My Hybrid Strategy

My Hybrid Strategy:
For each project I encounter I will begin with pre-production. The size of this will depend on the size and type of project. Once this is completed I will do a basic inventory of the tasks necessary to complete that project. I will then attempt to create a rough estimation of how long the project will take and evaluate whether the project is feasible within the time frame. If it is too ambitious I will go back and re-work it until it is doable. I will try not too spend too much time on this section for small day to day projects, however for larger projects such as animations and bigger design jobs I will atttempt to do it thoroughly.

When the project is feasible I will create a production schedule for the project. This schedule will be arranged into parts depending on the length of time available and the projects importance . These will most likely be Monthly tasks, Weekly tasks, and Daily Tasks, Hourly tasks

Each schedule will become progressively more detailed as the time frame becomes smaller. For example the Monthly tasks would contain fairly general jobs, the Weekly tasks would contain more specific jobs and the Daily tasks would contain highly specific jobs.

To organise this I will use GANTT style charts and my diary/calendar to keep track of how everything is progressing. For the planning of individual days, I will leave the scheduling until the day itself. This way I can still retain some freedom and the ability to be flexible. However for each day I will still have a list of tasks, and I will be a lot stricter in my scheduling. I will be breaking the time up into hour, or two-hour blocks rather than half of a day.

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