2018 MLA Annual Conference

Project management skills build bridges between a library administration's strategic goals and direction for projects with the project team's efforts. With or without organizational level project management support, a staff member can use these skills to develop and move project proposals from idea to completion more successfully. Hands-on learning in this session will include: scoping a project through the development of a charter; clearly assigning team member roles to help create shared expectations; developing methods to track project status; breaking down work into reasonable tasks; organizing meetings to foster forward movement; and developing effective communication techniques to build connections between project staff and administration. We will also cover general standards that allow librarians to incorporate their own project management into their organization as a whole. At the end, attendees will have a start to managing projects of their own, and skills to create more opportunities to build their own bridges.