54-158 Basic Production Technology & Management Course Syllabus

Date Topic Class Summary Assignment Presented Assignment Due

10-Jan Production Staffing The organization of the "prototypical regional" Project #1 - Organizational
Chart
12-Jan Department Heads Responsibilities of all Department Heads

17-Jan PINO #1 Pitching Yourself

19-Jan Time & Material Estimating How to do estimates of the various types of resources
used in entertainment production
24-Jan Unit Estimating Application of the estimating skills to a theatre project Project #2 - Estimating Project #1 - Organizational
Chart
26-Jan Unit Estimating II In class estimating example

31-Jan Critical Path Mapping project tasks to identify efficient sequences Project #3 - Critical Path

2-Feb PINO #2 Collabroation/Consensus/Cooperation

7-Feb Production Phases The components of a typical entertainment production Project #2 - Estimating
schedule
9-Feb PINO #3 Leadership Skills & Team member skills.

14-Feb Calendars & Schedules Composition/Preparation, and Presentation of Project #4 - Calendar

scheduling information Format
16-Feb Rehearsal Scheduling Scheduling on the performance side - rehearsals

21-Feb Project Tracking Knowing where you are in your list - milestones Project #5 - Project
Checklist
23-Feb Critical Path In class work session for the critical path project. Project #4 - Calendar
Format
28-Feb PINO #4 Group Dynamics & Navigating Hierarchies

2-Mar Critical Path Integration. Presentation. Project #3 - Critical Path

7-Mar
No Class.
9-Mar Spring Break
No Class.
14-Mar PINO #5 Self Awareness

16-Mar Put to Detail/Build Schedule Estimate verification & Departmental Scheduling Project #5 - Project
Checklist
21-Mar Seasonal Calendars Looking at the scheduling of multiple projects Project #6 - Season
Calendar Format
23-Mar Back to Budgets Departmental seasonal or discreet project budget
emphasis
28-Mar PINO #6 Math

30-Mar Paperwork General ideas and methods for representing project Project #7 - Paperwork
work on paper
4-Apr PINO #7 Proprioception

6-Apr Purchasing How organizations buy things Project #8 - Expense Project #6 - Season
Report Calendar Format
11-Apr PINO #8 The savage return of estimation

13-Apr Exam Review Open review session for the Final Exam

18-Apr Memos, Email, & Reports Written communication with the other members of the Project #7 - Paperwork
team
20-Apr PINO #9 "We the Few" and the cost of free things.

25-Apr Meetings Running and Participating in good meetings Project #8 - Expense

Report
27-Apr Final Exam Comprehensive Semester Exam

There will be a News Quiz every Wednesday

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