A man in a hot air balloon was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a little bit more and shouted:
“Excuse me madam, can you help? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am’.
The woman replied: ‘You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above alkali desert scrub habitat, 2.7 miles west of the Colorado River near one of the remnant populations and spawning grounds of the razorback sucker’.
‘You must be a biologist’ said the balloonist.
‘I am’ replied the woman. ‘How did you know?’
‘Well’ answered the balloonist ‘everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help so far’.
The woman below responded ‘You must be a project manager’.
‘I am’ replied the balloonist ‘but how did you know?’
‘Well, said the woman ‘you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise to someone that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is, you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow it’s now my fault!’

From Stepping into Project Management

• Role: project managed redesign and development of this website with open source PHP Joomla Content Management System with an emphasis on usability and SEO
• Timeline: 5 months
• Budget: under $50,000
• Team: in-house cross functional team including information architect, writer, art director, designer, tech lead, developer, QA, IT, SEO
• Link: www.cdsltd.com

• Role: project managed redesign and development of this website with custom PHP Content Management System with an emphasis on usability and SEO
• Timeline: 12 months
• Budget: under $100,000
• Team: in-house cross functional team including information architect, art directors, designers, tech leads, developers (front end/server side), QA, IT, SEO
• Link: www.hscr.com

• Role: project managed redesign and development of this .NET eCommerce website with the proprietary Progress database
• Timeline: 12 months
• Budget: under $150,000
• Team: in-house cross functional team including information architect, art directors, designers, tech leads, developers (front end/server side), QA, IT, SEO; Client’s technical team
• Link: www.keyfood.ca

• Role: project managed design, development and integration of the first phase for this .NET online community into Ektron CMS; database creation for multiple remote live golf simulator systems to display data in user accounts
• Timeline: 6 months
• Budget: under $50,000
• Team: in-house cross functional team including information architect, art director, designer, tech lead, developers (front end/server side), QA, IT; live simulator technical team
• Link: www.DreamShotgolfHD.com

• Role: A side project for Fraser Institute, I project managed redesign and implementation of this .NET website into SaaS Marqui CMS utilizing Flash gallery SlideShowPro
• Timeline: 5 months
• Budget: under $50,000
• Team: in-house cross functional team including information architect, art directors, designers, tech leads, developers (front end/server side), QA, IT, SEO; CMS provider technical team
• Link: www.forexcellenceineducation.org

• Role: As a Project Manager at Unplugged TV, I project managed development of a new Flash-based site integrating client’s creative and managed development of a custom video playback component to mimic the functionality of the LG DVR Personal Video Recorder
• Timeline: 1 month
• Budget: under $10,000
• Team: freelance cross functional team including designer, developer; Client’s creative agency team
• Link: us.lge.com/dvr/