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		<title>The Importance of Budget Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 15:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are numerous ways to manage a project in a company; but what is the best way to do so? A pragmatic method to manage your projects includes these three requirements: I. Delivered according to the established schedule (Time) : It is very important to define a project’s steps because these can be identified according [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to choose your project management software</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you are currently looking on the Internet, searching for a project management software, you will notice a high number of options. Which one of them is tailored to your needs while meeting your financial constraints? These are all valid questions. Beyond the considerations you might have regarding the supplier’s geographical location, his reputation, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why go for SIRIUS Software? To avoid the dangers related to project failing</title>
		<link>https://keepitprofessional.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/optimisez-la-gestion-de-vos-projets-avec-la-gamme-sirius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Project management involves many risks that need to be measured and reduced to insure a realistic, appropriate and secure management. Beyond their key features, project management software are also precious tool for risk management. BUDGET MANAGEMENT As expected, Budget Management requires precise calculation and realistic forecast. It is important to take all the aspects of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The importance of following up on projects: Work in process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Work in process (also called work in progress) is billable work or expenses that hasn’t been billed yet. Work in process is usually expressed in dollar amounts. Work in process is similar to the list of orders that were delivered, but have not been invoiced yet. For professional services companies, the product is time, which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basic budgeting principles for a detailed project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blog posts are not great for long documents, so we’ll focus on basic principles to use when preparing a project budget. Is the project part of a series of similar projects? In this case, project history can be used as a reference. For example, if I need to perform an assessment to automate an assembly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Project Cost &#038; Profitability: Are You Turning A Profit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the world of professional services, time is your product. There is no inventory, no production line, no factory. It can be hard to know how well (or how poorly) your company is performing. Money might be coming in, but are you really making a profit? Is your biggest client really bringing in big profits? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>About Gut Feelings, And Why You Need a Time &#038; Billing Software</title>
		<link>https://keepitprofessional.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/about-gut-feelings-and-why-you-need-a-time-billing-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We had a client who signed on to us because he and his associate could not agree on what was most profitable in their business. While one thought one type of contract was most profitable, the other associate believed it was something else entirely. The problem was: they were both basing their conclusions on their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Billable time: how much is your time worth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deciding how much to charge for our time is always a tricky thing: if we charge too much per hour, we will lose clients. If we charge too little per hour, we won’t make enough to cover our costs. Too often, we choose how much to charge for our services based on industry standards, previous jobs, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Time Is the Product, Profit Is the Goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that in manufacturing, business managers are used to having metrics like product line profitability, expected revenue from sales, breakeven points, and the like. In professional service businesses, the same performance metrics can still be obtained, if we use time (and billable time) as our product, and resources as our product lines. As we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Are your projects profitable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The payments come, checks are cashed but the funds come out as fast as they were calculated in the company&#8217;s cashier? Furthermore, what about profitability and profit margins? What tools are available to measure your business’s vital financial information? In a context of frequent movements of money, it is easy to get a profitability illusion [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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