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10
in a little over ten minutes
Practical Project
Management Tips
Chris Ford, Project Manager
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Chris Ford
Project Manager, Reaktiv Studios
Graduated
Design School
1996
HTML Site Builder
1996-2001
I worked at a skateboard company and three web
design agencies building sites from scratch.
We’re talking tables, frames, font tags, and GIF
89a animations.
The Flash Era
1999-2005
From a virtual art gallery for what became Wynn
Hotels to a Gateway Computers microsite I used
Actionscript to make buttons sing and dance.
Dotcom Crash Freelancer
2002-2005
When the excess of in-office foosball tables and free
soda and beer came crashing down it seemed like a
good idea to freelance since there were no jobs,
Thus began my work-at-home career.
Scrapbooking Detour
2005-2007
In a complete 180 I moved from web design to
print as an art director for a series of idea books as
well as a digital scrapbooking magazine.
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Chris Ford
Project Manager, Reaktiv Studios
Genesis Theme Designer
2010-2013
As a sideline I started designing sites for photographers
and scrapbooking companies. A client requested a theme
from Revolution Themes, which eventually became
StudioPress. That led to designing the first theme for
crafters and mommy bloggers.
Freelance WP Designer
After Genesis updated to version 2.0 I decided to retire
my themes and focus on client sites. I designed sites for
companies like Aesop Story Engine and XXX.
Project Manager
2015-2019
In 2015 I made another 180 when I became a
project manager at Crowd Favorite. I’ve been a
PM at Reaktiv Studios for a little over 2 years now,
where I apply my design and UX background to
designing projects and processes.
2008-2017
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Recognize
your privilege.
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Projects are
about people.
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Work with
people you like.
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There is no such thing
as a perfect project.
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Measure what
matters to you.
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You will be wrong.
It will suck.
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Bad news
doesn’t age well.
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Celebrate the
small victories.
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Create a
culture
of helping.
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Take care
of yourself.
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Everyone is a
project manager.
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Thanks for your time!
I’m happy to talk after this—hit me up in the Hallway Track.
You can find slides for this talk at speakerdeck.com/reaktivstudios/10-practical-pm-tips
Chris Ford, Project Manager