I have been learning to manage projects from the ground up for a long time.
I am not sure that I am qualified to give anything more than a hunch here, but here is my guess: A project management office is a place where project managers and their teams work on a project so that they can learn from each other and each other’s mistakes.
Projects are a great place to learn about how to manage a project, but to do so you will need someone to manage the project. A project manager is an individual who manages a project. A few weeks ago I was reading a book called Project Management in Education by Martin C. Davis.
The book is well written, but I have a few problems with it. First, the author seems to miss out on the importance of coaching and mentoring. Every project manager needs to learn from their peers. Second, the book is so full of buzzwords that I don’t even understand most of the stuff it talks about.
The book is a little dated. It’s been around for a while, but I think it was written by a guy who was interested in learning more about what projects he could do for a living. We’re told that the project manager is a part of the project, not the developer. So while the book is interesting, I would have preferred a longer title.
The book is full of buzzwords, but I honestly think its mostly good for that. In fact, I think it just might save a little money since you cant read it as a business book. The buzzwords are pretty self explanatory, but its a little hard to understand what the book is really about. I see a lot of people reading as a “learning process” while the book is to be read as a “book about things”.
I think the buzzwords are more of a marketing strategy. It may be that people find it easier to read and understand the book in its entirety. I think it’s a good book, for sure.
I think the book is a good way to bring together a team to brainstorm and plan a project. You get to know your team and their strengths and weaknesses, so you can build a product, or a curriculum, or a service, or a system, or a program. Its a great way to get a feel for your team and see what they care about and what they dont. But ultimately it is about people.
I think it is important to think about the project management in education process as a series of goals, not necessarily a task list. I.e. you are not saying “do this” or “do that”, you are saying “I want this to happen”, and ” I want it to happen now”. And, it is much better if you define your goals as a series of projects and steps to get there. So you can take it from A to B step-by-step.
I was recently assigned to work on a project in which we needed to create a new assessment system. I’ve never done any project management before, so I started off working on a list of all the things I needed to do to get this done. I had no idea what to do, so I started reading the job description. I think that was a good idea, but I had trouble focusing because I was too focused on the list of things I had to do.