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Otti leads a project

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Otti leads a project

Otti's company is building an app for Berlin's libraries, and for the first time Otti leads the project - eight people, six months, one deadline. Learn to plan milestones, to delegate tasks, to keep an eye on the schedule and the risks and to stay calm when something is delayed.

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  1. Boss

    Translation

    Otti, before the libraries want to see the progress update tomorrow: how are things looking? Are we keeping to the schedule?

  2. Otti

    Ehrlich gesagt, nicht ganz. Beim Arbeitspaket „Ausleihe“ zeichnet sich eine Verzögerung von gut zwei Wochen ab.

    Translation

    To be honest, not quite. A delay of a good two weeks is emerging in the "Lending" work package.

  3. Boss

    Translation

    Two weeks? I'd have liked to know that sooner. Wasn't it foreseeable, then?

  4. Otti

    Zum Teil schon. Das Risiko stand von Anfang an auf der Liste, nur ist die Schnittstelle der Bibliotheken noch verworrener, als man uns zugesichert hatte.

    Translation

    Partly, yes. The risk was on the list from the start; it's just that the libraries' interface is even more tangled than we'd been assured.

  5. Boss

    Immerhin reden Sie nichts schön. Und was schlagen Sie vor? Der erste Meilenstein ist ja vertraglich vereinbart.

    Translation

    At least you're not sugar-coating it. So what do you suggest? The first milestone is set in the contract, after all.

  6. Otti

    Ich würde neu priorisieren: Die Suche setzen wir termingerecht um, die Erinnerungsfunktion wandert in den zweiten Meilenstein.

    Translation

    I'd reprioritise: we'll implement the search on schedule, and the reminder feature moves to the second milestone.

  7. Boss

    Translation

    And the capacity? Your team already has its hands full as it is.

  8. Otti

    Eben. Deshalb delegiere ich die Tests an unsere Werkstudentin und koordiniere die Schnittstelle selbst mit den Bibliotheken.

    Translation

    Exactly. That's why I'm delegating the tests to our working student and coordinating the interface with the libraries myself.

  9. Boss

    Haben Sie die Machbarkeit mit allen durchgesprochen, oder ist das bloß Ihre Hoffnung?

    Translation

    Have you talked the feasibility through with everyone, or is that merely your hope?

  10. Otti

    Heute früh, mit allen acht. Sofern uns nicht noch ein Server im Stich lässt, ist die Umsetzung zu schaffen.

    Translation

    This morning, with all eight. Unless a server lets us down as well, the implementation is doable.

  11. Boss

    Dann präsentieren Sie das morgen genau so. Für Ihre erste Projektleitung bleiben Sie übrigens erstaunlich gelassen.

    Translation

    Then present it exactly like that tomorrow. For your first time leading a project, you're remarkably calm, by the way.

  12. Otti

    Der Schein trügt. Aber solange es ab jetzt reibungslos läuft, schlafe ich wenigstens nachts wieder durch.

    Translation

    Appearances are deceptive. But as long as things run smoothly from now on, at least I'll sleep through the night again.

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