Project management

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Table of Contents

Project management

1. Understand the Project/Define the problem

Define the Benefit/Cost

1. Understand the project/define the problem

Control Client Expectations

Control Client Expectations

Defining the Deliverables

Defining the Deliverables

2. Plan the project

Project Management by Technical Function

Project Management by Integrated Development Teams

Many ways to organize

Risk management

3. Execute the plan

Remember

Gantt chart

Critical Path Analysis

4. Monitor and control progress

Evaluate

Project Audit

5. Present to client

Success is generally measured by implementation

Calculation, simulation, and design

Outline

The culture of calculation

Prof. Koffman’s Pascal course

Derive a calculation design aesthetic

Possible answers

The culture of simulation

The cottage cheese story

Derive a simulation design aesthetic

Possible answers

Users as bricoleurs

Design as bricolage

What keeps designers honest?

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Author: Tom Finholt

Email: finholt@umich.edu

Home Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/Classes/505/SI505-syllabus.html

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