{"id":19,"date":"2025-12-10T12:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/blog\/points\/project-management-foundations\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:27:42","slug":"project-management-foundations","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/points\/project-management-foundations\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Management Foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"22464a70-e33a-412c-bd70-557e33817b17\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f722aa2a-bae8-42d1-8271-a0cc06ffa3e4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1-thinking\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"1093\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Taking this course helped me put a real framework around things I\u2019ve already been doing in school and at work, instead of just \u201ctrying to get everything done on time.\u201d I learned how to think about a project in terms of clear goals, scope, constraints, and success measures, and then turn that into a plan with specific tasks, owners, deadlines, and dependencies. The parts on stakeholders and communication stood out the most because they showed how easy it is for a project to drift off track when people aren\u2019t aligned or when changes aren\u2019t managed intentionally. I also liked seeing the differences between more traditional, plan-heavy approaches and agile methods, and when each one actually makes sense in real life. I can use these ideas immediately for my coursework by planning group projects like mini-projects\u2014with timelines, check-ins, and risk lists\u2014rather than waiting until the last week. Long term, in an IT and data-focused career, this mindset will help me manage rollouts, upgrades, and longer-term initiatives more professionally, rather than treating them as random piles of tasks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":28363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kwilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}