Welcome to project management 101. Project management can seem like a daunting discipline, but once you get a grasp of the fundamentals and combine that with some intuition, you’ll be on your way to leading successful projects, no matter your…
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Project-based businesses have many options for software products that claim to help them do their work more efficiently. Many of those are Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations. They could have come up with a more efficient…
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More likely than not, you’ve created an action item without realizing it. If you’ve ever written a to-do list, you’ve made yourself a set of action items—errands to run, household chores to complete, people to contact, etc. In project management,…
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Microsoft Project has its critics. The project management software is expensive, complicated and not collaborative. No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. For one thing, it’s (mostly) free. But these products also give Microsoft products a run…
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Project management starts with a plan, one that is abstract until it’s executed. However, project execution is blind without a way to measure progress and performance. You first need a project baseline to capture that plan and compare it to…
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The most important resource you’ll employ to deliver the project is people. They have to fit into the schedule and maintain the project budget. Defining what their roles and responsibilities are when executing tasks and delivering on the project goals…
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What Is a Gantt chart? A Gantt chart is a stacked bar chart that organizes the work activities of a project on a timeline that shows their duration and dependencies and allows project managers to assign them to their team…
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The word “management” doesn’t always have a positive connotation. But try getting anything done in a fast-paced work environment without applying the four functions of management. No matter what type of work you do, having a clear understanding of the…
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Fast, cheap or good — choose two. Are you tired of hearing that? One of the biggest challenges that every project manager faces is project constraints. Not only do project constraints limit a project, but they can quickly endanger its…
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GanttProject is an open-source project management software that offers a free version of the popular Gantt chart tool for scheduling and managing projects. Visit the GanttProject website and you might be skeptical; it looks like a fake site set up…
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The project design phase is the first step when planning a project. It sets the stage for the project initiation and project planning phase and important documents like the project charter and project plan. What Is Project Design? Project design…
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ProjectLibre is open-source project management software attractive to IT professionals due to its cost-effective solution. It’s an alternative to commercial project management software, but is it better? That depends. The only way to find out the value of ProjectLibre is…
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Lean management originated in Japan where it grew out of the Toyota Production System. Today, lean manufacturing is widely used in industries such as project management, software development, construction and more. Lean principles stem from the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI),…
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