On 22 June 2006 members of the South East Libraries Reading Development Partnership attended a project management course run by Metaphizz www.metaphizz.com.
The aims of the day were:
- Being a project manager: who you have to be, creating the best mindset for success and sanity
- Start with the end in mind: clear vision, purpose and goals
- The Magic Triangle: a simple systems approach to managing projects
- Appropriate time planning tools: choosing the right ones for you
- Successful project meetings: the 3 key things to take from them
- Critical communications: keeping them clear and simple
- Managing risk: how to stay ahead of surprises
- The most useful word in project management
- The most common mistakes in project management ... and how to avoid them
- Change- and self-management: avoiding resistance and managing stress
Notes from group work sessions can be found to the right of the screen and include:
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Project Management
- Vision and Purpose of reader development projects across the South East
Postcards of all the salient points can be found by downloading the following PDFs which are again available to the right of the screen and include:
- Being a Project Manager
- Vision, Purpose and Goals
- The Magic Triangle
- Meetings and Communication
- Risk Management
- Change and Self Management
Evaluation of the Day
Feedback from the day is also available to the right of the screen.
