project management a real story joomla world conference 2013

Project Management a Real Story

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Victor Drover (Milwaukee, WI)

Vali Barbu-Nicusor (Romania)

Jef Channell (USA)

Yannick Gaultier (France)

Ron van Schaik (Canada)

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Victor Drover

Vali Barbu-Nicusor

Jef Channell

Ron van Schaik

Francesco Abeni

Pierr-Andre

Pizzotti David

Allan

What is your top challenge of project management?

Tools

Forgetting to do the m anagem ent bit and getting swamped w ith 'doing' the work

resource allocation

Team agreem ent

clarity

Project Management Tools

Boring

Fear of Judgment

Change = Risk

It's just another system

Project management tools don't solve problems

It takes a lot of work

What PM systems do not do

What is Project management anyway?

Accidental PM

PM process

Agency PerspectiveClose the sale Great Design Great Development Marketing!

Be On Time

“We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.”

-Vince Lombardi

Startup PerspectiveGet More Sales Great Design Great Development Marketing!

Freelancer Perspective

I want to eat

Freelancer Process

Lets Get This Party Started!Budge, Scope

Agency Process

Great! Lets get startedBudget, scope

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We have a new project! Can you help me estimate itAnd BTW I agreed on price and scope

Underbid

All nighters

Team is unhappy

The Client is un happy

How do you change this?

“This whole collaboration, we'll work together as a team'... I fnd it f***ing difcult...”-Dec 2010 Fast Company A rtic le

Project troubles

Don't screw your team members

You forget to add in 480 hours

Planning & Estimating

Team buy in

highest priority

Team Values and culture

Accountability

Acknowledgm ent

Finds Solutions rather than Blam e others

Commitment

“W inning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the tim e thing. You don’t do things right once in a while… you do them right all the time.”

-Vince Lombardi

Humor

Mind reading

Information Gathering

Communication

Respect Your Teammates!

High Performance Teams

I began to think about all the jobs I had held and realized that the m ore I felt respected and respected the organization, its leaders, my team members, and the work that I did has a lot to do with project success

Speaking of Gratitude

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How does your team work?

“People w ho w ork together w ill w in, w hether it be against com plex football defenses, or the problem s of m odern society.”

-Vince Lom bardi

Contact info

Complete Your Tasks

houseclean

“just a friendly rem inder from the housecleaner close your git hub tasks”

-Pierre-André Vullioud•

Problems

How many people are active on social media?

There is no emotion in virtual communication

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•(y) = Thumbsup

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Bad communication is a project killer

The Project

There are two fundam ental roles in any business transaction,•a customer (one who wants or needs something) •and a provider (one who has or can acquire that same thing). •

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Bringing these two roles together has been a challenge mankind has

faced since IT was born

Since we invented IT, the single biggest challenge has been

communicating what the customer wants in a manner that the

developers can deliver.

Defne each deliverable in detail.

Defne the acceptance terms for every deliverable.

summary of all deliverables and track them throughout the project.

Remember, it is never too late to course-correct a project.

The client

review the SOW with your client before it is signed.

Lead a great kickof meeting

Limit customer representation in the kickof meeting.

Discrepancies

Communicate everything.

Deliver bad news early.

Keep them informed of the project budget status.

Progress Report

Project

Project Manager (insert your nam e)

Date (Rem em ber to change this)

Progress Reports (continued)

Tasks completed last weekTasks to be com pleted this weekWeb project schedule updateProject com pletion %Questions, com m ents

Involve senior management.

Acceptance

Show your customer you are connected.

Strive for 2 hour em ail replies

Content

Task Content small Pieces

•About Us Page•Show examples •Review it •Praise them

Deliver.

Assess & Success

Tweet Request

Hey @ron_v_s #keep That Sh!t up! #yourock

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