1. Project Management in a Nutshell Tips to Keep Your Project on Track Ceilyn Boyd & Cathy Conroy Programs, Projects & Operational Planning 16 September 2015

2. Overview Project Management in a Nutshell Hands-On Project Analysis
1) Plan, 2) Manage, 3) Deliver
Project Management Principles, Tools, & Strategies
Hands-On Project Analysis
Apply the tools and strategies to your project
Overcoming Common Issues and Obstacles
Scope-creep; Teamwork; Managing resources, risks, & change; Lessons learned

3. Project Management in a Nutshell
Project Management Goals
Plan
Manage
Deliver

4. Project Management Principles
Planning helps to minimize risk and ensure good outcomes
Plans always change, but change can be managed
Good lines of communication help to:
manage stakeholder expectations, and
ensure that team members stay engaged

5. Project Management Tools
Project charter
Goals and deliverables
Benefits and/or impact statement
Workplan
To-do list
Timeline
Budget
Resources
Roles and responsibilities
Communications plan*
Status Reports
Lessons Learned

6. Project Management Strategies
Project scope management
Avoid scope creep
Resource management
Document roles and responsibilities
Identify members of the ‘critical path’
Risk management
Identify risks to project in advance
Create risk mitigation plans
Change management
Document changes to goals, scope, and, deliverables
Communications*

7. Project Communications
Audience
Internal: project team, stakeholders
External: other members of the community
Modes
Written
Project documents: charter, workplan, schedule, meeting notes, status reports.
Reports: formal reports to funders, etc.
Other
Informal
Formal

8. Hands On Project Analysis
Apply the tools and strategies to your project

9. Overcoming Common Issues and Obstacles
Scope Creep
Teamwork
Managing resources, risks, & change
Lessons Learned

10. Thank You.

11. Contact Us Ceilyn Boyd Cathy Conroy ceilyn_boyd@harvard.edu
Cathy Conroy