Business lecture 11: Project management
Project management
3 distinct elements
Design Phase
Execution Phase
Implementation Phase
1. DESIGN PHASE
This covers all aspects related to the design.
Research
Idea Generation
Design Concept (s)
Design Embodiment
Technical Completion
2. EXECUTION PHASE
This covers all aspects related to the completion and
production of the design.
Technical Completion
Production Issues – print, 3D aspects, moving image, etc
Delivery
3. IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
This covers all aspects related to the design and
production once it is out in the public domain.
when planning always work backwards!
Planning
1 man hour = what one man can do in an hour (reasonably)
1 man day = 8 man hours
1 man week = 5 man days = 40 man hours
1 man month = 4 man weeks = 20 man days = 160 man hours
Consider: Holidays
Sickness
Time of year
Recognise that your staff (incl. you) need a break!
Britons Work to Live
Americans Live to Work
plan for leeway
DESIGN PHASE
This covers all aspects related to the design.
Time to undertake
Research Depends on brief detail
Idea Generation 1 day
Design Concept (s) 2 days
Design Embodiment 2 – 8 days
Technical Completion 3 days
9 – 15 days (72 – 120 hours)
Problems:
Do you NEED to be involved in all this?
Cheaper for someone else to do it / parts of it?
This is ONLY design phase.
Execution and Implementation are often more management aspects
Time allocation for these?
