Project Management for Instructional Designers

What exactly is a project? In this session, you'll learn the difference between a "project" and "not a project." You'll also explore other general aspects of project management and discuss the project life cycle.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. Define the differences between instructional design and project management.

2. Discuss the benefits of using Project Management principles

3. Define a "project" and its three requirements.

4. Identify skills that a project manager needs to be successful.

5. Identify a generic project life cycle.

Now that we've covered the basics of project management, we're going to really start to dig deeper into the processes that you can use to improve your work.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. Identify the five process groups of project management.

2. Define project initiation and the two outputs of the process.

3. Discuss the project charter.

4. Discuss who stakeholders can be and how to identify them.

5. Identify different ways to classify stakeholders.

In this session, you'll focus on planning a project's path from beginning to end. You will also learn about all the areas that need to be considered during the planning process.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. Define project planning and its related terms: scope, objectives, outcomes, milestones, and work breakdown structure

2. Identify scope creep and explain how to prevent it

3. Identify the sections and components of a project plan

4. Describe the functions and advantages of using a WBS

5. Describe the purpose of a kick-off meeting

NOTE: A debrief/ answer sheet for Kesha's First Day included in Quiz 2 is attached to the resources for this session for your review.

You'll learn the ins and outs of actually getting the project done, as well as making sure it gets done right the first time.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. List and describe five ways to manage and direct the project work during execution.

2. Discuss how to manage change.

3. Define and give examples of OPAs

3. Discuss how and why lessons learned are gathered.

4. Differentiate between crashing and fast-tracking a project.

5. Discuss why political and cultural awareness is important in project communications.

6. Describe the differences between quality control and scope validation.

You'll learn about the final stage of project management, closure, and what needs to be done during this important phase.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. List at least three things that happen during project closure.

2. Discuss gathering & processing lessons learned.

3. Describe the difference between closing the project and reviewing the project.

4. Describe the purpose of a project implementation review.