Kindergarten and Project Management
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by Drake Settsu
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Your child is going to Kindergarten, you are going to leave your child’s education and care in the hands of a professional that has a goal to reach at the end of the school year. Prepare the children for 1st Grade. The teacher will be in charge of twenty children ages 5 to 6. With that many kids some ground rules need to be set so that everyone in the class knows the expectations.
The teacher gives the parents and children a tour of the classroom and playground to familiarise them and presents the class rules.
The Project Kickoff meeting is when you assemble all your team members with stakeholders in attendance watching you layout how you are going to run the project. Think of the stakeholders as parents that want the project team members to succeed.
The project manager presents the project to the team showing the project timeline and tasks assigned to the team. The expectations of the project manager is conveyed to the team that a weekly status meeting will be held on Fridays. Be prepared to report your status and if you cannot attend make an effort to email your status report by 5pm. I’m keeping it simple to illustrate the point I’m making on what team members are responsible for.
Whether you are teaching Kindergarten or running a project you need to set the ground rules and expectations from the beginning and develop and refine it along the way. Setting up expectations and ground rules will avoid any assumptions and make everyone’s job easier by knowing what is expected of you.
(Note - this article was originally written by Drake Settsu and published on DrakeSettsu.BlogSpot.com in May 2015)
Posted on: January 23, 2018 03:29 AM |
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Good analogies here Drake.
If only they would teach project management in kindergarten, too! Thanks for this good kickoff to the morning, Drake!
Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington
Auburn, Wa, United States
Setting ground rules in the beginning is the best way to go. Thanks for sharing, Drake.
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Good One Drake. You have some really interesting ideas. Cheers
Very good article, thanks
Ground rules or rules of engagement are discussed and agreed early during team formation and is part of setting expectations for the team.
Thank you Drake for sharing example of ground rules and expectations.
Thank you Anish, Rami, Eduin, Mayte & Najam for your nice feedback.
Jeff Ball
Senior Project Manager| Gas Liquids Engineering
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Getting kids to play in the sandbox well has more in common with project management then what you would think
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