Project Management – eLaboratories

Project Management

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Practical Strategies for Web Accessible and Environmentally Sustainable Digital Projects

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On August 7, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT, explore practical approaches to planning for web accessibility and environmental sustainability for your digital project with Project Developer Erica Cavanaugh. During the workshop, participants will discuss topics like planning for accessibility in your site’s visual design and navigation, optimizing image and media resources to reduce unnecessary data transfer, selecting sustainable hosting and technology solutions, and more.

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Strategies for Finding Scattered Documents

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On August 7, in a half-day workshop for the eLabs conference Revolutions and Reflections, Cathy Moran Hajo will draw on her work with Jane Addams Papers and Margaret Sanger Papers projects to share practical strategies for identifying, locating, and tracking scattered documents. Participants will learn about the various resources useful for conducting exploratory searches, as well as will discuss how to interrogate the available documents to identify potential leads to relevant materials. The workshop will also address strategies for contacting repositories and private individuals, and methods for documenting searches.

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An Introduction to the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Toolkit

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On March 18 at 1:00 PM EDT, eLabs will host a webinar that invites researchers to explore questions around the environmental impact of digital humanities work. The session draws on the approaches and resources developed by the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition (DHCC), whose work includes the development of a toolkit designed to help individuals and organizations make informed digital choices and support the development of more sustainable research projects. Led by Christopher Ohge, this webinar will provide guidance on how to implement the toolkit in research projects.

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Where is the project’s progress? Where should it be? How does the team get there?: Tools for tracking and evaluating project work

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So, you have planned your project, gotten approval from all stakeholders and team members that they agree with the plan and are committed to their part, and started to implement …

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Which project management tool should I use? How do I know which is the best one?

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In my years of teaching project management and consulting on projects, I found that a common question project managers and their teams ask me relates to what type of software and/or platforms they should use to plan and track a project.  I find it hard to recommend a particular software and/or platform because so many different options exist, and it depends so much on the project and the team.  The decision requires thinking about needs and technical capabilities, geographical distribution, legal frameworks, and other similar considerations.

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“Who is leading the meeting and who is taking notes?”: The role of a team charter in successful collaboration.

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Is the above question — “who is leading the meeting and who is taking notes?” — one that is familiar to you? Or, have you encountered challenges within your team which caused conflict and delayed work? These are common problems that people face when working in collaboration with others. But how can a team work to minimize problems while trying to get the work done? What tools and strategies exist? One such tool is the team charter.