# (OPTIONAL) Project Management Platform or System

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> ***Action is hope.** At the end of each day, when you’ve done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I’ll be damned, I did this today. It doesn’t matter how good it is, or how bad—you did it. At the end of the week you’ll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you look back and say, I’ll be damned, it’s been a good year.*\
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> \~Ray Bradbury, "The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller.

## Again, to keep things simple, you can use the [weekly status updates](/idm-senior-project-sp-2025-duff/assignments/weekly-status-updates.md) to do this instead!

## Please add your URL of your project management platform(s) to this shared [Google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjStSKoS3l7KNw8y4MC6qONh7mLQ1qYWo1TanmMVigg/edit?usp=sharing).

* For those of you who are using Google Docs, make view access viewable by anyone. If you don't want to make it public, make it accessible by me, your A-Team, and anyone in the class who wants access.
* For those of you who are using Notion, Workflowy, etc., make access public. If you don't want to make it public, make it accessible by me, your A-Team, and anyone in the class who wants access.

## [Project Scope: MoSCoW Method](#project-scope-moscow-method)

## Project Management

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<summary>Recommended Digital and Analog Project Mgt. Tools</summary>

I recommend having an **analog and / or digital personal kanban.** I personally use a combination of both!&#x20;

## Digital Platforms

I recommend using (All of the following have FREE versions.)

* There are so many to choose from (Others are [Asana](https://asana.com/), [Miro](https://miro.com/), [Notion](https://www.notion.so/), [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/), Google Docs/Google Sheets, [Trello](https://trello.com/), and the list goes on) **OR**
* Manage your project directly within your process website&#x20;

## **Analog methods**&#x20;

**Post-it notes** on a wall or mini ones in a notebook (so you can move them around)*.*

**Planner:** The most highly recommended planner or journal by students is the [**Bullet Journal**](https://bulletjournal.com/)**.** It's a system. You only need to use a pen and paper or a digital tablet to engage. In other words, no need to buy the journal.

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### Track Your Actionable Tasks and Progress (AKA Project Management)

You need to create a system to track your actionable tasks and progress (aka making sure you are getting your project tasks done).

**Break down** EVERYTHING you need to do for **your project into actionable tasks.** \
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All actionable tasks should start with a verb (i.e. write, call, email, build, collect, etc.) and be visible in some way (not in your head).

You should make your actionable tasks VISIBLE in a calendar and/or planner or journal. (See suggestions below).

I suggest using either Tiago's Forte [PARA](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVNXAaej57W6qCYoMb_hbzDhX9et_GVlj) (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) or [Personal Kanban](http://personalkanban.com/pk/personal-kanban-101/) as a system, but you may have your own. \
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The columns I recommend for Personal Kanban (but you are not limited to) are:

* To-Do (I recommend keeping two: monthly and weekly.)
* Today (Work-In-Progress (WIP) limit of 3 to 5 maximum)
* Waiting For (OPTIONAL)
* Done (This Week)


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