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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

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Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. A performance measurement baseline provides a window into the project that allows project managers to see roadblocks and resolve them before the project hits a dead end. Learn more.

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How to Create a Strategy Map for Your Organization

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Helps Track Performance Another benefit of using a strategy map is that it includes key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure each objective and will allow your organization to track performance from multiple perspectives. The post How to Create a Strategy Map for Your Organization appeared first on ProjectManager.

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They are developed to help you work out how to run the project and can either be all in one document or separate documents. Here are some examples: Budget baseline Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline. Baselines We create baselines throughout the project.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They are developed to help you work out how to run the project and can either be all in one document or separate documents. Here are some examples: Budget Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline. The third category of project artifact relates to the different types of plans produced.

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Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

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Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. But what exactly is project performance? We’ll answer that question and then show you how to measure project performance in your project.

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Schedule Performance Index (SPI): An Introduction

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The schedule performance index was created to eliminate the guesswork and give a specific, quantifiable answer to the question, as well as show where improvements need to be made for maximum efficiency. What Is the Schedule Performance Index? Schedule Performance Index Key Terms. Related: Free Project Schedule Templates.

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RAG Status in Project Management: Importance & Benefits

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Finally, we’ll show what each of the RAG statuses means and how to respond to them to better understand a project. When using RAG status, it’s first important to know how to define each color so you can use it to track your projects. How to Respond to a Red RAG Status Don’t panic. What Is RAG Status in Project Management?