Week 2 Detail Jan 31
Vision is the bottleneck of talent. Most talent is wasted because people do not clearly know what they want. It’s not a lack of effort but a lack of direction. There are many capable people in the world, but relatively few that focus on what matters. ~James Clear
Deliverables (DUE ON DATE LISTED)
Complete last week's pre-work if you haven't before you move forward with the following.
Read the assigned, selected chapters from Getting Real.
Write a response to the 3 chapters that resonate with you the most.
Populate or Iterate your project plan.
The scope of your project is key. Hone in on the scope of your project by using the MoSCoW method.
Begin to populate your project management platform.
Please add the URL of your progress and process project management platform(s) to this shared google doc. Please note that they may be one and the same. If it's analog, take photos of the pages in your planner and upload them to your google drive folder for this course (see the pre-work) in a folder labeled project management. Link to your project management google drive folder to the shared google doc above.
After reviewing your classmate's project plans, direct message deangela on Slack 3 choices for members of your A-team by or before Monday at 10am.
Class
Discuss EasyRetro Enter Tickets
Discuss scheduling One on Ones (7 during class, 4 before or after class)
After the first two weeks of the class (next week) if you are not able to attend in person, you will need to contact Tandon's Office of Student Advocacy. Please note, there has been an update to the contact information for the Office of Student Advocacy, and it should be noted that related messages should be sent to advocacy.tandonstudentlife@nyu.edu moving forward. (For reference, this previously was eng.studentadvocate@nyu.edu)The Student Advocate center will contact me to excuse your absence from an in-person class. I will then have the zoom room available for you and only then.
Discuss Why Slack? FYI. You can edit slack messages.
Discuss Project Management Platforms, particularly analog, and why.
Discuss Workflowy for research and process
Review Project Plan Iterations.
Discuss concepts versus mediums of delivery.
Continue to discuss Creativity Resources (Fair Use Assets and Inspiration)
Discuss busy vs productive below
Accountability team assigned. Get to know your accountability team.
(IF time) discuss reading responses: Keep Going and Getting Real
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