Planning
Planning is probably the most important part of any project. Take your time to think through options, do research, talk to experts, and if possible, see what others have done. Making a quick mind map is often useful to visually organize concepts, layers of information, or ideas. We used one to help is in designing this site.
Once you have a well thought out, formulated plan... schedule it! Making a detailed development or production schedule will help you:
The Gantt chart is a common method of displaying a project schedule. You can create your Gantt Chart in Excel, but here are also a few tools that can help in creating a Gantt Chart.
- Monitor and track the progress of your project
- Determine how to allocate resources
- Aid in quick re-arrangement of schedule, or resources when unexpected delays occur
The Gantt chart is a common method of displaying a project schedule. You can create your Gantt Chart in Excel, but here are also a few tools that can help in creating a Gantt Chart.
- Toms Planner - Online Project Planner
- Smart Sheet - Project Management with and Interactive Online Gantt Chart
- OfficeTimeline - an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint.
Good luck in your planning phase, and remember, coffee ...lots of coffee...