Lights, Camera, eLearning: What Project Managers and Hollywood Directors Have in Common
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There are a lot of similarities between producing a movie and producing an eLearning project. In both cases, there are various types of people doing different tasks, all working towards a common goal. But there’s usually one person who’s “driving”…who knows how to get the project from point A to point B. In a movie production, that person would be the director; in an eLearning project, it’s the project manager.
Transcript of Lights, Camera, eLearning: What Project Managers and Hollywood Directors Have in Common
Lights, Camera, eLearning:
What Project Managers
and Hollywood Directors
Have in Common
Based on a blog post by Pam Kelly
Adapted by Jennifer Ritter
November 2014
Brought to you by
A project or movie
starts with an idea
It takes a team
to create it
And one person
to lead the team
In both cases…
Organization Project Plan and
Schedule
Workflow and
CommunicationBudget
Consider these to help you succeed
• Systems for organizing
• Systems can be simple
o Asset tracking spreadsheet
o Standard folder structure
Project documents
Assets
Programming files
o Agree on file naming
conventions
Organization
Point A Point B
2
• Start with process for getting
Project Plan and
Schedule
Project Plan
IDs key stakeholders
IDs project team
Documents deliverables
Project scope
Schedule
Tasks needed for completion
(along with dates, who’s
responsible, and deliverables)
Note: Some tasks depend on others
• Know the goal before you
“start rolling”
• Keep the plan updated and team
members informed
Workflow and
Communication
• Constant communication
o Team meetings?
How often? Who?
o In person? Phone?
Web conference?
o Free communication or
single point-of-contact?
o Acceptable forms of
communication? Email?
Phone? In person? Etc.
• Clear workflow
o Deliverable review and sign-off
o Order of reviewers, or all at once?
o Single point-of-contact, or individual feedback?
o Number of review rounds? Same reviewers?
Budget
Budget
Time
Quality
• Defines project scope
• One of three project constraints
o Have to make trade-offs
between them
Project
Read the full blog post on
http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com/
elearning-project-managers/
