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    Project Management Basics

    Project Management Workshop for IES MIM Fellows


    Definitions
    Project Scheduling
    Project Roles
    Project Communication
    Group Exercise
    Definitions
    What is a project?
    A unique undertaking composed of inter related
    activities which has a well defined beginning and
    end, often involving staff from cross-functional groups,
    that operates under specific constraints of resources,
    schedules, and requirements
    A unique undertaking composed of interrelated
    activities which has a well defined beginning and
    end, often involving staff from cross-functional groups,
    that operates under specific constraints of resources,
    schedules, and requirements

    What is project management?

    A set of skills and methods of planning, organizing,
    and managing a project from inception to its
    successful completion
    What is a project manager?

    The role responsible for leading and coordinating the
    project effort from inception to its successful
    completion; the person responsible for making
    things happen

    Why are schedules important to projects? What
    value do they add?
    Project Scheduling
    Purposes of a Schedule
    Provides a commitment about when things will be
    done
    Encourage everyone on the project to see their
    efforts as part of a whole
    Provides a tool for breaking work into manageable
    chunks
    Provides a tool for measuring progress
    Three Parts of Any Schedule
    1. Planning
    Defining what needs to be done (requirements)
    Deciding how it will be done (design)
    2. Implementation
    Getting it done
    3. Testing and Evaluation
    Verify that it was done right

    Have you ever worked on a project that did not have
    well defined scheduling phases like this?
    When might you allocate more of the project schedule
    for planning phase activities?
    When might you allocate more of the project schedule
    for implementation activities?
    When might you allocate more of the project schedule
    for testing and evaluation activities?





    Project Roles
    Although every project is different, there are
    commonly occurring roles that exist in most projects
    Sometimes roles are formally assigned; often they
    are not
    Sometimes individuals occupy more than one role in
    the project
    Project Manager
    Person who is responsible for the execution of project
    defines the low-level requirements of the project and
    owns the project schedule

    Source: Dont Make Me Think by Steven Krug
    Business Owner
    The executive customer of the project who initiates and
    sponsors the project, communicates the motivation of
    the project, and defines the project requirements on a
    high-level
    Titos 1
    st
    Law of Project Mgmt
    Projects without a clearly designated Business Owner
    or Project Manager are destined to fail or founder
    Content Lead
    The person who is responsible for acquiring and
    managing the content for the project; content may
    include metadata, images, binary data, or instructional
    content
    Technical Lead
    The person who owns the technical authority on the
    project; defines how the project is built, including what
    technologies are used
    Other Project Team Members
    Individual contributors to the project such as
    Marketing specialists,
    Developers,
    Content creators,
    User interface specialists;
    these roles vary from project to project
    Roles at Project Initiation
    It is very important to have a shared understanding
    about what these roles mean at the start of the project;
    lack of clarity on who does what can lead to project
    failure
    Project Communication
    Project Communication
    Formal project meetings
    Informal face-to-face communication
    Project management software
    Email
    Conference call
    Shared documentation
    Project Communication
    Lack of communication between project team
    members is a common problem
    Too much communication can be a problem as well
    Project management can help facilitate the right
    amount of communication at the right time
    How can too much project
    communication be a problem?
    Real Project Examples
    DELTA instructional media project
    NC Architects & Builders Digital Collection
    Group Exercise
    1. What strengths, if any, do you see this model
    providing over the base model?
    2. What project management challenges would you
    anticipate in this model?
    Discussion Questions

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