Thursday, Sept. 17

• Announcements• Project Management

Announcements

• Project 2 Metal: 1/8” aluminum, 24” x 16”• Tuesday - Cool weather = energy up, feeling good– How do I manage class without killing creativity?– Regroup and refocus on Tuesday

• Homework videos – please watch them– Discussion is RE-inforcement– Questions about video topics on exams– Multiple videos – present info differently

• Have project 1 ready to share on Tuesday– Does NOT need to be perfect– Share with class and predict cut outcome

Project Management

• What is the goal of project management?– Create and monitor a plan to complete a project

• What is a project?– Anything that has a starting date and an objective

• What is a project plan?– What has to be done– How it’s going to get done– Who’s going to do what

• How do you figure out what the project plan will do?– Meet with client, brainstorm with team

Planning

• Before committing to the project– Define the project – be very specific about deliverables

• Client sets parameters

– List the tasks – brainstorm with team, do research• Make sure all possible tasks have been identified

– Estimate cost and time for each task for entire project– Determine the order in which things need to get done

• Timeline

– Determine the resources needed – staff, tools, materials– Figure out possible risks and plans to resolve

• Don’t promise (not even maybe) what you can’t deliver

Execute the project

• Monitor time, costs, quality• Adjust plan if necessary – Usually means lowering quality – Or raising the costs

• When finished – review the project process– Good– Bad– Better

Review: What’s Important?

• Break projects down into smaller processes• Good, cheap, fast – pick 2• Monitor the project for cost, time, and quality

Homework for This Week

CorelDraw

• Text Tool

Design

• Wake Up, Smell the Fonts• Font Design• Typography: Off Book• Type Matters: Font

Documentary• Typography Matters