Project Management

Project management is the role of ensuring that all aspects of a given production is run smoothly by overseeing a number of people or departments. The PM would ensure that all deadlines are met and the brief is followed by liaising with others and holding them to account.

• Project management is the effective planning and running of a project from the starting ideas to the end product.
• Planning requires the outline of the tasks, deadlines and milestones that the project is at.
• A project timeline schedule is needed to be created for the creation of the media product to include tasks that need to be done, deadlines for each task and milestones within individual tasks or the overall project. This places events in order of what needs to be done when.

Tools

• Gantt chart:

            Uses horizontal bars to illustrate project completion dates, progress and milestones and dependencies.

• Workflow tool: 

             Split by team member so that it is clear who is doing what, when.

• Project schedule excel

• To do lists