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Project Management for People Who Dread ProjectsChristina Inge
WordCamp Boston 2014
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Why Do You Dread Projects?
The Work
Goals of the
Work
The Stuff
Around the
Work
What you love
What you manage
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The Pieces
Resources
Timelines
Expectations
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What Project Management Is
Managing the pieces
And the people
Towards the goal
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Keeping Projects on TrackYou Are the Boss Now
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Know Your Hurdles
• Over-optimism
• Competing priorities
• Team expectations
• Corgis
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Beat Those Hurdles!• Be prepared
• Anticipate, don’t react
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Over-Optimism• Take the time you think it will
take
• Triple it
• No really
• Don’t be afraid to say “This is the time it takes to do it right”
• Shyness often masquerades as over-optimism: you don’t want to be the person to say it will take time
• But that’s your responsibility as a leader
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Competing Priorities• Prioritize
• Evaluate
• Build consensus
• Decide
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Team Expectations• Communication
• Benchmarks
• Checkins
• Morale
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Corgis• Totally random things always happen
• Often at the last minute
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Tactics & the PracticalAka The Nitty Gritty
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Tactics
Team
• Communicate more• Listen• Keep everyone informed of
(mostly) everything—there’s no such thing as “need to know basis”
Technology• Use project management tools• Be willing to train
Time• Delegate wisely• Manage scope• Done is better than perfecct
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Project Management Tools• Needs to something
you, your team, and your client will actually use
• Nothing is sadder than an empty project platform
Factors
Choose something
you’ll actually use
Technical skills
Cognitive style
Cost
If something’s in
place, use even
if not optimal
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Some Favorites
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Remote Teams• Regular communication, not
just tactical but emotional
• Reduce the issues around timezones or needless burnout ensues
• Build a sense of camaraderie
• Use collaboration tools
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The EmotionalOr, Zen and the Art of Project Management
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From Geek to Manager• Confidence
• Identity
• Communication
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Multiple Loci of Power
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Extroversion & Introversion in Leadership
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