Project Management
Unit 3
The Bank Heist
So... We're talking about Project Management....
Let's plan a bank heist!
What planning needs to go into robbing Bryn Mawr Trust down the street?
Robbing Bryn Mawr Trust
- What resources do you need?
- What will your timeline look like?
- How will your planning allow you to execute the perfect heist?
But seriously... Project Management is Important!
And actually very simple, it just uses common sense!
How do I project manage?
- You don't necessarily need a fancy tool just use the tools you have available to you to track changes and be able to manage your project in schedule, budget and personnel as well as needed/wanted outcomes.
- Can be as simple as pen and paper for making a schedule and as simple as using Gmail for communicating with your project team
What resources do you use to plan out projects/research?
Here are few we have used:
Paper To-Do!
A helpful tool to organize complex projects:
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Scheduling/planning needed tasks all in one place, including tasks that are dependent on other tasks (i.e. dependencies).
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Helps you come up with a project timeline and time needed for each task before even starting the project
Budgeting your Time
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Budgeting, Literally
Budgets need to be planned from the beginning of the project. Expenses of all resources (both personnel and equipment) need to be calculated.
This calculated total budget is called a cost baseline and is what you will try to stick to throughout the life of your project.
Let's start planning your Projects!
Let's take a look at QMH
- What do you like about the site?
- What needs to be added?
- What intrigues you and is a project you would like to pursue in relation to QMH?
Section 2: Making your own Gantt Chart
- Identify essential tasks and lengths of tasks
- Identify task relationships i.e. can the tasks be done at the same time or is one task dependent on another
- Input your data into a Gantt chart using Excel, Gantt Chart software or simple pen and paper
Gantt Chart Exercise
| Task | Start Date | Duration | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Meeting | 9/8/15 | 1 | 9/8/15 |
| Familiarize with Collection/Data | 9/8/15 | 7 | 9/15/15 |
| Create Database of Information for Website | 9/15/15 | 14 | 9/29/15 |
| Take tutorials to develop needed skills for project | 9/20/15 | 28 | 10/18/15 |