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=Rockwell's Guide to Project Management in the Humanities=
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== Rockwell's Guide to Project Management in the Humanities ==
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'''Note:''' this guide is in the early stages. Much of what is here is in outline form or missing. I am writing it as I teach Project Management
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'''Note:''' this guide is in the early stages. Much of what is here is in outline form or missing. I am writing it as I prepare to teach Project Management.
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About the [http://geoffreyrockwell.com author, Geoffrey Rockwell] and other contributors.
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== Introduction to Project Management in the Digital Humanities ==
== Introduction to Project Management in the Digital Humanities ==
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* [[CIRCA: My Management Philosophy | The philosophy of this guide]] so you will know if it is for you.
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* [[CIRCA: How to use this site | How to use this guide]] without reading it all.
* [[CIRCA: Types of DH Projects | Types of Digital Humanities Projects]]
* [[CIRCA: Types of DH Projects | Types of Digital Humanities Projects]]
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* [[CIRCA: Types of Roles | Types of Roles in Projects]]
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* [[CIRCA: What RAs need to know | What you need to know as a new research assistant!]] See also Rockwell's [http://philosophi.ca/pmwiki.php/Main/ResearchAssistantGuide Research Assistant Guide].
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* [[CIRCA: Stuff digital humanists should know | What you need to know as a digital humanist]] to manage DH projects.
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* [[CIRCA: What IT staff need to know | What you need to know if you are IT staff new to the digital humanities!]] This includes advice for programmers trying to figure out how to work with digital humanists.
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* [[CIRCA: Introductions to Project Management | Introductions to Project Management]] is a list of links to different introductions to project management.
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* [[CIRCA: Everything Else You Should Read | Everything Else You Should Read]] is a list of things to read or links to other lists.
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* [[CIRCA: Course Outline | Project Management Course]]
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== Starting Projects ==  
== Starting Projects ==  
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* Getting good advice
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* [[CIRCA: Planning Digital Humanities Research Projects | Planning Digital Humanities Research Projects]]
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* [[CIRCA: Learning Digital Humanities | Learning about the digital humanities]]
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* Writing grant proposals and other ways of getting support.
* [[CIRCA: Project Proposals | Outline for a Project Proposal]]
* [[CIRCA: Project Proposals | Outline for a Project Proposal]]
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* [[CIRCA: Presenting Ideas | Presenting Ideas]]
* Estimating Projects
* Estimating Projects
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* Project Charters and those discussions you should have at the start
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* [[CIRCA: Starting Stories | Stories about starting projects]]
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* [[CIRCA: Hiring People | Hiring People]]
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* [http://philosophi.ca/pmwiki.php/Main/WritingAbstractsInTheDigitalHumanities Writing conference proposals in the digital humanities]
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== Running Projects ==
== Running Projects ==
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* Models for Communications and Management
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* [[CIRCA:Meetings | Meetings and More Meetings]]
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* [[CIRCA: Working with Students | Working with Students]] on projects
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* [[CIRCA: Wiki Model | Meetings and a Wiki to manage a project]] is a fairly lightweight way of managing a project
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== Wrapping Projects Up ==
== Wrapping Projects Up ==
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* [[CIRCA: Thinking about the end of projects | Thinking about the end of projects]]. How do you know when its done?
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* Celebrating projects
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* [[CIRCA: Reporting Projects | Reporting and publishing projects]] after they are done
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* Burying projects so they don't haunt you
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* Depositing your data and texts
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* [[CIRCA:Giving Credit | Giving credit]]
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* [[CIRCA: Long Term Preservation | Long Term Preservation and Curation]]
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== Common Methods and Practices ==
== Common Methods and Practices ==
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* [[CIRCA: Research Methods | Research Methods for the Digital Humanities]]
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* [[CIRCA: Introduction to Methods | Introduction to Research Methods]] in the digital humanities.
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* [[CIRCA: Taxonomy of DH Methods | Taxonomy of methods in the digital humanities]] is a list of methods and practices of interest to the digital humanities.
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* [[CIRCA: Research Methods | Research Methods for the Digital Humanities]] presents various useful methods and tactics organized by category.
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* [[CIRCA: DH Practices | Digital Humanities Practices]] organizes various useful practices and techniques around "how to" questions.
