Hi Alison
I've used Prince 2 on a large scale digitisation project at Museum of London and found it invaluable.

It specifies the presence and structure of important documents: Quality Management Strategy, Communication Strategy etc, as well as forcing you to be clear about roles and responsibilities. It also includes important processes like project closedown - vital where you need to document issues and lessons for future projects to learn from.

Happy to provide more information if required.
Cheers
Alex

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Hi Zak

Thanks for the tips and suggestions, will definitely follow those up.

Also thanks to those who've contacted me privately with their advice.

Alison Bean


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Date:    Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:23:59 +0000
From:    zakmensah <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Digital Project Management

Hi

I work on various scale digital projects and and regardless of what size the project having good "communication" is more helpful than prince2 (which I have and hasn't been required for most of them - tends to be used by folks to cover backs rather than be used for helpful reasons).

Agile approaches can be helpful for specific sprints of activity but I wouldn't say there is one way.

For more web focused projects you could start with http://www.fivesimplesteps.com/products/a-practical-guide-to-managing-web-projectsand
Mike Ellis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Managing-Growing-Cultural-Heritage-Presence/dp/1856047105


are both good starting points as is the GDS blog on how they work at http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

Basecamp http://basecamp.com/ is great for to-dos, storing project files and milestones for teams and clients.

One of the biggest problems I encounter is when a project isn't clear....
there isn't a super clear goal (a website is not a goal on its own - what is it doing?!) and everything unravels from the lack of this.

Good luck!

On 18 February 2013 18:00, Alison Bean <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Does anyone have any thoughts on the best way(s) to manage a large 
> digital project? I will be projecting managing several over the next 
> couple of years, and will need to manage external developers and 
> partners, colleagues from different departments, and stakeholders such as audiences and funders.
> Does anyone have experience of managing this kind of project? Did you 
> use a particular project management methodology (i.e. PRINCE2, Agile)?
> Did you brief external and internal people in a way which proved to be 
> successful (or unsuccessful)? Any tips on this welcome.
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