The document discusses several key aspects of planning new library projects and initiatives. It addresses determining how projects align with strategic goals, understanding user needs and behaviors, establishing design priorities, defining project requirements and deliverables, identifying constraints and resources, creating work breakdown structures, and establishing governance structures including milestones, dependencies, and oversight.

1. How and where we interface
with our users is where the
rubber meets the road and
should merit a little more thought
then simply thrusting a MySpace
page in their face or building a
new library in Second Life...
--John Blyberg, Library 2.0 Debased
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2. some rights reserved (work+tumble)

3. some rights reserved (Ben McLeod)

4. choosing / prioritizing

5. some rights reserved (Valley Library)

6. how the things we do help our
users meet their needs
how a new project will help us
meet our strategic goals
how a new project will help us do
things better or more cheaply

7. some rights reserved (Rutty)

8. how the new thing should work &
how it does work
how, how well, and how fast we
should build the new thing
if we have the expertise to build
it, and how will we fill any gaps

10. some rights reserved (michellereneehawkins)

11. what our users really do, really
want to do - & how to find that out
the designs & tools that will have
the biggest impact on our users
the best ways to communicate
with our users

12. some rights reserved (Windward CC Library)

14. some rights reserved (thegloaming)

16. purpose
deliverables
constraints
work breakdown
criteria
organization

17. IS IS NOT
deliverable
consistent look
Every member
and feel
of the library
faculty will comprehensive
easy to find
create a page
to display official CV
linkable
selected
publications printable
easy to update
and
without
presentations
requiring
HTML

18. scope
constraint
matrix
resources schedule

19. work breakdown
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20. milestones
dependencies

21. some rights reserved (Carl Blake)

25. who has veto power
who needs to be kept informed

27. exercise & discussion
1. BRAINSTORM: Think of every task (big or small) you
would have to do to complete one of these projects
in your environment. One task per post-it.
2. DISCUSS: Within your groups, discuss how context
affects your planning.
3. ORGANIZE: Group the post-its. Label your groups.
4. PLAN: Identify dependencies & a rough timeline.
Identify your planning horizon.
5. PREDICT: Identify key milestones. Identify time and
resources needed to achieve milestones.