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Project Management for Musicians
Lesson 1: Project Management in a Nutshell
- Introduction to Project Management
- Lifecycle Models
- What Does a Managed Project Look Like?
- Your Path
Lesson 2: Vision and Scope
- Vision
- Project Scope Overview
- Deliverables
- Acceptance Criteria
- Exclusions
- Constraints
- Assumptions
- Dependencies
- Stakeholders
- Version Control
Lesson 3: Understanding the Work
- Working Documents
- Work Breakdown Structures
- Imagining the Work
- Other Breakdown Structures
- Task Lists
- WBS Dictionary
Lesson 4: Finances
- Interview with Dana Levit, Financial Planner
- Project Accounting Overview
- Budgets
- How to Estimate
- Reducing Expenses
- Breaking Even
Lesson 5: Time
- Estimating Duration
- Compressing Time
- Dependencies
- Critical Paths
- Compressing Time
- Events and Milestones
Lesson 6: The Project Team
- Assigning Resources
- Roles in Projects
- Building a Project Team
- Effective Meetings
- Places and Things
Lesson 7: Execution
- Initiation
- Software Tools
- Execution Models
- Using a Project Plan
- Delegating
Lesson 8: Managing Workflow
- Office Triangle
- Clutter Management
- Prioritizing Work
- Managing Multiple Projects
Lesson 9: Monitoring Progress, Risk Management, and Quality Control
- Risk Identification and Mitigation
- Management Techniques for Mitigating Risk
- Contingency Plans
- Checklists for Milestones and Q/A
Lesson 10: Creative Problem Solving
- Crisis Recovery
- Scope Redefinition
- Intensive Management
Lesson 11: Contracts, Tax Forms, Royalties, Invoices, and Other Necessities
- Contracts and Letters of Agreement
- Invoices and Tax Forms
- Copyrights and Royalties
- Insurance
Lesson 12: Project Closure
- Assessing Success
- Analysis for Reusability
- Documentation and Archiving
- Your Life's Work: Choosing the Next Project
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Online Summer Term Starts July 1st
Course Info
| For-credit tuition: $1,400 |
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Non-credit tuition: $1,200 Add 6 CEUs: $25.00 |
| Credits: 3 |
| Duration: 12 Weeks |
| Catalog #: BMLA-180 |
Course Faculty 
| Jonathan Feist Editor in chief of Berklee Press | |
Student Comments
"With out any doubt, this is the most important and useful course I ever took." —Ariel Rivas, Grammy-Award Winning Producer, World Tour Manager, and Booking Agent (Rubén Blades, Don Omar, Danny Rivera)
"If you’ve ever thought that the music is the easy part and it’s everything else that’s hard, then this is the class for you. Project Management for Musicians will give you common sense tools to organize your thinking, planning and management of all those other things besides the music that’s so critical to your success in the music business."
—Alan Sierichs, Former Commander/Conductor of The Air Force Band, Washington, DC
"If I had the knowledge of what I learned in this class when I was starting off in music, it would have saved a lot of time, money, and unnecessary setbacks. Now, I'm more structured and organized, and I understand how to plan well so I can avoid damage control later on. Jonathan’s sense of humor and wit made the course a pleasure and every week fresh."
—Jeremy Sicotte, Producer, Vocalist, Guitarist (From Jupiter, the Mandala Virus)
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