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Practical Project Management for Creative Projects

Practical Project Management for Creative Projects

with Richard Harrington

 


Project management is key to taking an idea from start to finish, but video and photography projects face very special challenges that set them apart from traditional business projects. In this course, Rich Harrington introduces viewers to the core concepts of effective project management within the context of the video production and photography industries.

Covering topics like effectively matching your services offered with the project, estimating time, and communicating with clients, Rich shares insights from his many years as a business owner and creative professional.

This course was created and produced by Rich Harrington. We are honored to host this content in our library.
Topics include:
  • Understanding the benefits of project management
  • Investigating outsourcing and partnering opportunities
  • Defining project objectives
  • Understand the project life cycle
  • Scoping the project
  • Identifying key roles
  • Estimating time
  • Managing projects with tools like Facebook or Basecamp
  • Building a control cycle
  • Managing a team

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author
Richard Harrington
subject
Business, Project Management, Video, Video Pre-Production, Freelancing
level
Appropriate for all
duration
2h 30m
released
Feb 14, 2013

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