Effective project management

Location

School/ College/ Workplace/ Home

Suggested duration

• 1-2 hours 
  Activity 1: 10 minutes 
  Activity 2: 10 minutes 
  Activity 3: 10 minutes 
  Activity 4: 20 minutes
  Activity 5: 45 minutes
  Extension activity

Employer outcomes

• Enable students to effectively manage their time and tasks during the placement to meet deadlines and workplace challenges objectives
• Opportunity to share company project management methods and tools

Student outcomes

• Understand the importance of effective project management
• Understand some basic approaches of project management
• Start to use basic project management tools

Educator outcomes

• Provide students with strategies to effectively work through their workplace challenge and apply to school / college learning

Employer resources

• Facilitator’s guide
• Student resource pack
• Access to IT/ internet
• Additional resources to customise activities where appropriate

Student resources

• Activity resource pack
• Access to IT/ internet
• Additional resources provided by employer where appropriate

Educator resources

• Facilitator’s guide
• Student resource pack
• Access to IT/ internet
• Additional resources provided by employer where appropriate