Manage projects in the creative industries
Overview
This Standard is about developing and agreeing workflow and monitoring and controlling that work to ensure that desired creative outputs of appropriate quality are achieved whilst remaining within budgetary and resource constraints. It includes prioritising activities, leading others, contingency planning and being responsive to change.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
identify quality expectations for creative outputs and any requirements as to how they should be achieved
identify available budgets, timescales and resource constraints
resolve any points for clarification and ambiguities arising from information and its interpretation
make realistic estimates of equipment, materials and people required to meet the creative and technical demands of the project
identify key milestones and plan how they will be achieved
secure people with the appropriate skills to carry out the work
give accurate and concise information about plans to the people involved in time for them to influence plans, where appropriate, and take appropriate action
establish arrangements for effective communications between everyone involved
agree arrangements for dealing with contingencies with those involved
use accurate, current and reliable information to compare progress against plans and schedules
monitor activities and progress sufficiently to enable you to identify deviations
use appropriate methods to communicate changes to previously agreed plans to all relevant people
suggest and agree workable solutions, when there are significant deviations from schedule and plans
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
how to find out about requirements including changes to previous plans
approaches to quality assurance and what is required for the production
the roles and responsibilities of the people involved and who the decision makers are
how a workflow can help people understand interdependencies between different activities and improve the quality of early dialogue
the information required by different people at each stage
the equipment required and any specific requirements relating to it
criteria and methods for accurately and comprehensively assessing quantity and specification of materials
ways to evaluate the performance of materials
how and when to identify specialist skills, equipment or materials and where to source them
the contracting and insurance requirements for the work and the processes to follow to achieve them
sources of information on progress and how to monitor and check activities and progress
ways of reaching agreement on roles and responsibilities
how to identify actual and potential deviations from schedules and plans
when to take control from others
how to select the best way to communicate with the people involved
what information is needed by whom and when they need it
the kinds of contingencies which may arise and ways of dealing with them
how to identify and evaluate the benefits and disadvanages of different ways to cut costs or save time
common causes of delays and how these may be avoided or accommodated
expected processes and formats for presenting information and their interface with industry standard applications
relevant legislation including employment, health and safety, intellectual property rights and waivers and moral rights