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How would you estimate the value of reusing plan/schedule templates? How would you try to maximize that value?

1. The time saved by not having to re-type/write the template part of the schedule/plan 2. The time saved (partially) in planning meetings if/as part of the team has previous knowledge of the templates What else could be added to this list?

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Question added by Muhammad Hamid Munir PMP , Program Manager , Ericsson AB
Date Posted: 2015/04/23
Uma Maheswari M
by Uma Maheswari M , Project Manager - CEO's office , Bharti AXA General Insurance

Action items drafted using the scheduled templates will provide approximate value & closure of the actions & successful implementation of decisions drafted using the templates will act as a testimony for values for Re-using a plan or scheduled templates.

Yasir Noaman
by Yasir Noaman , CONSULTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER , AL-TERAZ KIKLOP

 One of the first benefits that should occur with good project management processes is that you will be more predictable. You will find that if you do a better job of planning you will better understand the work to be accomplished, and you will do a better job of estimating this work. Then as the project progresses you will do a better job of managing the work to hit your estimated schedule and budget. This ability to be predictable is crucial when your company is making business decisions about which projects to execute. You should strive to achieve a level of predictability of%. In other words,% of your projects will finish on-time and within budget. 

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