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Project Risk Management: How-to guide (with tips)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas of business.

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Project Review Process: A How-to Guide

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Any project manager with even a little experience knows that rarely are plans executed without a hitch, which is why a project review process is an essential part of the monitoring and control phase of the project life cycle. We define the term and list the types before going into how to conduct a project management review.

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Business Process Improvement: Steps & Methodologies

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As such, business processes need to be constantly evolving to adapt and bring satisfaction to the customer as efficiently as possible. Organizations are continually looking for leadership team that’s experienced in business process management (BPM). Before we can improve the business process, we must first understand it.

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Using a Decision Flowchart in Project & Process Management

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Whether managing a project or working to understand, analyze and improve the steps involved in a business process to achieve a specific goal, decisions need to be made. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with multiple project and scheduling views. What Is a Decision Flowchart?

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Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Determine impact tangents.

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What Is a RAID Log and Why Should I Use One?

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2024

Risks are a bit different than issues; risks are issues that haven’t happened yet. By identifying what risks are probable, you can prepare for them and have a response in place if and when they show up in your project. That’s called risk or issue management. Risks are the potential problems lurking in your project.

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Organizational Project Management (OPM) Basics

ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

Projects help execute those strategic plans, and organizational project management is the framework that aligns that work to the organization’s objectives. Let’s start by digging deeper into the definition of organizational project management and the various components that make it up. What Is Organizational Project Management?

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The Construction Process Explained Step-by-Step

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The construction process is how projects in that field are broken into more manageable parts. Thats where the building construction process comes in by working in stages that focus on specifics. These construction process steps make overwhelming projects possible. What Is the Construction Process? Lets see why.

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A Quick Guide to KPI Dashboards (Examples and Templates Included)

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 14, 2024

Expecting everything to fall into place ignores inevitable risks and changes when abstract plans live in the real world. This is why managers use a KPI dashboard to stay on track. Download a free KPI dashboard template to try it out and experience those benefits firsthand or upgrade to project management software instead.

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Resource Analysis in Project Management: Steps & Free Templates

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This means that resource analysis in project management is the process that project managers use to help them determine the availability of resources, allocate those resources effectively and identify potential constraints. To help you master that process, we’ll even provide a link to download a free resource analysis template.

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10 Free Goal-Setting and Tracking Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

There are over 100 free project management templates for Excel and Word available to download right now on our site. They cover every phase of managing a project and can be used across industries. This is achieved through the simple process of vetting goals. That’s where the SMART part comes into play.

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Risk Mitigation in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk is something every leader knows well. We all need to become comfortable with some risks. We are never going to eliminate all risks. What Is Risk Mitigation? It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. Learn more.

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What Is a Stakeholder Register? (Example & Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

JULY 17, 2024

Being able to identify them and their relationship to the project informs how to manage their expectations. There’s also a free stakeholder register template to download and use when managing stakeholders. Project management software can take a stakeholder register to the next level. What is a stakeholder register?

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How to Conduct a Change Readiness Assessment (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

JULY 3, 2024

When managing projects, change management helps to avoid its negative effects, and a change readiness assessment is one of the ways how it does this. Being prepared for change helps to mitigate the risks associated with those changes. It might be a cliche, but those who ignore it are doomed to learn a lesson the hard way.

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10 Free Project Portfolio Management Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Project portfolio management (PPM) is the centralized management of all projects within an organization to ensure that they align with the overall strategic goals, deliver value, and are executed efficiently. Our software has tools to plan, manage and track programs, portfolios, resources and more. Learn more 2.

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Work in Progress (WIP) Report in Construction (Template Included)

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. Project management software has features that help general contractors track costs to help them keep to their budgets.

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How to Use Resource Tracking Software for Projects

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

When you initially learn about resource tracking, you might wonder how it differs from project management. While there are similarities between the two, resource tracking helps support the project management process. That’s why having resource-tracking software is key to managing a successful project.

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What Is a Post-Implementation Review in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

In short, a post-implementation review is a process to evaluate whether the objectives of the project were met. You can also use it to see how effectively the project was managed. The project might be over, but the post-implementation or post-project review process continues. That’s not best practice.

