The secret to growth is helping others grow

Sauce & Spoon was the capstone project for the Google Project Management course, where I acted as Peta, the project manager, updating documentation for a successful launch. The scenario for my project was: 

Sauce & Spoon is a small restaurant chain that wants to meet its annual growth and expansion goals. As one way to meet these goals, they’ve decided to launch a pilot project to test out the impact of installing new tabletop menu tablets. The new menu tablets will allow the restaurant to serve more guests in less time and will also provide valuable data that will help Sauce & Spoon meet its business goals. 

• Analyzed project documents and supporting materials to identify project requirements, problem-solve and evaluate stakeholders.
• Added specificity to project goals to make them SMART and applied practical negotiation skills with stakeholders to prioritize project goals.
• Completed a project charter and used it as a tool to align project scope and goals among stakeholders.
• Built a project plan by examining project documentation, conducting online research, analyzing critical conversations to identify tasks and milestones, and then documenting and prioritizing them in a project plan.
• Demonstrated effective communication techniques for making accurate time estimates for project tasks.
• Defined and described quality management standards and evaluated against those standards to ensure that the project achieved the required quality.
• Learned strategies to facilitate a productive retrospective by encouraging participation, accountability, and positivity.
• Learned how to communicate and escalate project problems to stakeholders and demonstrated my impact through effective reporting strategies.