Creating your Roadmap - The Importance of Developing Effective Milestones and Project Management

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Presenter: Erin McKenna, MBA

Writing focused, effective, and realistic milestones is a critical component of product development and a key element of funding applications. Milestones provide key indicators at defined points during product development to guide the project and its management. In this webinar, you will learn the differences between specific aims and milestones, how to create well-designed and thoughtful milestones, and how appropriate project management keeps your product on schedule saving time and money.

Webinar presented on January 21, 2022 to an invited audience.

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Chapters

3:30
Lack of Clear Plan Results in Gaps
7:55
Specific Actions/Behaviors that Support Development of an Effective Plan
8:04
Why Plan?
15:55
Define Single Project Goal
18:48
Define What Success Looks Like
21:13
Create a Plan with Information from Multiple Perspectives
23:40
Identify Knowledge Gaps
26:24
Project Management Terms Translated
28:09
Milestones Have Tangible Deliverables
31:40
Deliverables Are Outputs from Activities Completed to Reach a Milestone
33:07
SMART Objectives
34:40
Building Flowchart for Project Planning
35:32
Guided Project Planning Exercise
39:01
Estimating Task Time Tips
42:44
Project Plan Flowchart
43:56
Product Development is a Highly Iterative Process
44:36
Multiple Strategies for Managing Design and Development Projects
45:55
Your Project Plan is a Living Document to Which You Will Make Adjustments
47:03
Types of Unforeseen Events Occur
48:03
Key Project Management Takeaways
49:01
Project Management Resources
50:30
Questions
This research was, in part, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Agreement OT2 HL157844-01. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the NIH.