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14 Free Software Development Templates for Excel, Word & More

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But some software developers and their teams might not be ready to upgrade to project management software. They’re just a sampling of all the free project management templates available to download on our site. They cover every aspect of managing a project across multiple industries. For one, they provide consistency.

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What Is a Transition Plan? Example & Template Included

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In project management, a transition plan can help a project move successfully from one phase to the next, onboarding a new team member or transferring one team member to a new position and/or department. The transition plan can save all the pertinent information and ensure it’s not lost as projects change or move forward.

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Change Champion: Key Roles & Responsibilities

ProjectManager.com

JULY 10, 2024

Of course, a change champion isn’t the whole picture in a change management process, but they’re vital for change. For those unfamiliar with what a change champion is, first, we’ll define the terms and then explain their importance in organizational change management. What Is a Change Champion?

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Version Control in Project Management Software

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Whether you’re a developer, general contractor, manufacturer, professional services provider or IT director, keeping track of those changes is essential to managing project assets. Version control in project management is the process that manages and tracks those changes. What is version control in project management ?

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How Project Prioritization Scoring Models Help Organizations

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 14, 2025

Organizations that manage multiple projects need to understand the project prioritization scoring model. Without a project scoring matrix to help them select the projects that align with their business goals and when to implement them, theyre not managing but leaving everything to fate. Thats when project management software is needed.

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How to Write a Method Statement: Example & Template Included

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2025

To ensure that nothing is left out of this process, readers can also download a free method statement template to help them get started. A method statement is a document that outlines the step-by-step process for completing a specific task or activity in a project while ensuring safety, quality and compliance with regulations.

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What Is a Program Roadmap? (Example & Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

JULY 30, 2024

A program is a group of related projects that are managed together to reap the maximum amount of benefits. A program roadmap is a tool that allows program managers to get a high-level overview of all those projects under their purvey. Planning and managing isn’t the only use of a program roadmap.

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Overcoming Resistance to Change: Causes & Solutions

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2024

Resistance to change is simply a desire to not adapt to a new way of thinking, processes or environment, to name only a few examples. In business, it can be due to risks to the company or just not wanting to change the way things have always been done. What Is Resistance to Change? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? What are Organizational Process Assets?

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Pilot Project: Meaning, Benefits and Example

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2025

Project managers understand that before embarking on large endeavors, its best to test the waters. The phrase for that in project management is a pilot project. A pilot project is a small-scale, preliminary study or test run of a new concept, process, product or service before full-scale implementation. What is a pilot project?

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Decision Tree Analysis in Project Management & Strategic Planning

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 1, 2025

Some might call a project manager or anyone in an executive position at a company or organization a decision-maker. Executing that decision requires project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that can help manage projects, business processes and workflow.

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ServiceNow for PPM: Features, Pros, Cons and Pricing

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2024

ServiceNow is a project portfolio management (PPM) tool designed to help organizations manage multiple projects, whether in a program or portfolio. After a thorough review of what ServiceNow does well and where it can improve, potential users of the tool can make an informed decision on whether its for them. What Is ServiceNow?

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What Is Smartsheet? Uses, Features and Pricing

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2024

It’s a popular project management software that takes the familiarity of a spreadsheet and tries to super-size it. Most businesses use spreadsheets but complain about their complexity and limitations when it comes to work management. Smartsheet is cloud-based work and project management software designed for small and large teams.

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IT Service Management (ITSM): Frameworks, Processes & Phases

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Information technology (IT) involves the use of computers, digital storage, networking and other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange electronic data. IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them.

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Free Time Management Worksheets & Templates

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2024

Projects are made or broken by how time is managed. Planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling are all key elements of project management that work to ensure the time spent and progress made over the life cycle of the project is as efficient as possible. Why Use Time Management Templates?

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Microsoft Project for the Web: Pros, Cons and Best Alternatives

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Microsoft has multiple project management tools and deciding which is the right one can be hard. Microsoft Project for the web bills itself as the more collaborative version of Microsoft’s project management software. We’ll see what Project for the web’s key features are and how they benefit project managers and their teams.

