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BHN Internship Takeaways
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BHN
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Meghana Vinnakota
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I'm Meghana!
ABOUT
ME
Currently a Rising Junior at the University of Washington, Seattle majoring in Informatics & Computer Science
Career
Interests
Career Interests
Design/Prototyping
Working with stakeholders
Marketing
Product Management
Metric Analysis
Technical Execution
Career Interests
Design/Prototyping
Business Aspects
Communication
Working with stakeholders
Timelines & Planning
Marketing
Project Management
Product Management
Costs & Resource Allocations
Metric Analysis
Technical Execution
Quality
Career Interests
** Both roles have overlapping responsibilities yet one needs the other
Design/Prototyping
Business Aspects
Communication
Working with stakeholders
Timelines & Planning
Marketing
Project Management
Product Management
Costs & Resource Allocations
Metric Analysis
Technical Execution
Quality
EPMO Intern
TASKS & ROLES
Technically an EPMO Intern, but I got to wear a lot of different hats with the projects/tasks my team gave me
UI/UX
SharePoint
UI/UX SharePoint
- Conducted User Research/Testing to improve project site usability and designed a new template
- Learned about the multiple tools project managers use and the amount of information they need to keep track off/organize
Strategic Planing Project
BHN STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
*
Tested current tool, created approval flows, and now I am currently working with an external team to ensure its development
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Learned about BHN's process on choosing projects and the number of resources/parties involved for a particular initiative
Testing PM Tools
Testing PM Tools + Other Tasks
Feature Logging
XOG Testing
Power BI Scripting
Macros
Looked into a new tool and how it could work with the team and processes at BHN
Did some feature analysis for Lucid Charts & CA PPM tools and researched if specific and actions can be utilized/conducted on the platforms
Occasionally helped other PMs on how to do certain actions or SharePoint and helped them navigate/use some tools
Got a little *technical* and wrote some Macros for Word/Excel to automate a few reports
Shadowing Projects
Shadowing EPMO Team
Went to different types of project management meetings
Introduced to PM lingo and tips/tricks
Talked to lot of people about their roles
Started to familiarize myself with common project management tools
Got to lead a couple of meetings myself (that was fun)
LESSON LEARNED
Windows > Apple
1.
Communication is Key
2.
LESSONS
LEARNED
Documentation
3.
4.
BHN
Learn about Role :)
5.
BHN Experience
Everyone was welcoming and great, especially in my team so I was never scared to ask questions or contribute my opinions.
BHN
EXPERIENCE
THANK YOU!
...To BHN for a great opportunity
...To my manager & mentors & team for being super helpful in teaching me about the project management field
THANK
YOU
...To Kristen & Pooja for leading a fun internship program and taking us to cool places (+ lots of food)