MS Project 2003 with theatre groups

S

Sherry8

Has someone (a theatre director, producer, or manager) used MS Project to
develop a season of plays and activities? If so, how did you do it?
 
J

Jim Aksel

A play or even a season meets the definition of a project. It is of limited
duration, has defined start and end points, a performance specification (the
play), and a budget. You could use Project to create tasks for hiring
(actors, carpenters, ushers..) Set building, ordering materials, designing
and develping the set, programs, etc.
 
S

Sherry8

Thanks for the quick response, Jim. Are there any specific templates inside
Project for this type of thing or would the person need to develop those from
scratch?
 
J

Jim Aksel

No such template in MS Project. You might try searching the web. However, a
template is just someone else's opinion of how you should do the job. While
I'm criticizing templates, let me open myself to the rath of my peers by
offering my humble opinion --

You should plan your project in some type of group session. The idea is to
get a group of people together in a room and delineate all the tasks they
think need to be performed. As a group you will identify many more tasks
than any two of you could have done alone. This way, the schedule you create
will consider things specific to your project and budget.

When you get the tasks into Project, make sure you get buy in from everyone
as to task durations, necessary predecessors/successors, resource
availability, etc.

There's a new book on Project 2007 available that gets into the techniques
of the tool -- I recommend you visit their site:
https://projectserverbooks.com/shopexd.asp?id=114
or here it is on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Lear...id=1172269479/ref=sr_11_1/102-1985881-5370525

It is called the Ultimate Learning Guide to Microsoft Project 2007. The
techniques and skills are 99% compatible back to MS Project 2000.
 

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