From the course: Project Management for Designers
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What is your plan for project management?
From the course: Project Management for Designers
What is your plan for project management?
- When managing projects, build in key checks and balances that will enable you to keep your team on track, document details, and create a high level of quality output. You may have heard the quote, "A goal without a plan is just a wish," by the French poet Saint-Exupery. To me it sends up the need for your project management process to be written out, taught well to your team, and clearly shared with your collaborators and clients. If your goal is to have excellence in project management, a plan is exactly what needs to happen. A good plan for project management has four key characteristics. First, it has clear objectives. Second, it is as simple as possible. Third, it has points of analysis and assessment. Fourth, it's flexible and suitable for the type of objective you're trying to accomplish. When you're assessing the type of project management you're going to implement in your studio, you first need to decide on your objectives. These can shift based on the size of the firm you…
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