Reflecting on project management: Incorporating best practices and learning from our experiences

Mercredi 5 novembre 14:00 – Salon OCLC

Project management, when undertaken effectively, ensures resources are allocated and managed effectively and goals are met on realistic timelines. While McGill’s Library Technology unit had significant experience in project management, its practices had been learned informally. To address both these issues, over the past year colleagues undertook coursework in project management alongside reviewing the retrospectives from past projects. These two efforts combined led the team to reflect on its management practices and make improvements to workflow and documentation. This presentation reports on the process of this revision and how the changes brought more clarity and improvements to project management work. Library Technology work alongside diverse groups of colleagues and all units and libraries that engage in collaborative, project-based work can benefit from clearer documentation and more structured project management practices.

• Cette conférence est offerte en anglais dans le cadre du Colloque de l’ABQLA

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange is Interim Associate Dean, Library Technology at McGill Libraries

Nailisa Tanner

Nailisa Tanner is Digital Collections and Repository Infrastructure Librarian at McGill Libraries