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Plan Your Construction Project With A Construction Schedule

Construction Schedule with Merlin Project

Visualize construction timelines with a construction workflow plan. But how should construction managers choose their approach and how binding is a construction schedule?

The construction schedule (construction calendar) supports construction managers in coordinating the construction process. It ensures that the work of the trades flows smoothly and without long pauses. Construction managers enter all the necessary entries to guarantee a secure timeline. Deviations often incur high costs. In this article, we address three of the most important questions for construction projects:

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Event Planning with Success!

Event planning with success

Every event deserves to be a success, and it all begins with smart planning. Explore these 7 expert tips and tricks to elevate your event and make it unforgettable!

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Posted by Stefanie Blome on April 1st, 2025 under Project Management
Tags: event-planning

Project Related Terms You Should Know

Peter Drucker Quote

Written by the well-known management consultant Peter Drucker, this piece of wisdom is relevant not only, but especially for project managers. Effective project management is about breaking through the clutter and focusing on the things that have the greatest impact on the end result of the project. The cornerstones that keep your project going. It's no use optimizing the details if your core process is flawed.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

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Posted by Stefanie Blome on April 1st, 2025 under Project Management
Tags: project-management-terms

Why Excel Harms Your Project Management

... And Why You Should Use a Professional Project Management tool

Even today, many companies still use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets as project management tools. Certainly because the software is already in use and the employees are familiar with it. But also because entering data in rows is easy. And finally, there are many free Excel templates to download and you can use them to create Gantt charts, diagrams and graphs. Excel is a powerful software for managing financial data. If you are completely satisfied with your team's productivity, communication and collaboration, you don't have to change anything. But for most teams, this is not the case.

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Posted by Stefanie Blome on April 1st, 2025 under Project Management
Tags: excel merlin-project

10 Important Skills for Effective Project Management

Everybody can deepen and broaden his knowledge in project management with a certification However, the success of a project is not only based on such hard skills or job-typical qualifications. Especially personal, social and methodical competences, so-called soft skills, determine professional and personal success.

But what skills do you really need in project management to stand out from the crowd? Which help you manage your projects efficiently. We have listed the 10 most important skills below.

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Posted by Stefanie Blome on April 1st, 2025 under Project Management
Tags: soft-skills capacities

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