1.8. Project Management Tools & Techniques

 AOE 1. Performance Improvement; Sub-section 1.8. Project Management Tools & Techniques

Learning Objectives for Project Management:

Explain the importance of project management as it relates to a performance improvement initiativeList several project management tools and techniques that contribute to the success of a performance improvement initiative

The ideal way to support performance improvement is to have a pragmatic schedule of activities and steps to help with successful solution implementation. The last episode 1.7 discussed how to facilitate this process improvement methods; whereas this part of the performance solution will focus on seeing this process improvement through to project success.

These project management tools consists of planning, organizing and controlling work to attend to the needs of the project, tasks, phases, work, and resources. A project manager knows what happened from the past (learn from past mistakes) and plan for the future as you stay in the present (react to surprises). 

A few project planning tools are:

Software toolsPlanning worksheetTime managementProject goalsProject life cycleProject rolesProject tools

Certification in Project Management

Project Management Institute https://www.pmi.org/ Project Management Professional (PMP) CertificationFYI: the PMP Exam is Changing July1, 2020

RESOURCES:

42 Best Project Management Software and Tools (2019 Update)The Best Project Management Tools for (Almost) Any TaskUseful Project Management Tools and TechniquesProject Management Skills and Techniques

Follow these stellar project managers I have learned from in higher ed:

Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark (@RPR_Agile) https://agilefaculty.wordpress.com/ Dr. Katie Linder (@Katie__Linder) https://www.drkatielinder.com/ 

My Recommended Project Management Tools & Tech:

ToDoist https://todoist.com/ #GetToWork Book https://www.gettoworkbook.com/ Scrum Board Asana https://asana.com/ Basecamp https://basecamp.com/ Trello https://trello.com/ Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/ Google Drive https://www.google.com/drive/ 

More about this in AOE 6. Managing Learning Programs; 6.11. Project Planning Tools and Processes (future podcast episode).