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Project Board in PRINCE2: Key Roles and Responsibilities

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2025

PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is a widely used project management methodology mostly found in Europe and especially the United Kingdom. This structured approach to managing projects includes something called the project board. ProjectManagers Gantt chart helps plan, manage and track projects in real time.

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). However, problems occur when requests are submitted without a standardized process. To avoid that, you need an intake process. A project intake process is beneficial for an organization. What Is the Project Intake Process?

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16 Bid Proposal Templates for Word and Excel

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

ProjectManager has over 100 free project management templates for Excel and Word that can be downloaded now. There are over a dozen templates that can help during the construction bidding process. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts plan, manage and track work in real time. However, templates are static documents.

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Types of Project Management Software: 13 Best Options

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Theres more than one way to manage a project. Over time, dozens of project management methodologies have been developed to deliver successful projects. As the industry moved into the digital age, different types of project management software have been created to reflect those project management methodologies.

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Best Project Cost Management Software

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Project cost management software is an essential tool from construction to IT and professional services. What Is Project Cost Management Software? Project cost management software is a tool designed to help project managers and teams plan, estimate, budget and control costs throughout the project life cycle.

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What you need to know about project communication management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. This article is a guide to project communication management.

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. Some of these are called organizational process assets. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. What Is an Organizational Process Asset? But there are also tangible items that are just as important.

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Service Request Management in IT: Process & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When someone makes a request in the information technology (IT) world, whatever that might be, there’s a process involved to fulfill that request. This is called a service request and controlling that process is called service request management. What Is Service Request Management?

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How to Track Project Progress: Tools & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Now you can sit back and watch the process unfold. Managing a project isn’t an abstract concept. Its the application of careful planning and processes with an emphasis on practicality. The earlier problems are spotted, the easier it is to implement corrective measures and reduce risk. Youve implemented.

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7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Project leadership is in flux and a good manager knows never to become complacent. In Review: 7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing As Jennifer said, project manager roles are changing. ” In short, you’re going to need strategic and business management skills to stay competitive. .” What do you do?

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Project Risk Management: How-to guide (with tips)

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Business Process Improvement: Steps & Methodologies

Using a Decision Flowchart in Project & Process Management

Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

What Is a RAID Log and Why Should I Use One?

Organizational Project Management (OPM) Basics

The Construction Process Explained Step-by-Step

A Quick Guide to KPI Dashboards (Examples and Templates Included)

Resource Analysis in Project Management: Steps & Free Templates

10 Free Goal-Setting and Tracking Templates for Excel and Word

Risk Mitigation in Project Management

What Is a Stakeholder Register? (Example & Template Included)

How to Conduct a Change Readiness Assessment (Template Included)

10 Free Project Portfolio Management Templates for Excel and Word

Work in Progress (WIP) Report in Construction (Template Included)

How to Use Resource Tracking Software for Projects

What Is a Post-Implementation Review in Project Management?

14 Free Software Development Templates for Excel, Word & More

What Is a Transition Plan? Example & Template Included

Change Champion: Key Roles & Responsibilities

Version Control in Project Management Software

How Project Prioritization Scoring Models Help Organizations

How to Write a Method Statement: Example & Template Included

What Is a Program Roadmap? (Example & Template Included)

Overcoming Resistance to Change: Causes & Solutions

Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Pilot Project: Meaning, Benefits and Example

Decision Tree Analysis in Project Management & Strategic Planning

ServiceNow for PPM: Features, Pros, Cons and Pricing

What Is Smartsheet? Uses, Features and Pricing

IT Service Management (ITSM): Frameworks, Processes & Phases

Free Time Management Worksheets & Templates

Microsoft Project for the Web: Pros, Cons and Best Alternatives

Project Board in PRINCE2: Key Roles and Responsibilities

Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

16 Bid Proposal Templates for Word and Excel

Types of Project Management Software: 13 Best Options

Best Project Cost Management Software

What you need to know about project communication management

Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

Service Request Management in IT: Process & Best Practices

How to Track Project Progress: Tools & Best Practices

7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

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