Opinions, thoughts & advice
TRY YOUR HAND AS
PROJECT MANAGER
Brett Harned on how to prepare for your
first turn as project manager
Whether it is something you accept
or not, you are a project manager.
Sure, you may identify as a designer,
developer, content strategist or any of
the many roles and titles there are in our
industry but, as a human being, you are
a project manager. Think about the most
basic things you do in life and you can
apply project management to them:
making dinner, moving, attending a
conference, even a night out with friends
or a vacation. In all of those scenarios,
you’re required to estimate, plan and
communicate. And it’s not that hard.
Just because you have those innate PM
skills, it doesn’t mean you’re excited – or
even ready – to manage a project. And
that’s fair! But sometimes you have to
take on the role while also producing
deliverables for a project and you might
find it challenging. Fortunately, with a
few simple strategies, you can keep your
projects on track.CAREER ADVICEQ&A 33
Teacher, podcaster and speaker, Ali Spittel,
reveals why she’s on a mission to teach code in
a way that’s not intimidating
INTERVIEW 26
From flying drones with her thoughts to
fashioning interactive clothing, Charlie Gerard
gives us an insight into her many side projects
ESSAY 20
Dale Murray on why he believes the trend
towards proprietary cloud services clashes with
GDPR and ‘digital sovereignty’
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