Monday 9 December 2013

Learning the fundermentals of project managment!

We're 2 weeks in our four team member 'project management' brief and lots of analysis is happening: Critical Path Analysis, SMART Goals, SWOT and of course the Design Brief. These are all keys to success, to basically find each member strengths and weakness, what we planning to achieve, does it match the client’s requirements, and are we using our talent and sources to our full potential, the time scale and the costs. Learning these methodologies have been really interesting applying them to me and within a group, you learn how you work as a designer and how to better yourself and I understand everything is achievable if you plan, prep, and prey! Ha only joking, I mean plan, prep and be professional! I'm not going to lie, I found it daunting working within a team, it being new to my usually secretive self, only displaying the final finished design piece to my peers now find myself wording my every initial raw idea before I've even got to review them on my own, opening myself up to criticism and collaborative designs. After a couple of meetings, I have realised my team members are very supportive! Also very keen to make this project the best we can make it! And when ideas are discarded, they are done so diplomatically and not personally, as the projects outcome is all that matters. I am to report I enjoy working within this team.


LETS RESEARCH: INITIAL QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION TO BE ASKED AND COLLECTED.


The body shop: ask staff         the body shop’s history

Research the layout of store                                                                                                          Anita Roddick
Circulation, movement of customers                           Ethics
Displays, materials of shop
Colour scheme
POS
Visual merchandising
Improvements?
How can the experience be better? Customer service?
Psychology, visual merchandising, interior shop layout, website access, layout, smells.
Pininterest app?
In store and online.

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