A program is a collection of projects that relate to one another and are therefore managed together to achieve maximum resource allocation efficiencies. The advantages of managing these similar projects make them stand better together than by themselves. However, that…
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Project managers are responsible for tasks across every part of a business. They have to schedule work, manage people, manage budgets and wrangle technology—just to name a few. If you had to boil it down and define the core function…
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Issues happen. And if you want your project to be a success, you need to have a plan in place to respond quickly and effectively to any issues that arise. These steps are part of a best practice issue management…
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Timelines allow organizations to estimate how long it will take to execute a project, no matter what industry they’re in. This is done by identifying all the tasks that will be executed, estimating their duration and then determining their start…
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Everyone has their own idea of a good time management plan. People often make to-do lists, use task management apps, set alerts, pin things to their fridge and even write notes on their hands. It’s great to plan, but the…
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Nothing is more effective than consistency when it comes to making your company, or your performance, stand out. In a sense, it underlines the message you want to convey to stakeholders and customers regarding your ability to regularly achieve goals…
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Businesses need to monitor work to make sure that they’re meeting milestones. They also need to have a means of communicating that information to their stakeholders. Business report templates are a tool that can do both. Use these free 15…
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Project managers love a good plan. It takes what might be an overwhelming project and structures it in such a way it can now be methodically executed. Everything is within control. It might sound boring, but stakeholders are not buying…
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Before we can explain how to avoid scope creep in your projects, we need to understand what project scope and scope creep are. What Is the Scope of a Project? In simple terms, the term project scope refers to all…
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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. This helps to avoid making similar mistakes with future…
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People seem to have been writing about planning for as long as they have been writing. No surprise there. No enterprise, whether it’s assembling the space shuttle or getting dinner on the table, is done well without a project plan….
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Every project has its issues. Issues are problems that arise during the execution of the project. Plan as thoroughly as you like, you’re still going to face problems, even if you use project planning software. Problems during a project are…
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Project management has moved from applying to only a few industries to being almost universally embraced. It’s understandable. Any business that has a project that has a start and end date, which produces a deliverable, benefits from project management. That…
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