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In a project management world, there’s nothing more valuable than accurate estimates. But clients seem to think of managers as foretellers, as they expect those estimations to always be on point. There has to be some guesswork involved, but there are ways to make them nearly perfect, by following these rules.
Always Be Prepared for Things That Can Go Wrong
This doesn’t mean you’re a pessimist, but simply realistic – obstacles happen, and when you anticipate them, you’re better prepared for those situations.
Now, it’s not like you should think about plan B if your company building falls apart – not that kind of unexpected situation. But, things like these happen: your team members might quit or get sick, your team might encounter a problem they don’t know how to solve, clients could ask you to change something that’s already finished, etc.
Think in advance how you might solve these issues. Possible problems with team members could be solved by planning on what other employees might step in to help if needed. For clients that change their minds, you have to make enough space in your time and budget estimates for those kinds of changes.
Track Billable Time
Don’t worry; manually filling out timesheets is a thing in the past. With an automated time management application, you no longer have to spend extra time to track time. Besides being time-consuming, manually filled timesheets are often faulty. But with a proper automated work clock app, you’ve got one less worry.
This tool is the best software to track time spent on projects. Break down work into tasks, which you’ll assign to your employees accordingly. Make sure all of your team members track their time, as that will be the basis of client billing.
Team time tracking software makes sure you track every minute spent working for your client, some of which you might forget to track – time spent on emails and phone calls with them. Everything project-related should be tracked, and time spent on updating your client is no exception.
Some time tracking software, like Workpuls, have a client login feature, which gives clients gated access to all the data relevant to their projects, such as time spent on it and budget, which can help you save some time you’d otherwise spend on those catching-up phone calls and emails.
Base Estimates on Past Projects
Create project estimates based on historical data of similar projects you’ve done. The more projects you track, the more data you have and your estimations are more realistic.
Search your team time management software directory for projects similar to the one your team’s currently working on, and check total hours spent on it, as this will be your rough estimate. However, no project is the same and you should just expect it’ll take you the same amount of time – but it’s a good place to start.
Now compare the amount of tasks each department had on that specific project with the amount of tasks they’ll have on the current one. Your designers might have done the most work the last time, but that doesn’t have to be the case here. What’s more, you also have to take into consideration your employees’ current workload and how the new project fits in there. If they’re already over cumbered, you might need to stretch out your project deadline a bit.
Once you’ve done your math, add up some extra time to your time estimation – just to be prepared for those unexpected circumstances. We’re all susceptible to a phenomenon called “planning fallacy,” which means we’re biased to underestimate the time we need for completing a certain task. But since we’re fully aware that our estimation might be miscalculated, by pushing the deadline a bit further, we’re leaving enough time to finish up even when something delays our work. Finishing a project early won’t hurt, but finishing it after the expected deadline… Does anybody have an aspirin?
What about estimating project costs? Well, there’s one simple rule – always charge more than it costs you to do the project. After all, it’s a business world, and in the end, you’re not doing it for fun but for profit. Make sure to cover all your team members’ earnings by multiplying their hourly rate with the amount of time needed for the project, and then add some. Once again, time tracking business software can help you as it tracks project budgeting.
In Conclusion
In order to give good project estimation, you have to know your team’s capabilities. In time, your calculations will be more accurate, but remember that project estimation is just “estimation”, and you’re not expected to be precise down to a minute.
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Children love going to playgrounds and it brings them many benefits. For example, they can improve their social skills and improve their physical development. However, there are seven elements that every successful playground needs. Let’s look at what they are.
1. SwingsHaving a swing set gives the impression that they can fly with ease. It will also strengthen leg and core muscles. It can also improve their sense of balance and improve their ability to assess information from their senses.
2. SlidesChildren love feeling the sudden rush of gravity as they go down the slide. However, it also improves their ability to problem solve. Hip and leg flexibility may also be improved through this simple activity. In addition, it helps them develop their spatial awareness and their ability to follow directions.
3. Climbing EquipmentChildren love having climbing equipment at playgrounds, it allows them to challenge themselves in a safe environment. It also helps develop muscle strength, building core muscles. In addition, they will increase their endurance and improve their spatial awareness.
4. SwingingOne of the most common swinging activities is the monkey bars, where children use their strength to swing from one rung to another. This activity makes children more aware of their own movements as well as increasing their upper body strength. It might also be an effective way to increase their endurance, making it easier to get through the school day. This activity will also encourage them to develop their critical thinking skills as they figure out the best way to get across the bars.
