How To Be An Estimating Superhero
Learn how to be an estimating superhero in this interview with William W. Davis of Statistical PERT. This will definitely make your job easier!
Budget
Learn how to manage project budgets and cost planning with the tools and techniques to stay on target.
Expected Monetary Value (EMV): A Project Manager’s Guide
Learn what Expected Monetary Value is and how to apply it in project management. Spoiler: It’s not that hard as techniques go!
Project Estimating: The Only Guide You Need
The weather is the talk of the office. The heatwave is one good reason to work long hours – at least we have air conditioning which makes life bearable. The top temperatures are water-cooler subjects: is it 34 degrees outside or 33? Frankly it’s too hot, but it has made me realize one thing: I…
Project Forecasting 101
William W. Davis, forecasting superhero, joins us again to help explain project forecasting and how to make it easier.
How to create a project budget
In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your project budget.
Project Budgeting: An Interview with Sol Benady
Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector. He started his career as an auditor in London, trained with E&Y where he qualified as an accountant, and then moved into consulting for retail and investment banking for a wide range of projects and clients. In 2015 he…
Project Contingency: The Ultimate Guide
Your new project was approved for funding. That in itself is a huge step. You wouldn’t believe the number of project managers I speak to on mentoring calls who struggle to get their budget approved. You can’t do much on a project without some funding behind you. However, before you start the celebration too soon,…
10 Tips to Save on Project Shipping Costs
If you need to buy things for your project, you know that shipping takes time and money. And delivery costs are often ‘forgotten’ in project budgets.
Thankfully, there’s a ton of methods that you can use to save on these costs. Take a look
Planning a Budget for a Proposal in 5 Easy Steps (+ Example)
Before the project can begin you need to create a proposal and a budget. Edoardo Binda Zane shows us how in five steps with easy to follow examples.
Project Workbook + Budget Templates
Get a project budget template (with purchase order and invoice tracker) and a workbook with all the project logs you’ll ever need!
Beyond Budgeting: an interview with Bjarte Bogsnes (part 2)
Bjarte Bogsnes, Vice President – Performance Management Development at Statoil, spoke about a new way to budget, forecast, lead and manage at Nordic Project Zone. I talked to him to find out more about the ideas he’ll be presenting. You can read the first part of this interview here. Bjarte, what you are doing at…
Beyond Budgeting: an interview with Bjarte Bogsnes (part 1)
Bjarte Bogsnes, Vice President – Performance Management Development at Statoil, is speaking at Nordic Project Zone. I caught up with him to find out more about the ideas he’ll be presenting. Bjarte, what is Beyond Budgeting? Beyond Budgeting is a coherent set of leadership and management principles. The name is actually misleading. The purpose is…