Changing the learning landscape

Project Management

Tips and Tricks

10.50 – 11.45Myles 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