Estimating, Managing, and Tracking Projects: How to Get a Handle on Budgeting Your Time and Money
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Estimating, Managing, and Tracking Projects: How to Get a Handle on Budgeting Your Time and Money
- 1. Estimating, Managing, and Tracking Projects How to Get a Handle on Budgeting Your Time and Money 1
- 2. What We’ll Cover Analyzing the Job at Hand Recording the Analysis Estimating Time/Cost per Element Tracking the Project Recording Results for Posterity 2
- 3. Analyzing the Job at Hand Quality of Source Material Review Cycles Format/Style/Platform Requirements Authoring Tool Scoping the Job 3
- 4. Analyzing the Job at Hand What’s Written Down? Quality/Availability of SMEs Status of Target Subject Availability of Target Subject Quality of Source Material 4
- 5. Analyzing the Job at Hand How Many? Review Meetings Needed? How Will Changes Be Provided? Review Cycles 5
- 6. Analyzing the Job at Hand Templates, Existing Styles? Design Format from Scratch Platform for Deliverables Format/Style/Platform Requirements 6
- 7. Analyzing the Job at Hand New Tools Needed? Tool Costs Tool Learning Curve/Training Authoring Tool 7
- 8. Analyzing the Job at Hand Identify Tasks, Other Sections Breakdown Each Task Approximate Concept Info Approximate Steps Approximate Screens/Graphics Scoping the Job 8
- 9. Analyzing the Job at Hand Examples Software User Manual Help Demonstration eLearning Scoping the Job 9
- 10. Recording the Analysis Tour of the Job Worksheet Recording Scope, Calculating Element Count 10
- 11. Estimating Time/Cost per Element Based on Similar Jobs Brand New Revision Hours Per Element (page, help topic, slide) Resource Costs Ad Hoc Costs 11
- 12. Analyzing the Job at Hand Analyze Sample Input: Rate quality of input ( 1=poor, 5=excellent) Determine major sections Determine number of tasks, screens shots needed, page length of tasks Decide an estimated page count, hours/page Group Exercise 12
- 13. Tracking the Project Project Management Software Track Resource Time 13
- 14. Recording Results Final Element Count Divide Hours per Element Count Soft Factor Analysis 14
- 15. Tools Used Tool Mac App Used Windows Equivalent Spreadsheet for Job Worksheet Numbers Excel Project Management OmniPlan FastTrack Schedule or Microsoft Project Mini Relational Database Bento Access, FileMaker Calendar to Track Project Time iCal Outlook 15