PoNG Center Lunch and Learn 1 Summer 2018

1. Lunch & Learn #1
Project Management Tips
By Tonya Murray

2. My Background in Project
Management
● BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
● Embedded Software Developer
● Cross-functional team member
● Maintenance release lead
● “Tiger team” lead
● Software Architect & Systems Specification
● Software Manager

3. Traditional Waterfall Development
Process

4. Agile Development Process

5. Incremental Development

6. Elevator Pitch

7. Sample Elevator Pitch
● Hi, I'm Josh Kemp. I'm a student at SMSU who
is majoring in Computer Science. I created
Butterfly Bob, a video game to help kids with
autism improve their visual attention. It uses
the latest eye tracking hardware to track their
eye movements. I'm interested in working in
educational software – how did you into that
field?

8. Gameplay Mockup

9. Gameplay Mockup

10. Art Mockup

11. Tracking Your Project

12. Parallel Development

13. Version Control – Git

14. Version Control – Git

15. Testing

16. How I Can Help
● Advice on dividing your project among team
members
● Setting up simple project tracking with post-its
● Set up & help with version control
● Meet for lunch and chat about your career
goals or working in tech

17. Questions?