Ali’s Project Management and the Re-purposing of the Food Pyramid

Bringing healthy eating into the officeApril 29, 2010

Let’s Start from the very Beginning

Source Document: http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

1st Idea – Web form that would be a pre-existing grocery list. Designed to help people with faster grocery shopping that yields healthy results. www.webpages.ttu.edu/alisbrow

2nd Idea – Design posters that are motivational for coworkers to help motivate them to eat healthier while at work. (There are always so many doughnuts and junk food around)

http://alipubsmanagement.pbworks.com/Working-Professional-Information-Posters

Target Audience and Motivation

Business Professionals who are stuck in an office day after day after day

Want people to be healthier = happier= more productive=better work quality

Information is concise to attract users.

Planning Outlined goals and objectives Outlined user needs Defined the scope Developed a schedule Evaluated project dependencies Completed user testing

Predicted Dependencies Technology tools Technical Experience Writing and Design Audience Understanding

Authoring Strategies 1) Considered users 2) Outlined my structure 3) Developed style guidelines 4) Used minimalist strategy

Content from Presentation Developed web form content first

which drove the presentation

Developed poster presentation first, which drove the content

Both worked equally well

Managing Change 4 ways to really mess up

› Resisting change to design› Resisting user feedback› Scope creep› Re-using everything I can

Quality Assurance Scheduled reviews (Yes, even in a team

of one reviews do work!) Design and Evaluation

User testing pitfalls – Too many suggested changes or too many suggestions that are not useful.

Production and Delivery My punch list:

› Spell checking› Style› Alignment› Readability› Verifying links› Verifying attachments› Testing› Reviewing tester’s comments

Lessons Learned – What I did right and wrong

Right: Planning is essential Right: Get user feedback early Improvement Needed: Asking targeted

questions of users Improvement Needed: Learning

technology before I need it

Conclusion and Hopes for the Future

Thanks all for viewing my presentation! I hope someday to not sit behind a

desk all day and actually be able to get out there and motivate people to lead healthy and active lives. This is my small attempt to change my surroundings. Even if one person benefits, I feel this will have been a success.