Slides from NAGW Preconference at KC

1. for Techs and Web Workers

2. • Overview - discussion of Project
Management
• Using Project Management Principles
• GTD for Project Management - Break
• Applying Project Management Ideas to
Your Next Project
• Using Project Management Ideas Even If
You Aren't Project Manager
• Discussion

6. • Define the end before you begin (what does
success look like)
• Risk Management
• Cost, Time, Quality
(Cheap, Fast, Good)

7. • Scope Management
• Deliverables
• Milestones
• Resource Management
• PM Tools

8. • Initiate
• Plan
• Execute
• Control and Command
• Close out

9. • Integration • HR Management
Management • Communications
• Scope Management Management
• Time Management • Risk Management
• Cost Management • Procurement
• Quality Management Management

10. • Integration Management • Project Quality Management
– 1. Develop Project Charter – 21. Plan Quality
2. Develop Project Management Plan 22. Perform Quality Assurance
23. Perform Quality Control
3. Direct and Manage Project Execution
4.
5.
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
• Human Resource Management
– 24. Develop Human Resource Plan
6. Close Project or Phase
25. Acquire Project Team
• Scope Management 26. Develop Project Team
27. Manage Project Team
– 7. Collect Requirements
8. Define Scope • Communications Management
9. Create WBS – 28. Identify Stakeholders
10. Verify Scope 29. Plan Communications
11. Control Scope 30. Distribute Information
31. Manage Stakeholder Expectations
• Time Management 32. Report Performance
– 12. Define Activities
13. Sequence Activities
• Risk Management
14. Estimate Activity Resources – 33. Plan Risk Management
15. Estimate Activity Durations 34. Identify Risks
35. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
16. Develop Schedule
36. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
17. Control Schedule 37. Plan Risk Responses
• Cost Management 38. Monitor and Control Risks
– 18. Estimate Costs • Procurement Management
19. Determine Budget – 39. Plan Procurements
20. Control Costs 40. Conduct Procurements
41. Administer Procurements
42. Close Procurements

17. • Traditional or "Waterfall" Project
Management
• Agile Project Management
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_Project_
Management
• GTD Project Management
• PRINCE2
– Process based and business oriented, popular in
UK

22. • Gantt Charts
– Milestones
– Scheduling resources
– Overall planning document
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Communication
– IM, Email, Basecamp-like web space
– Communication plan should be part of
planning documentation

24. • Use the 5 phases on your own part(s)
of the project, even if no one else is
• Review the project like you are the
manager, stay on top of things even if
your manager isn't
• Use free web tools to keep track of the
project yourself

25. One of the free
downloads available from
Gantthead
(www.gantthead.com).
Most downloads require
membership ($249 a
year), but some are free
– like this one.
Dashboard – easy to read
colors, quick view of
status

26. • MS Word and/or Excel
– Search templates for “project
management”
– Get lots of blank templates
• State of MO
– OA Project Management Manual -
http://oa.mo.gov/itsd/cio/projectmgmt/projectmgmtrefmanual.htm
• Texas Tech University -
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/infotech/pmguide.pdf

27. • Results without authority (book)
– Control through process
• Pick a process, any process
– Control through communication
• Good communication can help you exert
influence
• Use questions