Posts filed under 'Design Project Schedules'

Getting our product in the hands of celebrities in one month.

It’s amazing how fast things can change. A couple of days since my last update and we now have a new deadline in our schedule. We’ve been invited to participate in a pre-golden globes event, a gifting suite. We get to give free Baby Fabulous schwag to celebrities and there should be good press and we can take pictures. So, we have to have a certain number of items available for gifts and the date is one month away.

This doesn’t change things too drastically. Still working towards KIDShow as our main market deadline, but I definitely want to have a couple of things ready for the January gifting suite too. I’ll know more tomorrow about how much we can swing, what kind of variety would be best, etc. I’m very excited, but mainly just feel a huge need to buckle down and guarantee we’re ready for this. We have to be, we have to be. I feel it’s a golden opportunity.

This week is creeping away from me. My pattern maker is just waiting on me. I forever underestimate how long tasks will take me to complete. But I’ll meet my Friday deadline. Always meet my deadlines. I’m still reeling from yesterday’s - getting a swatch ring to one of the local boutiques. Worst - forgot I had my kids in the afternoon, so it was my first appointment where I had no choice but to bring the kids along. It went fine and I made a new friend. It’s the small things, - like the appointment going smooth in spite of it being the end of the day & in spite of having my kids with me- that make a BIG difference.

OK - tonight is about working on technical sketches. And a plan for the gifting suite. Priorities, priorities.

1 comment December 6th, 2006

Project Schedule for Fall ‘07 Product Development

Ok, here’s what I came up with for the next eleven weeks we have to prepare for market. At this point, I have a pattern maker lined up and waiting for my sketches. I have already tested the sewing contractor & I know both the theme for my collection and the styles I need to sketch out.

A project schedule is always based on three things: time, resources, and money. Once I’ve sourced all of my fabrics, I’ll do a cost estimate and from there we’ll determine how many designs we can realistically produce. There could be cuts. I need to remind myself to keep revisiting this schedule, sticking to it, and revising what I need to revise. This schedule plans for 3 revisions of the patterns.
Week 1: Dec. 4 - 10 - Technical sketches to pattern maker. Source fabrics.
Week 2: Dec. 11 - 17 - First draft patterns back & first draft prototypes; fit meeting. Color cards (storyboard) complete.
Week 3: Dec. 18 - 24 - First revisions to pattern maker (Goal is to have 1st pattern revisions back in-house before the holidays)

Week 4: Dec.25 - 31 **Holidays Here*** 2nd Draft prototypes & Second round of revisions to pattern maker

Week 5: Jan. 1 - 7 Third draft patterns back & Third Draft prototypes. First mockup of trade show booth.
Week 6: Jan 8 - 14 Must have FINAL patterns!! Cut & in sewing contractors hands (with final prototype).

Week 7: Jan 15 - 21 Give 21st as sample deadline (3 sets each??)

Week 8: Jan 22 - 28 All the final pieces are together (from care labels to packaging baby!!)

Week 9: Jan 29 - Feb. 4 Barring all fires, must have Final samples in-house and beautiful

Week 10: Feb. 5 - Feb.11- Final mock up of trade show booth

Week 11: Feb 12- KIDShow setup in Vegas

Feb. 13 - 15 SHOWS ON!!

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