5. Spinning ActivitiesSpinning around is a great way to introduce children to concepts like speed and direction. It will also help them improve their cognitive development as they try to figure out which direction they are facing. As this equipment tends to be very popular, it teaches them social skills like lining up and tolerance.
6. Balance BeamsChildren often enjoy pretending to be pirates making each other walk the plank. This activity helps them improve their creativity. It also helps them build concentration and increase their endurance. It also introduces them to important concepts like gravity and motion.
7. Engaging The SensesThe playground is the perfect place for children to learn things about the world as they grow up. Having things in the playground that are different textures, produce a range of sounds and have many temperatures will help them learn. It will make them more curious to explore and experiment with their surroundings. It may also be a great way to teach them while some things look the same, they might be different.
The playground is one of the best places for children to learn and develop their skills. There are seven things that a great playground should contain to make sure that the children get as much as possible out of the experience. Now that you know what these things are and why they are important, you can evaluate the playgrounds in your area to find the best equipment for your children.
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You can use any type of computer, any type of hardware in it. You must be annoyed with a little animated paper clip so Microsoft word has taken the place of that irritating thing and makes our digital lives so much easier.
The program word has been a big hit for the Microsoft office and this is a program which everyone can use without them being prowess of the technology but someone needs to be familiar with it before using.
Following mentioned are the key things that you should know about word especially if you are the word user.
Writing with science
Most of the people don’t know how the word is useful in judging four complexities in writing. Word not only checks your grammar and writing rather it checks the post grade degrees level of your writing at a top comprehension level. You can use the Flesch reading test of a word to check this complexities in the document.
Highlighting a square field
This is another feature of word which most of the people won’t know about because it is used in specific conditions only. Hold down the Alt key and drag your mouse down on the box you want to highlight. By doing so, you can highlight all the characters in that box. You can make amazingly appealing contents this way by highlighting with any of your favorite colors.
A calculator
You can add a calculator to word as most of the time you are dealing with the contents which need calculations. In such situations, you won’t want to use your computer’s calculator again and again neither you would want to use a separate physical calculator so you simply can the calculator from the Google thing to the word by having a quick access to the toolkit in the program.
Highlighting the complete sentence
This is the good thing that you won’t need to do this by a very tough process rather you just need to click the CTRL key and just click on any word, it will then highlight the whole sentence until a full stop separates the sentence.
Hop around for editing hotspots
Just click shift F5 and make a circle around the parts of the document which you are working on. This trick also works for you to remember the last document that you have edited when you will reopen the document.
Writing the texts anywhere
Word can be used for in place of the whit board where you can place the texts at any part of the page. You just need to double click the area where you want to enter the text and this way word will allow you to enter the texts at any part of the page.
Easy convert to HTML or PDF
While you are using the word, you can simply convert the file type to HTML or pdf by just giving a single command. So convert pdf into word and enjoy amazing features of word
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Although the inclination towards working in a corporate is significantly increasing, the love for government jobs or civil services has not yet faded. There are plenty of aspirants who see their future as one of the most respected government officials, IAS officer. The red lights in an officer's car have been banned by the Supreme Court, but there still lies a different kind of feeling, respect, and love for the IAS officer post in a lot of aspirants.
Every year, lakhs of students sit in the 3rd toughest examination of India, that is the UPSC. The UPSC aspirants take up much effort and hard work to crack the deadly examination, however, around 1500 get selected after the rigorous 3 stages. It's not only the reservation which leaves behind many deserving aspirants but also the same old mode of UPSC exam, that is the pen and paper rule.
In the era of digitalization, it's pointless to check the speed and handwriting of the candidates taking the UPSC or exam, what's more important is to check for their skills to serve the nation better. The students are already well versed from their self preparation or certain IAS coaching online.
The pace with which every corner of our lives is going digitized is one of the biggest reasons why the government should digitize the UPSC and other government exams too. Like, 5 or 6 years from now, there would hardly be any company or office documenting necessary things on paper, rather it would be a computer all equipped with confidential documents and papers, plans and procedures regarding the development of the nation.
The ever-growing digitalization has urged India to have some good government officials in the near future who are capable of working with hand in hand to the digital era. UPSC and other government exams should be conducted in a way that checks the proficiency skills of the aspirants, like the Ms- Office skills (word, PowerPoint, Excel, project, spreadsheets, etc.), Internet and email skills, multimedia, etc.
How would a digitized government exam help?
Cutting backspace requirements:
The large bundles of answer sheets, need a very safe, secure, and a large space to store them for further correction and processing. For the maintenance of these answer sheets, the government also needs to pay charges to the deployed human resources. This unnecessary space requirement and the expenses to avail it can be cut back with digitized government exams.
