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PSMJ Resources Blog: 5 Ways to Manage Your Principal

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PMs often complain that they fail to earn budgeted profits. that a few hours of a principal’s time can eat up significant dollars in the fee budget. 2) Budget activity by each principal, and communicate that budget to the principal in both hours and dollars. for quality, speed, and profitability.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: When Times are Tough, Don't Cut Your.

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When Times are Tough, Don’t Cut Your Business Development Budget. When times get tough, this is what most firms do: • Cut the business development budget. Cutting the business development budget seems like a no-brainer. Those clients typically give you 75 to 85% of your revenue and profit! predictable ways.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Effective Project Managers Need Authority

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Numerous excuses can be made for any project that does not meet budget, schedule, or quality needs. The project manager must sometimes tell the client things he/she doesn’t want to hear (for instance, that the cost to construct a favored design concept exceeds the budget). • Make the planned profit on every job.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 5 Keys for Multi-Project Success

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Include budgets and deadline benchmarks for manageable size tasks (e.g. PSMJ is now accepting registrations for our Spring 2012 A/E/C Project Management Bootcamp series - instantly and dramatically improve your ability to manage projects for quality, speed, and profitability with PSMJ’s two-day intensive PM training seminar.

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What Everybody Ought to Know About A/E/C Marketing Costs

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proposals, and the marketing budget with an industry standard. sources of data (SMPS, ZW, PSMJ, AIA, ACEC, our own data, your own data, etc.). allowances and profit margins will in and of itself change the marketing. Her question was as follows: I am looking for a way to compare a company’s total annual Marketing costs.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Small Change - Keeping Track of it All

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Cumulatively, however, they can amount to a lot of effort and can kill your budget. The Ultimate Project Management Manual can instantly and dramatically improve a Project Managers ability to manage projects for quality, speed, and profitability. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). PSMJ Resources, Inc. Newer Post.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 6 Common Project Management Practices of.

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This practice is essential for realistic budgeting, scheduling, easier negotiating, and to serve as a yardstick to monitor the progress of the project against the resources spent to date. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Have a strategic kick-off meeting. PSMJ Resources, Inc. 3 comments: Daniel. Public Works Solutions.