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Ali’s Project Management and the Re-purposing of the Food Pyramid
Bringing healthy eating into the officeApril 29, 2010
Let’s Start from the very Beginning
Source Document: http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html
1st Idea – Web form that would be a pre-existing grocery list. Designed to help people with faster grocery shopping that yields healthy results. www.webpages.ttu.edu/alisbrow
2nd Idea – Design posters that are motivational for coworkers to help motivate them to eat healthier while at work. (There are always so many doughnuts and junk food around)
http://alipubsmanagement.pbworks.com/Working-Professional-Information-Posters
Target Audience and Motivation
Business Professionals who are stuck in an office day after day after day
Want people to be healthier = happier= more productive=better work quality
Information is concise to attract users.
Planning
Outlined goals and objectives Outlined user needs Defined the scope Developed a schedule Evaluated project dependencies Completed user testing
Predicted Dependencies
Technology tools Technical Experience Writing and Design Audience Understanding
Authoring Strategies
1) Considered users 2) Outlined my structure 3) Developed style guidelines 4) Used minimalist strategy
Content from Presentation
Developed web form content first which drove the presentation
Developed poster presentation first, which drove the content
Both worked equally well
Managing Change
4 ways to really mess up› Resisting change to design› Resisting user feedback› Scope creep› Re-using everything I can
Quality Assurance
Scheduled reviews (Yes, even in a team of one reviews do work!)
Design and Evaluation
User testing pitfalls – Too many suggested changes or too many suggestions that are not useful.
Production and Delivery
My punch list:› Spell checking› Style› Alignment› Readability› Verifying links› Verifying attachments› Testing› Reviewing tester’s comments
Lessons Learned – What I did right and wrong
Right: Planning is essential Right: Get user feedback early Improvement Needed: Asking targeted
questions of users Improvement Needed: Learning
technology before I need it
Conclusion and Hopes for the Future
Thanks all for viewing my presentation! I hope someday to not sit behind a
desk all day and actually be able to get out there and motivate people to lead healthy and active lives. This is my small attempt to change my surroundings. Even if one person benefits, I feel this will have been a success.