For the written presentation and video, visit http://whenihavetime.com/2016/03/30/fake-it-like-a-project-manager-for-designers-and-developers/ Even if you’re not a project manager, you can learn and incorporate some of the important tenets of project management into your projects and client relationships. A presentation I gave at WC Berlin.

1. FAKE IT LIKE A
PROJECT MANAGER
(FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS)
Sara Rosso
@rosso

2. “[WordPress agencies] often
have the talent, but aren't pulling
together the non-development
skills that make clients
comfortable spending the big
bucks.”
– Matt Mullenweg, @photomatt

3. – Sara @Rosso
“Project management is
problem solving on a deadline.”

4. – Mike @Monteiro
“Designers are problem solvers.”

5. SPREADSHEETS,
A PROJECT MANAGER’S
BEST FRIEND

7. GANTT CHARTS!

9. quality
Scope
ScheduleCost

10. quality
Scope
ScheduleCost

11. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED:
SCOPE

12. project scope

13. business reasons?

14. project scope

15. project
product

16. IDEAL WORLD:

17. planning &
strategy
collaboration
& execution
delivery
discovery
waterfall

18. build
launch
feedback
plan
agile

19. REAL WORLD:

20. SCOPE

21. • What do I know?
• What do I not know?
• What are their expectations?
• What are we not expecting to do?
• Am I assuming or have I asked?

22. SCHEDULE

28. DEPENDENCIES

29. CRITICAL PATH

30. KNOW WHERE YOU CONTRIBUTE
IN THE CRITICAL PATH.

31. JUST PICK A DATE.

32. BLOCKERS

33. COMMUNICATE.

34. ABOUT THAT
SCOPECREEP…

35. GOLD PLATING

36. PHASES

37. DOCUMENT
EVERYTHING

38. AND…

39. RESOURCE
ALLOCATION

40. RISK PLANNING

41. APPROVALS

42. GO AHEAD,
FAKE IT.

43. Sara @Rosso
sararosso.com
Director of Marketing
Automattic / WordPress.com
(We’re hiring!)
@Automattic automattic.com/jobs
THANK YOU!