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* [[CIRCA: Leadership | Leadership]] is an ability associated with good managers that has also been questioned.
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* [[CIRCA: Common Concepts | Key Concepts]] in research methods.
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* [https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/games/ | Game Development Framework] of questions and methods to consider when developing games.
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== Project Management Tools ==
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* [[CIRCA: List of Tools | List of tools that can be useful]] for managing projects.
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* [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/13/15-useful-project-management-tools/ 15 Useful Project Management Tools] is a good list from Smashing Magazine.
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* [[CIRCA: Basic Digital Humanities Technologies | Basic Digital Humanities Technologies]] is a list of basic tools digital humanists should know.
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* [[CIRCA: Advanced Tools | Advanced Tools]] is a list of some advanced tools useful for different projects.
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== Managing Yourself and Others ==
== Managing Yourself and Others ==
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* About Meetings
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* [[CIRCA: Surviving Graduate School | Surviving graduate school]]
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* [[CIRCA: About Meetings | About Meetings]]
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* [[CIRCA: Procrastination | Procrastination]]
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* Getting things done, even if not on time
* What do you want to do with your life?
* What do you want to do with your life?
* How do you know when you are stressed?
* How do you know when you are stressed?
* Types of digital humanities project roles
* Types of digital humanities project roles
* What does it mean to be a project manager?
* What does it mean to be a project manager?
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* Hiring People and Bringing Them On Board
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* Hiring people and bringing them on board
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== Not Managing Projects ==
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* [[CIRCA: Collaboration In the Humanities | Collaboration in the humanities]]
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== Tools for Management ==
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* [[CIRCA: Academia and DH | General issues around academia and the digital humanities]]
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== Information for starting a business in Canada ==
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[https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/document/d/1xDz2yMlANJTBsUhtPZbW6-7vHYe18tATBGjoQUOH1KI/edit?hl=en&authkey=CMyFyu0N| Ten steps for starting a business] by Michael Burden
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== Management Styles and Philosophies ==
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* About management philosophies
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* [[CIRCA: List of Management Philosophies | A list of management philosophies]] that you may not have thought about.
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* [[CIRCA: Antimanagement Patterns | Antimanagement patterns]] and other ways of not managing
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* [[CIRCA: Readings about Management | Readings about Management]]
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== What can go wrong (and how to learn from mistakes) ==
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== Examples of Projects and their Management ==
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== Useful Lists ==
== Useful Lists ==
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As described in the [[CIRCA: My Management Philosophy | The philosophy of this guide]], much of the content is structured as [[CIRCA: List of Lists | lists]] you can dip into.
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* [[CIRCA: Why Lists | Why Lists]] explains my rationale for using lists and how you might use them.
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* '''[[CIRCA: List of Lists | The list of lists]]''' is an index to the list and a possible starting place.
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* [[CIRCA: To Do for Guide | A list of what has to be done]] of which there is too much.
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* [[CIRCA:Everything_Else_You_Should_Read | Everything Else You Should Read]] lists readings, links and other bibliographies
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* [[CIRCA:Other Stuff That Should Go Somewhere | Other Stuff That Should Go Somewhere]]
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* Tech For Humanities.org has a list of projects at http://www.techforhumanities.org/ - Find projects and events.
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--[[User:GeoffreyRockwell|GeoffreyRockwell]] 06:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
--[[User:GeoffreyRockwell|GeoffreyRockwell]] 06:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Current revision as of 15:29, 5 October 2016

Contents

Rockwell's Guide to Project Management in the Humanities

Note: this guide is in the early stages. Much of what is here is in outline form or missing. I am writing it as I prepare to teach Project Management.

About the author, Geoffrey Rockwell and other contributors.


Introduction to Project Management in the Digital Humanities

Starting Projects

Running Projects

Wrapping Projects Up

Common Methods and Practices

Project Management Tools

Managing Yourself and Others

Information for starting a business in Canada

Ten steps for starting a business by Michael Burden

Management Styles and Philosophies

What can go wrong (and how to learn from mistakes)

Examples of Projects and their Management

Useful Lists

As described in the The philosophy of this guide, much of the content is structured as lists you can dip into.


--GeoffreyRockwell 06:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

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