Running Successful Projects
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This document discusses challenges for volunteer-led projects including long timelines, geographic dispersion of participants, and restricted budgets. It provides tips for effective project management such as clearly defining scope and deliverables, planning activities and resources, celebrating milestones, and having important conversations respectfully. The document recommends resources for learning more about project management and provides contact information.
Running Successful Projects
- 1. Philip Dembo
- 2. Members are volunteers Long projects can suffer from staff turnover Participants often geographically dispersed Restricted budget, means Relies on donations More difficult to procure facilities
- 3. Certainty and control Happy and empowered people
- 4. Having the right skills Roles and responsibilities Rules of participation Appreciation
- 6. Be clear on scope, and dont change it too much Know your deliverables first Plan activities and resources The tool of choice
- 9. Realism is the key Dependencies Celebrate milestones There is always an end Share the plan
- 10. Hardware Facilities Staff Knowing when you need your money; staged finance
- 11. Having hard conversations the right way Email vs verbal communication Meetings Be clear on purpose Have a clear agenda Whats the output
- 12. Risk Management Change Management Quality Management Stakeholder Management Have any of you ever done any of this stuff?
- 14. Project Management Demystified Geoff Reisse Project Management For Dummies PRINCE 2 Association of Project Managers Philip.dembo@odyssean.co.uk