Buried History
This National Endowment for the Humanities grant—the first received in the history of the museum—was to create an interactive walking tour of the financial district of San Francisco. A string of catastrophes blocked all progress and I was brought in to try to meet the now impossible-seeming grant deadline.
Work Breakdown Structure
My role: Fire Extinguisher
Wrote scope, timeline, risk assessment, stakeholder and communications management plans
Facilitated Senior Leadership presentations of ongoing progress
Managed consulting relationship and $500k budget
Facilitated cross-functional and consulting collaborations in JIRA and Teamwork
Detailed project timeline
Process
Collaborators Writer, Photographer, Web Developer, and a dozen advisors ranging from Historians and Geologists to Ohlone Tribal Council members
Select steps Project re-kickoff, Facilitated advisor feedback sessions, Grant reporting, Walking tour User Testing, Drafting RFP for maps work, Managing vendors and consultants, Planning project PR launch
Project outcomes
Leadership
Secured project leadership by recruiting Chief Science Office
Compliance
Maintained the legal boundaries and HR compliance for the project leader who wanted to work while on medical leave.
Migration risk mitigation
Launched as a microsite within Drupal 9 to simplify potential issues due to concurrent migration.
Grant Fulfillment
Project completed by grant deadline; funder enthusiasm for the work maintained.