableau, you won’t be able to use any of the project management features you’d find in more powerful Gantt chart software.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Initiation: Here’s where you set out the project scope , the goals, the organization of the project, its business case, its constraints, who the stakeholders are, what the risks are, the project controls, the reporting framework, etc. This free project plan template will help you get started with your projects.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We often plan a project with this overly optimistic mindset — never considering the myriad of project risks out there. Before you know it, you’re mid-project and starting to feel the heat. Source Most projects “fail” for similar reasons. The most common types of risks can be filed under the label: “$#!%

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