KS Project Management in Action!
~Presenters~
Lance
Tachino, Grant Murata, Siew Phua, Lauren Sodetani, and Kimble McCann
(Guest)
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Strategic Planning & Implementation Division -
The presenters
utilized lecture, guest speakers, videos, real world examples and
team-based exercises to teach us Project Management Terminology,
Methodology of Triple Constraint and Process; and Initiating,
Planning, Executing, and Closing. During these discussions we also
were able to work with various templates, such as Project Charters,
WBS, Network Diagrams, Risk analysis, Communication Planning and
Closure.
The presenters also
covered the more nuanced interactions needed to maintain and motivate
a cohesive and high functioning team. This is an important
distinction of the KS methodology versus the standard project
management guidelines. Most trainings of this type do not cover in as
much detail the soft skills to successfully completing a project. The
philosophy is that a project must build pilina and team satisfaction
if it is to be a truly successful project.
We were also
fortunate to have a presentation from Kimble McCann, IT ETS-I and
past student of the workshop, that used his new skills to launch an
initiative to bring Minecraft EDU
to some KS elementary programs.
Using KS Emerging
technologies as the avenue to explore Minecraft EDU he coordinated
the effort to combine Hawaiian Culture, Geology and Minecraft. The
end product was short videos created and produced by the students
showing their ahupuaʻa they created with Minecraft EDU including a
stream, lo'i and hala. It was inspiring and worth a whole talk on
itʻs own.
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The workshop was a
useful and entertaining introduction to the KS style of project
management. I would recommenced anyone interested in honing their
skills in this area to attend.
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