Saving paper and pen:
Buying lakhs of answer sheets for the candidates directly means cutting more than lakhs of trees to make those sheets. The world is going eco-friendly, the Indian government needs to rethink upon the global warming issue and digitize the exams to save paper as much as possible.
Reducing efforts and time of examiners:
Not every candidate can have a clear and beautiful writing. Many a time, examiners need to screw up their mind to understand what is written. The written answers take greater time to be corrected than the digitized answers which take up hardly 2 mins (with fast internet connectivity) to check one answer sheet.
Choosing better selection criteria:
The handwriting of the candidates has nothing to do with their competence in serving the nation. The removal of pen and paper exams will also eradicate the vague selection criteria and would give way to select better administrators for the future.
Speeding up the recruitment process:
Because it takes a very long process to check the answer sheets and to re-evaluate them for transparency, selection procedure gets delayed. Digitized exams can help speed up the process multiple times, and the nation can get the required officers at a proper time. From the current year-long process, the recruitment process can be reduced to months.
Multiple checking process:
The digitized exams would facilitate multiple checking process, instead of the less reliable one or 2 times checking process. This would even cut out the ambiguities regarding examiner's subjective opinions reflecting in the marks awarded. Biasedness can be completely eradicated.
Computer literate:
Being computer literate is a real necessity today in governance too. PRAGATI, an e-governance tool works in real time. One who has the proficiency skills can only understand the e-governance tool and work accordingly. The government can recruit competent computer literates only if it digitizes the exams.
Lesser scope of external involvement and misconduct:
Although UPSC is still considered as a pristine examination, there are other government exams too that have a lot of scope of cheating and misconfigured. A digitized exam, the involvement of technology can eradicate the scope of external involvement and in a way, create some really good, competent administrators for a better tomorrow.
Effective Time Management:
Time management is important everywhere in our lives, and when it comes to governance, it becomes an even more important thing to be incorporated for better, proper, quicker, the functioning of the government. A digitized exam is also partly based on time management skills, and thus, it can help to recruit the most efficient candidates for the available posts.
To create better administrators for tomorrow, to fill the vacant positions with deserving candidates, to abolish even a single scope of biases and misconduct in the recruitment process, to have a better outlook of India, this revolutionary change is necessary for all the government exams(still unautomated). Yes, the government really needs to look into the positives of the digitized exams and switch over the automated system, leaving behind the traditional pen and paper system.
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You are buying one or the other thing almost every now and then. It can be a new mobile phone, a laptop, games, mobile accessories, kitchen appliances, home appliances, lifestyle products, or something else. And every time you are going to search online before making your buying decision. Besides, you can also purchase most of the products online. All this means that you can also save on your online orders by using Deal of the day offers and coupons.
There are all types of products that can be purchased online, and there are daily deals that help ensure that you are always saving something no matter when you decide to purchase. Explore the different types of products and offers which are available more often in the form of Deal of the day.
1. Herbal Products
You can purchase all the major brands of herbal products online. There is no longer any need to go visit your local store to get access to your supply of herbal cosmetics. You can enjoy the convenience of buying from the comfort of your home and avail discounts up to 40%. You can purchase items including the following:
Herbal tablets
Skin care
Oil
Hair care
And choose from brands including Khadi, Patanjali, Natures, and much more.
2. Baby Care Products
Whether you have a baby at home or you are looking for a present for someone else’s new baby, it pays to purchase online. You can look for Deal of the day and save some good amount on your order. Many days the deals can be as high as 55% on items including:
Bath products
Feeding products
Wipes
Hygiene products
And these deals can be availed on even brands including Mamy Poko, Nestle, and babila among others.
3. Mobile Phones & Deals
All the major brands are releasing new smartphones and tablets every few weeks. Whether you want to upgrade your mobile phone or choose a new tablet, you can avail these deals to save big. These discounts can be in the form of special prices if you visit from a certain deals website or special offs when you choose a card from a specific bank.
4. Deals on Clothing
Whether it is for yourself, a loved one, a friend, or a colleague, you are always looking to purchase clothing. And every time you do so, make sure to check Deal of the day to save some cash. There are almost always deals on Jabong so that you can get discounts up to 60%. And if you are lucky, there can be additional 15% discount. Choose from brands like Bella Moda, Wrong, Roadster, Lee Cooper, and Harpa to make the person feel special.
Similarly, you can also avail up to 70% discounts on tens of thousands of products such as:
Trousers
T-shirts
Frocks
Dresses
Shorts
And other outfits from big brands like Peter England, Beevee and others.
