Project Management

We recently completed a complex project for Alison, a designer.  It required 5 of us to complete a full restoration on 2 pillows for her father in Florida. He has had these since college. Together, we did it: an artist, a hand sewer, a hand embroiderer, a precision machine sewer, a project manager and, of course, Alison.

I found this online shortly after we finished this. It resonated with me as a fitting definition of Project Management (PM).

The main objectives and principles behind good project management are as follows:

• Agree exactly what a project is meant to do and what it is meant to deliver.
• Agree on the scope, timescales, cost and quality of a project.
• Maintain a schedule and project plan.
• Deliver the agreed outcomes of the project to the right scope, timescales, cost and quality.
• Provide communications, reports and progress updates throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Manage risks, issues and dependencies.
• Make sure that the customer gets the outcome that it wants from the project.
• Manage policies, processes, tools, frameworks, techniques, people and relationships to a successful project outcome.
• Minimize any impact on normal business operations.  
  (Source https://toughnickel.com/misc/project-management-main-objectives)

What did it mean for Alison, or for you?  It means that when we start on any project for you, the above  principles are incorporated like this: 

• Time is spent to fully understand what you want. The overall scope is agreed upon by both parties.
• A timeline is created based on your needs.
• You receive regular updates illustrating progress and scope. You’re informed if changes are needed. Everyone knows their role and what they need to do to reach a successful outcome.
• More than one person is always involved in working on your project. Sure, perhaps one person, can do it, but a higher level of quality is obtained with a team approach and the inherent checks and balances appreciated within the broader definition of co-dependency: dependence on the needs of another.

We depend on each other, so that you can depend on us.