This document provides guidance on project management for a scout troop. It outlines a simple 6-question framework for planning projects that addresses why, who, what, where, when and how. It emphasizes splitting large projects into smaller teams working on individual components. The role of the project manager is to communicate between these teams to ensure everything is on track for completion. An example is provided of using this framework to plan a trip to the moon by breaking it into sub-projects like building a rocket.

1. Project Management for The Scout Troop 11th Edgware Scout Troop www.11thedgware.com Bradley Howard, February 2010

2. How to get to the moon (for 13 year olds) Or...

3. Project Management is Really Simple

4. And then... i.e. Practice makes you almost perfect!

5. Two rules on planning: Split planning up into lots of ‘plans’ For each one, simply ask these 6 questions: Why...? Who...? What...? Where...? When...? How...? ‘Planning’ is actually more than just errr.. ‘planning’

6. A project manager doesn't need to answer any of those questions Or even understand those answers "All they do is": Communicate those answers between different planning teams (the 'who') Make sure everything is being done! ...That's "all they do!" A tiny point

8. Let’s plan our trip to the moon OK...

10. Why?

11. Who?

12. What?

13. Where?

14. When?

15. How?

16. Split up the really big project into smaller projects We'll have teams working on their 'smaller' projects (like building a rocket, or a moonbase...!) By now, we’ll have...

17. What does the Project Manager do now?

18. And now for a harder project...

20. Remember the beginning? Let’s plan for the cooking competition

21. The planning: Why...? Who...? What...? Where...? When...? How...? To plan for the cooking competition

22. Bradley Howard 11th Edgware Scout Troop