5. Mobile Recharge Discounts
You are always going to need to recharge your mobile phone. There are special Deal of the day offers that help you save a significant amount on your recharges. Such offers are also available with bill payments. Based on your operator and other factors, you can get benefits up to 100% cashback on your recharges.
There are many other products that are covered under such Deal of the day. This can include kids’ toys, games, undergarments, hotel bookings, appliances, movie bookings, and much more. All you have to do is to search for the right deal and purchase at the right time.
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When we talk about ad exchanges and ad networks, one should understand that they both work for the same goal - to offer the Advertisers ad inventory that was collected from various resources. The difference between can become subtle at all if we remember that both of variants can have programmatic element in organizing buy-sell process.
Having no idea where about purchasing inventory and where it actually comes from is important to have clear understanding of your business processes. The quicker you will understand how everything is designed, the sooner you will work on your brand improvement and your business optimization.
Definitions
If we talk about online advertising network, in simple words, it is an intermediary between such key players as Publishers and Advertisers. The former ones offer inventory they have, the latter buy it to promote their brand and goods or services. The network itself helps to match the demand with the requirement.
Ad exchange, in its turn, can be compared with a market where all business (requirements and demands) is staffed without any third party. Vast majority of exchanges are based on real-time-bidding (RTB) technology that allows buying impressions one by one according to their features.
Comparison
If we put both trends close to each other, we will see that networks offer bulk solutions and posting on the websites where a necessary audience can be.
Exchanges invoke more personalized treatment to each impression. When it comes to the system, the Advertisers can exactly see what kind of user is in front of them, how valuable he or she is and how much they are ready to pay for particular impression. The price can be different for a display on the same website when even one component is changed. If the Advertiser is selling children’s toys, he is likely to offer highest rates for a young mother, while a teenager will be given low prices or ignored at all. Ad network will not take such details into consideration.
Main problem of networks is that too different ads can be combined on one page. A person is unlikely to be interested in teeth whitening, child’s upbringing and visiting clubs at the same time and, as a result, we get a terrible cacophony which may blind or annoy user. Growth of ad blocking software is a sad evidence that people are tired of irrelevant content distracting from their online activities.
Ad exchanges try to work, to cooperate with the user showing the ads that are supposed to be more suitable and relevant for each personal experience, online behaviour, type of the device and other important factors. Corresponding ads may become even a useful reminder to think about hobby or buying a new gadget. All the data collected for impression estimation is anonymous, cannot give even a hint about real personality and can be reseted after browser’s cookie files cleaning.
Ad exchanges are highly preferred by owners of small websites with traffic less than a thousand visitors per day. Focus on each particular client makes this point not so important, while some ad networks may have very strict requirements about minimal traffic amount.
The advertising via ad networks is more expensive as the company, as a third party, wants to get some money for the services provided and, thus, takes commission fees. Ad exchanges provide direct contact between key players that helps them to save some money and make the campaigns cheaper, that is especially important for small companies with limited advertising budgets.
Conclusion
Both of the approaches have what to learn from each other, that they are doing at the same time. We are expecting their unification quite soon to have the best possible solution at the moment. While it hasn’t happened yet, we recommend to implement both of the approaches to get maximum from your advertising campaigns.
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Marriage is the holy matrimony union based upon vows, promises, and hope for a bright future, between two people who are very much in love. However, only half of these vows and strong bases last till the very end breadth of the two involved. Not all marriages tend to last a very long time but that does not mean they have no hope for their future now, it means maybe they were not meant to be together and that their right person might be yet undiscovered.
No matter what the reasons, the dissolving of marriage mean a divorce. A divorce is not just the emotional detachment of a couple but also all of their legal rights as a couple. This is a serious official matter and there are professional divorce attorneys you can hire to help you through the process, officially and emotionally. You can apply for them from proper law firms such as the Provo divorce attorney firms but you will require to choose the cleverest ones. Here is how you can do that;
Consult people:
Ask around from your relatives, friends, and family who have either experienced a divorce or are aware of a close associate who has had one recently. Ask them about divorce lawyer qualities and definitely ask them about client reviews. You would need to make sure that the attorney you hire is specialized in divorce cases, not just a local attorney reaching out to try different things.
Do not limit your research to the close ones but also the local bar association who has a complete list of the most effective and stop most divorce attorneys in your relevant area.
Look up online:
Unlike the old times, the internet has made a lot of things easier for everybody. All the information needed about anything is now found online, be it local lawyers or law firms which have complete information about their skilled lawyers and their specializations. You can also find client reviews about these lawyers, that too online.
