| 0-pm foundations |
all |
- Understand various approaches to project management
- Understand the uniqueness and challenges of tech/web project management
- Understand the methods and techniques for managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Articulate what a project is and how it differs from operational work
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively and consistently with all project members, both internal and external
- Demonstrate ability to work in groups/teams for a common goal
- Recognize and understand the importance of each element of a web team and their role in a project
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All assignments |
| 1-initiation |
pm |
- determine project scope and budget
- present project overview & summary
- present project timeline and scope
|
Project Brief |
| 1-initiation |
pm |
- identify and analyse potential risks
- plan for dealing with risks
|
Risk Planning Workshop |
| 1-initiation |
pm |
- identify project phases and critical tasks and task priorities
- identify project deliverables
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Project Timeline |
| 1-initiation |
pm |
- determine estimation methods for project tasks
- create a timeline using both methods
|
Project Timeline |
| 1-initiation |
pm |
- develop/promote sense of team cooperation
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Chinese Whispers |
| 2-kick-off |
cm |
- present project overview & summary,
- present project timeline and scope,
- demonstrate ability to run an efficient meeting: identify meeting goals, critical message, troubleshoot and garner action steps
|
Project Kickoff |
| 2-kick-off |
cm |
- evaluate a client's personality profile
- demonstrate ability to establish appropriate communication style, tone and approach
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Communication Quadrant |
| 2-kick-off |
cm |
- develop/promote sense of team cooperation
- evaluate team members' strengths and weaknesses
- demonstrate ability to help client clarify priorities
|
Project Kickoff |
| 2-kick-off |
tm |
- develop/promote sense of team cooperation
- clarify project specifications
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Internal project kick-off meeting |
| 2-kick-off |
tm |
- create supporting project documentation to facilitate project organization
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively and consistently with all project members, both internal and external
|
Continual project assessment |
| 3-implementation |
cm |
- Demonstrate ability to work in groups/teams for a common goal
|
Using communications |
| 3-implementation |
tm |
- develop/promote sense of team cooperation,
- evaluate team members' strengths and weaknesses
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Skills evaluation |
| 3-implementation |
cm |
Create a project hand-off document |
Hand-off document |
| 3-implementation |
pm |
- Demonstrate ability to work in groups/teams for a common goal
• demonstrate continual project assessment
|
Continual project assessment |
| 4-completion |
pm |
- create supporting project documentation to facilitate project organization
|
Hand-off document, weekly status reports |
| 4-completion |
tm |
- devise and conduct a project post-mortem,
- develop/promote sense of team cooperation
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Post-mortem |
| 5-all |
cm, pm, tm |
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively and consistently with all project members, both internal and external
- demonstrate continual project assessment
|
Weekly status reports |
