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Can I run all my projects using Excel Project Management templates?

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Megan Wale Project Management Templates| Techno-PM Australia
I usually prefer Excel sheets for project documentation hence PM templates comes handy for me.
I am curious if every thing can be managed using only project management templates?
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ATHANASIOS GKOLAS PMP - PMI-RMP-BIM Manager | OMITEM Consulting Engineers S.A Athens, Greece
Oct 18, 2017 12:51 PM
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Can you? Of course, you can. A better question is: should you?
totally agree with you
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Megan Wale Project Management Templates| Techno-PM Australia
Thanks all :)
Got better idea now.
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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
The answer is yes you can, but would you dig a hole with a spoon. Get MS Project or a cloud based Poject Management software. Excel is good to track issues.
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Lincy Jacob PM Consultant| Infosys Ltd Pune, Maharashtra, India
Yes, excel worksheets can be used as Project Management templates in almost all the processes. However, many organisations have inbuilt tool/templates for their management processes. Many of these are altered for the need of the organisation and are much simpler to use than the excel templates.
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Tiago Romao Project Manager - PfMP | PgMP | PMP | ACP | PBA | CBAP | CSM | MSc.| Altice Portugal | Meo Sobreda, Setubal/Almada, Portugal
Yes. There are a lots of templates on the resources area. You can tailor them to fit your needs. I use one excel file, with several sheets, to track requirements, actions, risks, issues, Q&A, etc.
Nowadays i'm substituting the excel file by an access database.
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Tim Podesta Director of PM/PMO| Former BP- now Independent Penn, Bucks, United Kingdom
I would say you can use excel. However, you need be aware of the risk of having errors in the calculations - as you create links and separate worksheets it is easy to create errors embedded in formulae particularly when copying. The other issue acn be when you attempt to share or handover your spreadsheet to someone else. It Is is easy to personalise an excel spreadsheet in a way that it is difficult for others to be able to use without misunderstandings.
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Nov 03, 2017 12:41 AM
Megan Wale
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Yeah very true,

To avoid these mistakes I use Templates. Templates comes very handy for me.
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Megan Wale Project Management Templates| Techno-PM Australia
Oct 27, 2017 3:45 PM
Replying to Tim Podesta
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I would say you can use excel. However, you need be aware of the risk of having errors in the calculations - as you create links and separate worksheets it is easy to create errors embedded in formulae particularly when copying. The other issue acn be when you attempt to share or handover your spreadsheet to someone else. It Is is easy to personalise an excel spreadsheet in a way that it is difficult for others to be able to use without misunderstandings.
Yeah very true,

To avoid these mistakes I use Templates. Templates comes very handy for me.
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