Visit local law firms:
The search for a suitable lawyer can never be enough, you need to make sure you have checked out all the respective arrays before you decide upon your divorce attorney. Searching in the local law firms can be an advantage as it within your parameter and the professional will be aware of the certain laws inside your district well enough to efficiently deal with them in the court or in personal settlement meetings.
Finalize the budget:
One of the major factors you need to consider while you choose upon your divorce attorney is the budget you set for them. A divorce is already going to cost you more than what you bargained for and you need to be able to pay this help sufficiently as well. Draw up a line for how much you wish to pay your attorney and drop any suggestions which may be too high above that line for you. Managing a good attorney in a specific small budget can be hard to keep your pocket at a margin.
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Getting a personal injury has a various types, it include many cases as from getting a major car accident or a minor street accident, biting of a dog etc. Getting claims of your personal injury depends upon the situation of your injury. For some injuries you concern with your insurance policies to get your injury claim while for some you need to hire a professional thinker and a personal injury lawyer. There is a very huge difference between getting the claim your own and hiring the professional person.
Judge the Situation
The most difficult part for claiming your injury is to judge the situation of the accident. Making a decision in very short time that either you handle a conditions by your resources and are you able of getting an injury claim or you have to hire a personal injury lawyer for the claim of your injury. It is just as you got ill and you think of taking a medicine at home to get well or to concern with the doctor to avoid the complexities. It is very effective after a serious injury to hire a lawyer to insure a claim. While if we talk about the Kansas City, you must thing about is it necessary to hire a Kansas City car accident Lawyer.
Car accidents
The number of auto chances are increasing day by day. The injury case in the result of an accident may be very serious or a slight one.
Minor injuries
The common type of an accidents are an auto accidents. The most common case is you are going at a low speed and someone hits to your car and gives a minor damage to your car. While the passengers also get a little bit injured while they will be okay after 4 to 5 visits of the doctor. At this situation the two types of situation becomes,
You can claim your damage from simply your insurance policies, the car damage as well as the injury of the passengers.
The other person who hits your car pay enough amount that claims your car damage and take the responsibility of taking the treatment of the passengers.
In this type of case you must be relaxed as well are much satisfied about all the conditions as you get a claim so you do not have to hire a personal injury lawyer to claim your damage.
Major injuries
The second situation is getting the major injuries to your car as well to the passengers in it. It may include as you are going on a high speed on a highway and someone hits your car. Your car got a serious damage while the passengers in it are in the serious condition. While the other person did not claim the injuries in this type of case it is very worthy to hire a personal injury lawyer as it knows about the law as well he is a great thinker and he is able to claim a damage from the other person.
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Storage units are a great way to get rid of all the clutter at home while offering you peace of mind. Here are the 5 benefits that a storage unit offers in general:
Time Management
On average, an American spends about a year of their life looking for items that have been misplaced or lost. As human beings, we have the tendency to misplace items and get anxious about them. Looking for lost or misplaced stuff can be a waste of time. Hence, storing all items that may be required in the future instead of piling them up at home can save you a lot of time and clear your mind, allowing you to be more productive.
Saves Cost
Most people would move from one place to another at least once in their lives. Some would even need to move temporarily for work. However, moving the belongings from one place to another can be a nightmare that could cost you a lot of money. Renting a truck that charges you by the hour and entrusting your belongings to the shipping company is another big hassle and could be a huge risk.
Storage companies can offer to keep your belongings while you are not in the city and can even move the storage container at a low cost. Thus, for temporary moves, you can easily come back and retrieve your belongings.
Organizational Efficiency
In big companies, there is a need to store extra stationary, documentations, and important files. That’s where a storage unit comes in. Good storing facilities can increase the productivity of an office and ensure success. Thus, a good storage facility could be considered a prerequisite for a successful business.
Many a times, companies can lose major information and important files by misplacing them or not organizing them properly. Professional storage facilities will not be susceptible to such failings.
Ease
Storage units are the most convenient way to store items. Along with saving time and cost, they facilitate ease. For example, colleges and universities have students from different parts of the country or world. They go back home for the holidays with their belongings and return for the new semester with all their stuff. To prevent this, companies have provided storage facilities in almost all major cites that can cater to students as well. This saves them the effort to keep carrying their belongings to and from their home. Cheap storage units can be located online. Storage units Miramar offer storage facilities at reasonable rates.
Reduced Risk
Self-storage units reduce the damage that might occur if you are moving items frequently. Delicate items can be easily subjected to damage or wear and tear if they have to be constantly moved. Storage units can store all such items safely till you need them. They also offer various types and are climate-controlled so that items such as furniture can also be stored without any damage.
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