Digital Literacies for University Administrators 2013
Jisc LFHE CLL Project management session
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Project Management
Tips and Tricks
10.50 – 11.45
Myles Danson Programme Manager Jisc
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Aims
• Experience the power of some project scoping
approaches to enhance project planning
• Receive resources to help explore further
approaches, techniques and approaches for
successful project design and delivery
• Apply techniques to own project plan when back in
the office
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Task 1
• Take 10 minutes to read and discuss the Scenario
and;
– By table record your first impressions eg:
• What are its strengths?
• What are its weaknesses?
• How likely is it to succeed?
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Approach 1
• A Mind Map can help demonstrate the scale of the
intervention
• Any observations?
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Approach 2
• You cunningly asked the project team to undertake a
SWOT exercise
• Add your own elements to the SWOT
• Quick feedback
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Approach 3
• Considering the SWOT, create your own Risk
Analysis using the following headings;
– Risk
– Mitigation
• Quick feedback
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Act on the learning
• Propose a revised project methodology
• Draw your own Mind Map
• Quick feedback
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How was it for you
• Reflections on this and your project
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Today or back in the office
• For your own project
– Mind Map
– Identify Risks
– Update project plan
– Report to coaching session
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Conclusions
• Use of standard project management tools can refine
the project plan early on by
– Demonstrating the rational for changes
– Gaining stakeholder buy-in
– Identifying the changes themselves
• Producing a better project
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Jisc resources for CLL
• http://bit.ly/jisc_CLL_shortcuts
• This PPT
– http://bit.ly/jisc_cll_project_management
