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Project Management, Planning, Development and Evaluation of DH Projects

Project lifecycles, collaboration, documentation and sustainable delivery

Institution: University of GrazProgramme: Master's Programme in Digital HumanitiesFormat: Lecture and practical course2020–20255 Sessions

The course introduced the planning, implementation and evaluation of Digital Humanities projects. It connected project lifecycles and stakeholder coordination with Git-based collaboration, project documentation, requirements work and the publication of research outputs.

Instructor: Dr. Christopher Pollin

Contact: christopher.pollin@dhcraft.org

Material status

Die erreichbaren Kursmaterialien sind direkt verlinkt. Entfernte Foliensätze und Google-Docs-Beispiele werden nicht ausgegeben; einzelne weiterführende Pfade im historischen Kursbestand können wegen einer früheren Repository-Struktur nicht mehr auflösbar sein.

Learning Outcomes

  • Distinguish project goals, deliverables, roles, resources and constraints
  • Structure a Digital Humanities project across initiation, planning, implementation and closure
  • Use Git and GitHub for version control, collaboration and project documentation
  • Translate research requirements into a project definition and implementation plan
  • Evaluate project results, documentation and sustainability

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of Digital Humanities research practices

Sessions

1
SESSION 1

Project organisation and introduction

Projects as goal-oriented work with defined roles, resources and constraints.

Topics
  • Project definition
  • Time, scope and resources
  • Project team and responsibilities

MATERIALS:

Introduction to Project Management
2
SESSION 2

Project lifecycles and project-management software

Initiation, planning, implementation and closure as a framework for Digital Humanities projects.

Topics
  • Project phases
  • Milestones and dependencies
  • Project-management tools

MATERIALS:

Four Stages of the Project Life Cycle
3
SESSION 3

Git, GitHub and software project management

Version control, collaborative workflows and repository-based project documentation.

Topics
  • Git workflows
  • Issues and pull requests
  • Milestones, boards, wikis and GitHub Pages

MATERIALS:

Git, GitHub and software project management Git and GitHub in Digital Humanities projects Git and GitHub tutorial
4
SESSION 4

Project proposal and detailed planning

Turning a research idea into documented requirements, work packages and a verifiable project plan.

Topics
  • Project proposal
  • Requirements
  • Project definition and detailed plan

MATERIALS:

Archived project-planning course corpus
5
SESSION 5

Wireframing and requirements prototyping

Using low-fidelity interface models to make requirements visible and test the planned interaction before implementation.

Topics
  • Wireframing
  • Requirements prototyping
  • Interface evaluation

MATERIALS:

Wireframing

Resources

Online Resources