1. Daniel Harshman Don McGraw Travis Eagles-Soukup
Time Management
Daniel Harshman
Don McGraw
Travis Eagles-Soukup

2. Feedback? Questions about Presenter?
Tom Hart
Vice President of Operations
Lijit, Inc.
Feedback? Questions about Presenter?

3. Time Management Process
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Control Schedule

4. Define Activities Breaking down the WBS to the activity level
Scrums
Non-sequenced
Milestones
Waterfall vs. Agile integration

5. Sequence Activities Methods to draw network diagrams Leads and lags
Helps put the project into scope
Precedence diagramming method
Finish to start
Coding before testing
Finish to finish
Leads and lags
Go to client before design phase
Wait until design completed to implement

6. Estimate Activity Resources
Important that project manager knows the resource availability
Resources the biggest challenge going from large company to small start-up
Reassigning resources
Moving certain deliverables to the back end

7. Estimate Activity Durations
Three-point estimates (PERT)
Pessimistic
Optimistic
Most likely
One-point estimates
People doing work should do the estimates
Communicate and understand why
Padding

8. Develop Schedule Critical paths Project float (slack)
Agile and Waterfall integration
Project manager vs. Sales rep
4.5 months to 1 month
Project float (slack)
Important to have float time in case of unexpected problems

9. Develop Schedule Schedule Compression What-if Analysis Fast tracking
Moving resources around
Crashing
Release software before all bugs are fixed
Increasing costs to meet release date
What-if Analysis
Monte Carlo Analysis
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10. Control Schedule Re-estimating Make sure project is still on track
Missing milestones has no effect on external customer’s product

11. Integration Planning phase is critical with fast projects
Challenges if don’t have buy in
Quality Assurance
Releasing before testing
Integration management through project managers vs. sales staff

12. Communication Written and verbal communication
Sometimes you need to talk to someone over the phone
Web conferences are good when possible
Able to read body language
Nonverbal communication
s don’t always get the point across
Buddytv.com and complexities

13. Communication Can’t teach communication
Important to have the right people on your team
Sales staff
Different skill sets

14. Business Social Responsibility
Internet Security
Don’t keep personal information about user
Pop-up underwear commercial
Green office
Eco bus pass
Incentive to not drive
Green blogs

15. Other Useful Info Regression testing How internet advertising works
Get the bugs out
How internet advertising works
Implementation ASAP
The faster, the quicker the revenue stream
MS Project vs. Rally

16. Prezi Slideshow Link

17. Thank You!