2. How Does a cake mix relate to
Project Management?
Baking a Cake is a Project
3. Let’s see how a cake mix is a project
• We will take a few minutes to
come up with a list
• Looking at the box
• Thinking further
4. Some ways a cake mix is a project - 1
• Looking at the box
• List of Materials (ingredients)
• List of equipment needed
• Procurement
• Schedule of work
• Controls
• Quality Assurance
• Assumptions
• Mitigation
5. Some ways a cake mix is a project - 2
• Thinking further
• When is the cake needed?
• How many cakes?
• What size/shape of cake?
• Is there a delay due to
procurement?
• Do we have the expertise?
• Do we meet age/safety
requirements?
• Frosting and Decorations?
• How is it being served?
• Is this a “subproject”?
6. Some ways a cake mix is a project - 3
• Did we get all the assumptions?
• What concerns are there if we
want 8 cakes?
• Can we be agile in any way?
7. Cake Mix – Potential Project Plan
Task Name
Make a cake
Planning
Determine how many cakes
Determine need date
Vaildate Resource Availability
Qualified Staff
Equipment
Ingredients
Procurement if needed
validate budget
validate supply schedule
receive needed supplies
continued
Execution
Gather staff
Gather Equipment
Gather Ingredients
Make the cake (QA at all steps)
Mix
Bake
Cool
Remove from pan
Frost & Decorate (if in scope)
Close-Out
Clean up
Assess Customer Satisfaction
8. How Does a cake mix relate to
Diversity?
Baking a Cake takes Diversity
9. Definitions
From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – 11th Edition
• Diversity
• The condition of being diverse
• Diverse
• Differing from one another
• Composed of distinct or unlike
elements or qualities
10. Definitions
From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – 11th Edition
• Diversity
• The condition of being diverse
• Diverse
• Differing from one another
• Composed of distinct or unlike
elements or qualities
Diversity, when applied to Projects, does not relate to Race, Creed, Color, Gender, etc.
Diversity, when applied to projects, is Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and
Point of View.
For a project it does not matter what you are or who you are,
What matters is what you bring to the Project or Team.
- M Bailey 2017
11. Who (what) are the diverse contributors
to the Cake Mix?
• Let’s think about that for a
minute or two
12. Who (what) are the diverse contributors
to the Cake Mix?
• Water
• Eggs
• Oil
• Oven
• Pan(s)
• Mixer
• Timer
• Measuring cup(s)
• Toothpick
13. The right contribution of the items is required
• Water
• Eggs
• Oil
• Oven
• Pan(s)
• Mixer
• Timer
• Measuring cup(s)
• Toothpick
14. Who (what) are the diverse contributors
to the Cake Mix?
• Did we forget “anyone”?
15. Who (what) are the diverse contributors
to the Cake Mix?
• YES WE DID !!!!!!
• Cooking Spray or shortening
• Without this “contributor” the
cake will stick to the pan and be
ruined
• Moral:
• All “contributors”,
no matter how small,
are important to the
Team and Project.
