What is project management

Project management is a job role to ensure a process is in place and adhered to in the order to achieve the objectives of the project, A project manager may use a number of different tools to do this.


  • Project management is the effective planning and running of a project, from the ideas point to the end product and evaluation
  • Planning requires an outline of the tasks, deadlines and milestones that will be required to manage the project efficiently
  • A project timeline schedule would need to be created for the creation of the media product, to include:
  1. Tasks that need to be done
  2. Deadlines for each task
  3. Milestones within the tasks and the overall project
  • Gantt Chart- Designed by mechanical engineer Henry Gantt in 1910, the Gantt chart has had a relatively long run as a project management tool, A gantt chart uses horizontal bars to illustrate project completion dates, progress and milestones and dependencies.

  • Production schedule- Excel
  • To do lists
  • Workflow tool: split by team member so that it is clear who is doing what, when


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  1. JCoSS Media Dept17 December 2017 at 09:53

    You have some effective notes here, however you could write some more detail so that you can revise from them. Please embed an image of a Gantt Chat so that you can refer to it.

    Why are production management tools helpful during pre-production stages?

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