In today’s faced-paced higher education environment, many IT professionals are asked to manage projects with little or no formal training. One day they’re doing their regular jobs and the next they’re expected to deliver results in complex, fast-moving environments while juggling competing priorities and everyone else’s expectations.
This session is designed to help participants bring clarity to these challenges while building confidence in their project leadership skills. Geared toward new and emerging project managers, as well as team leads and supervisors, it emphasizes practical, immediately applicable techniques. Theory is kept concise and purposeful, with just enough detail to provide context and help key concepts click.
You’ll learn how to plan, prioritize, communicate, and execute projects more effectively using straightforward frameworks and real-world examples. By the end of the session, you’ll be able to navigate the key phases of a project, define scope and requirements, and manage competing priorities with greater confidence and control. You’ll also learn strategies for communicating clearly with stakeholders, identifying risks early, and keeping projects on track.
Whether you’re managing one project or ten, you’ll leave better organized, more confident, and equipped to deliver successful projects on time.
