A Career Project Kimball Bullington Middle Tennessee State University.

A Career Project

Kimball BullingtonMiddle Tennessee State University

Presentation Outline

• Introduction

• Defining the Project– Charter– WBS

• Planning the Project– WBS– FMEA– Gantt

What if you only had one customer?

• How would this affect:

– Your bargaining power?

– Your security?

– Your freedom?

Why fish? (career excellence mgt.)

• Nature of our work environment

• Responsibility

• In your interest

• Practice what you preach

The Basic Tools

Check Sheet

Ishikawa - Baldrige

Ishikawa - Baldrige

PeoplePeoplePeople

Measurement Process, Mat’ls, MachinesEnvironment

Process

Effect

My Career Excellence Diagram

Feed the Fish.

Personal Example

• SWOT analysis

• One customer

• Impending budget cuts

• Increasingly competitive environment

• Need to prepare

Feed the fish.

SWOT Positive Negative

Personal Strengths Weaknesses

Environmental Opportunities Threats

• High self-confidence

• Quick and versatile mind

• Imaginative and strategic

• Open-minded

Strengths – Myers-Briggs INTJ

Strengths

• Enjoy writing

• Broad experience

• Communicate well

• Broad interests

Strengths

• Job provides flexibility

• Ready for change

• Low debt

• Tenured full professor

My Strengths (Internal)

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

Weaknesses – Myers-Briggs INTJ

• Perfectionist

• Likely to over-analyze

• Judgmental

• May be insensitive

Weaknesses

• Broad interests, but lack focus

• Procrastinate

• Need to finish (INTJ)

• Not a lot of cash

Your Strengths / Weaknesses

• Myers-Briggs

• Strengths Finder 2.0

• Colors

• Self-analysis

• Mentor / Confidante analysis

Weaknesses (Internal)

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

Opportunities - Kimball

• Growth area (Middle TN)

• New dean

• Online courses

• Adult education

Opportunities - Kimball

• Large number of contacts

• Kindle

• Self-publishing widely accepted

• Internet

Opportunities / Threats

• Your company - products

• Your industry

• Your competition – products

• The economy

Opportunities / Threats

• Politics

• Regulations

• Trends

• Suppliers

My Opportunities (External)

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

Threats

• Online courses

• MOOCs

• Competition (university / publishing)

• “Affordable” university - rising tuition

• State budget

My Threats (External)

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

One Customer?

• How will I respond?

– Take care of Customer #1

– Find Customer #2

What am I fishing for? Customer #1

• Improve performance in role– Teaching– Research– Service

What am I fishing for? Customer #2

• Writing

• Storytelling

• Training

• Web

What effect(s) am you fishing for?

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

• ___________________

Feed this fish.

Grow the fish.

Charter

• Problem statement

• Business case

• Goals, milestones, success criteria, & deliverables

Charter

• Project scope / boundaries

• Roles & responsibilities

• Stakeholder support needed

Business Case

Potential Improvement Potential Impact

Publish books Revenue, Consulting / Training

Training Revenue, sells other products

Storytelling Revenue, fun

Grow this fish.

Examine the fish.

Listen to the fish.

Fish deeper. CEDAC

Publishing:PoynterKindle

Get helpMarketing:Personal

NASAWeb

SOME

Fish deeper.

Fish elsewhere.

My Career Excellence Diagram

Taste the fish.

• Graduate ops management class

• Teach a tool by using it

• Teach a system perspective

• Prepare for the future

Problems Encountered

• Too lazy to fish

• No bait

• Can’t keep hook in the water

• Fish or talk?

• Lures or duck calls?


• Unwilling to plan

• No definition of career excellence

• Use of non-systemic CED’s

• Too vague

• Categories don’t fit

Definition of Career Excellence





• Too vague


Too Vague





• Too vague


Workbreakdown Structure

1. Concept1. Outline concept

2. Storyboard concept

2. Find illustrator1. Negotiate contract w/illustrator

3. Dialogue 1. Draft

2. Revise 1

3. Revise 2

4. Upload


4. Illustrate1. Permission to start

2. Illustrate

3. Proof

4. Revise

5. Upload to Word


5. Amazon CreateSpace1. Format for CS

2. Upload to CS

3. Print CS Proof

4. Approve final CS

5. Review CS live


6. Amazon Kindle Direct Purchase (KDP)1. Format for KDP

2. Upload to KDP

3. Proof KDP

4. Purchase KDP


7. Marketing1. Develop CS marketing plan

1. Send CS copies to market

2. Fund CS marketing plan

3. Implement CS marketing plan

2. Develop KDP marketing plan1. Implement KDP marketing plan

2. KDP SOME plan

3. Monitor CS / KDP marketing impact

Execution Challenges

• One customer

• Procrastination

• CS / KDP Challenges

• Marketing

Project Plan

• Detailed WBS

• FMEA

• Gantt Chart

Execution Challenges

Closing Thoughts

• One customer

• Begin with SWOT

• Work Breakdown Structure

• Positive, systemic CED’s

• Risk Management

• Gantt

A Career Project Kimball Bullington Middle Tennessee State University.

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