project management a real story joomla world conference 2013
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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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