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The Project Cycle

Successful Projects

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The five W’s

The success of a project depends very much on how well you plan it. Ask yourself some questions….

What am I being asked to do? What problem

am I solving?

Who is going to be using my end result?

Who is this for?

When does it need to be completed by?

When is the deadline?

Why am I doing this project? What purpose

does it serve?

Where can I find the information I need? Where can I find similar products?


The five W’s – What?


The five W’s – Who?


The five W’s – Why?


The five W’s – When?

an hour?

How long will it take to produce different sources of information about the sports activities taking place in school?

A list




a day?

A flyer



a week?


A leaflet



a term?


A web site


The five W’s – Where?


How?

Steps towards a successful project:

brainstorm the solutions

complete a plan of action with time scales

draft your solution

review and annotate your work

evaluate your project.


Storm that brain!!

Give yourself a time limit (make it quick)

List all ideas

Arrange your ideas in groups

Review the order of the groups

Erase any that do not fit in.

Brilliant brainstorming!!

G. L. A. R. E.


Get the timing right

The next stage is to create a time plan.

Time plan

brainstorm

time plan

research

draft

annotate

evaluate

How do you plan your time?


Gantt Chart – completing a project

week 1 week 2 week 3 week 4

brainstorm project

write action plan

research project

initial ideas

draft final idea

design poster

review and annotate

complete

final spellcheck

evaluate project

List all the tasks that need to be completed

Break down into weeks/days

Colour in time required for each task

On the next slide you can fill in a Gantt chart for yourself.


Don’t be daft… draft

group ideas that can form a paragraph together

try and put the paragraphs in an order

translate the ideas into sentences

move from one paragraph to the next

how long is the document? How long should it be?

add more ideas or remove ideas that do not fit

check that your writing still suits audience and purpose.

Drafting is the first stage of putting pen to paper to develop the key words from the brainstorm:


Chopping and changing

layout – Is everything in the right place?

content – Is everything relevant? Accurate?

style – Does the project suit the audience and purpose?

SPG – Are spelling, punctuation and grammar correct?

Projects are rarely perfect after the first draft. Work needs to be reviewed for the following:


Annotate the letter to show the changes that need to be made.


If only… I would


Summary

Always ask What, Who, Why, When, Where and How.

A successful project should include a:

brainstorm using G.L.A.R.E.

a plan of action with time scales using Gantt charts

a draft of the solution

review and annotation

an evaluation of the project.

What can I remember?

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