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Basic Project Planning. Day 1, Training of Trainers 9 December 2009. http://images.quickblogcast.com/106452-99267/3260585819_project_management.jpg. What is PP?. planning to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Challenges of PP. Primary challenge:
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Basic Project Planning Day 1, Training of Trainers 9 December 2009
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What is PP? • planning to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives
Challenges of PP • Primary challenge: • achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honoring the preconceived project constraints • Secondary challenge: • to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management
PP in End-User Training • Quality: What kind of a training do we want to deliver? • Cost: What do we need to do to achieve the Q of training we want? • Delivery: When is the end-user training scheduled?
Who? • Primarily, a Project Leader does project planning. • Coordination with project team members • Consultation with project sponsors/customers
Project Team Membership • A team is composed of members who contribute to the outcome of the project. • What is each member’s role?
Creating a Project Schedule Recommendation: Use a Gantt chart. Milestone Task Duration Task Dependency
Sample Project Schedule What can you determine from the schedule? How can you improve this project schedule?
How to Start on Gantt • Determine outputs/deliverables. • Identify dependencies • “To complete this, we need to …” • Budget time to carry out tasks. • Graph.
Task: • Create a project schedule for your project. • Timeframe: • December 14 (Monday) to target Pilot run date.
Basic Project Planning End of Module