Featherweight Project Management for Web Professionals

Peter Mosinskis, Director of IT Strategy, CSU Channel Islands
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1. Featherweight Project Management for Web Professionals Peter Mosinskis Director of IT Strategy
2. About Me
3. Our campus
4. What’s your single biggest challenge in managing web projects? Time  for  a  poll…  
10. Vixstarplus  /  flickr  
11. ONE
12. Typical Project Management
14. David  Boyle  in  DC  /  flickr  
15. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/32489855489/local-­‐decision-­‐making  
16. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/33230126065/Nmemachinebycommi@ee  
17. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/36898710065/trustdata  
18. TWO
19. Start Keeping Track of Your Time
20. Managing Expectations
23. THE  BOSS   (PURPLE)   THE  MINION   (BLUE)  
24. Hey,  how  is  the   new  widget  coming   along?       I  haven’t  had  a   chance  to  work  on  it   yet.  
25. But  I  thought  you   said  it’d  be  done   last  week.     Yeah,  I’m  just  too  busy   and  I  have  to  do  that  thing   for  Professor  Angrymann.    
26. But  you  got  that   last  widget  done  so   quickly.     No,  the  last  widget   also  took  me  a  long   Nme  to  finish.  
27. Really?  How  long   did  it  take?     Umm…   I’m  not  sure,  but  I   know  it  took  a     long  Nme.    
28. Hmm.  You  don’t  sound   that  busy  to  me.  Why   don’t  you  just  stay  late   and  get  the  widget  done.     But  what  do  I  tell   Professor  Angrymann?!!    
29. YOU
30. Tony  Dunn,  Tales  from  Redesignland  ,  5/30/13  -­‐    h@p://redesignland.blogspot.com  
31. Communicating about workload
35. 60   : <
36. 10   tasks per day 38   hours per year
37. 98%   Tracking   Everything  Else  
38. So what?
39. Types  of  tasks   How  many  tasks   Who  you’re  working  for   How  long  tasks  take  
40. 0%  0%   1%   1%   1%   1%   2%  2%   4%   4%   23%   61%   My time 2012-13
41. Ajschu  /  flickr  
42. Need More?
43. January 2011 – April 2013 Freshbooks  Costs:  $7,428   Billable  Hours:  1,199   Billed  Costs  Recovered:    $11,990      
44. $4500 Clipp2nd  /  flickr   (I WISH)
45. THE  BOSS   (PURPLE)   THE  MINION   (BLUE)  
46. Hey,  how  is  the   new  widget  coming   along?       I  haven’t  had  the   chance  to  work  on  it   yet.  
47. Why  not?     I’m  working  on  4  other  projects.       Based  on  my  previous  experience,   I  think  I  can  get  to  the  widget  in   about  2  weeks.  
48. But  you  got  that   last  widget  done  so   fast.     No,  the  last  widget   took  a  long  Nme  too,   and  I  was  working  on   fewer  projects.      
49. Well,  how  long  did   it  take?     The  last  widget  took  120   hours  to  finish,  and  I  was   only  working  on  4  other   projects.    
50. Wow,  I  didn’t  realize   you  were  so  busy.     So  which  of  my  projects   would  you  like  me  to  focus   on  right  now?     Well,  we  need  to  get  that   that  widget  done  ASAP.  
51. Tell  Angrymann  that  his   request  will  have  to  wait.     If  you  get  hassled,  have   Angrymann  come  talk  to  me.     OK,  I  can  work  on  the  widget,  but   what  about  Prof.  Angrymann’s   request?    
52. Michael  Dawes  /  flickr  
54. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/32696739905/five   HIVE HUMAN INTO VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
55. SCOPE CREEP
56. HIVE:  Can  we  add   this  new  widget?   YOU:  Yes  we  can,  but   are  you  willing  to   wait  an  extra  4   weeks  for  your   product  to  launch?    
57. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/32696739905/five   HIVE HUMAN INTO VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
58. Colin  Harman  -­‐  h@p://colinharman.com   Pick Two!
59. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/32696781554/fav HAVE HUMAN AGAINST VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
60. DUC DIGITAL UNDERCOVER CAVEMAN
61. The Speed of the Web
62. How Technology Works
63. DUC:  Thanks.  We’ll  hold   off  for  6  months,  when   the  web  site  is  ‘done’.     YOU:  So  I  built  that  new   widget  that  you  asked   for,  so  we’re  ready  to   launch.      
64. DUC DIGITAL UNDERCOVER CAVEMAN – needs boundaries
65. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/36898710065/trustdata  
66. TOOLBOX
67. •  A  project  and  workload  communicaNon  tool   •  Data  for  future  esNmates   •  Strategies  for  communicaNng  effecNvely  with   different  types  of  people.    
68. Kyle  Bowen  /  h@p://classhack.com/post/32490601989/ma@er-­‐of-­‐scale  
69. At the Start What  do  I  need  to  know?   What  do  I  need  to  say?    
70. Easy to Make Requests
71. Requirements Skill
72. Dwstucke  /  flickr  
73. Estimation Skill
74. S – M – L - XL
75. SO…
76. All projects have a start date and an end date
78. ElDave/  flickr  
79. Questions? Peter  Mosinskis   peter.mosinskis@csuci.edu   h(p://goo.gl/S4Knf