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* Seek out lessons learned – what works; what doesn’t; mentoring | * Seek out lessons learned – what works; what doesn’t; mentoring | ||
* Delegate – don’t attempt to do everything | * Delegate – don’t attempt to do everything | ||
* Balance your time, resources, and scope | |||
==Some Potentially Useful Tools== | ==Some Potentially Useful Tools== | ||
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This page provides resources and information related to project management, including documents, websites, videos, presentations, and other information.
iDigBio Presentations on Project Management Topics
| Date | Content Name | Brief Summary | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/27/2014 | Project Management, Administration, & Mentoring | This breakout group at iDigBio's Summit IV group discussed the importance of project management & administration in keeping your project on time and within budget. The group discussed lessons learned, what worked, and what didn't work based on our experience and then brainstormed new approaches. We encouraged older TCNs to mentor & advise the younger TCNs. | |
| 10/16/2014 | Project Management Webinar | Effective project management requires a balance of technical skills (the "science") with people skills (the "art"). Technical skills include areas such as planning, estimating, measuring, and controlling. In contrast, people skills include areas such as leading, enabling, motivating, and communicating. Successful project managers are flexible in applying their knowledge and skills in both areas in the correct combination and proportion to keep projects moving forward. This session will provide an overview of the technical and artistic aspects of project management, including some strategies and tactics for adapting to situations and driving things forward. | |
| 11/20/2013 | The Art and Science of Project Management | Breakout discussion group at iDigBio's Summit III focused on balancing the scientific and artistic (technical and people skills) in project management. Strategies and tactics for adapting to situations and driving things forward. | |
| 5/31/2012 | Business Process Modeling | Training session at iDigBio's Object-to-Image-to-Data Workshop focused on business process management and modeling. | |
| 5/30/2012 | Social Issues in Collaborative Digitization | Presentation at iDigBio's Object-to-Image-to-Data Workshop focused on social issues in collaborative digitization: people, culture, and change. |
Some Thoughts and Recommendations
- Project management focuses the team on goals and outcomes and provides a structure for success
- Leadership is always important
- Identify a suitable person to manage project – skill set, temperament, commitment
- Project plan – get and stay organized; anticipate and plan for risks; interface with institutional procedures
- Flexibility in all aspects – don’t be schedule or budget driven, but rather outcome driven
- Decisions – often easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission
- Communication – utilize various media to reach different kinds of people; hold regular meetings; keep stakeholders involved
- Seek out lessons learned – what works; what doesn’t; mentoring
- Delegate – don’t attempt to do everything
- Balance your time, resources, and scope
Some Potentially Useful Tools
- Documents & budgeting
- Scheduling
- Microsoft Project - generally considered to be "the standard"
- Gantter - free; web-based; integrates with Google Drive; similar to MS Project
- ProjectLibre - "open source replacement of Microsoft Project"
- Project Management
Project Management Resources
- Project Management Institute; PMBOK Guide and Standards
- DoIT Project Management Advisor
- Improving the User Experience
- Project Science