Project Management

 Project Management ♡

Project management in media is the role of ensuring all aspects of a give production run smoothly by overseeing a number of people and departments

The project manager must ensure that deadlines are met and the brief is followed by liaising with them and holding them to account

Production schedules

♡ the best way to manage media projects is to create a production schedule. This brings together logistic and resource details and includes all tasks, milestones and the time scales and deadlines and allows the tracking of progress

♡ this is shared with all members of the production team and contains details of the initial proposal, key milestones agreed with the client as well as a final deadline

Key terms in a PS

♡ Tasks actual jobs that need doing

♡ Deadlines the date when these tasks must be completed

♡ Milestones identified point to be reached within the project

♡ Contingencies back up plan/ideas; alternative option

Project management tools: Gantt chart

♡ the most popular project management tool

♡ helps to organise and oversee the progress of a project

♡ becoming increasingly sophisticated

♡ traditionally made on a simple excel sheet

You have 3 months to create a short film, to be distributed via Netflix. You are the project manager and have the responsibility of organising your team. Create a production schedule.