Project Management Center of Excellence
Designed to aid in expanding the availability of project management skills and capacity across Carnegie Mellon, a Center of Excellence (CoE) offers the explicit focus on providing the knowledge, mentoring, and skill building opportunities to assist in developing and empowering those that aspire and have related project management responsibilities in their respective units.
Expected Outcomes
- Opportunity for individual and organizational growth in Project Management Fundamentals and Best Practices for those with an interest and inclination to lead projects at CMU
- Expanded support for ongoing project management initiatives
- Tools, techniques, and resources that can be related and leveraged across all administrative and academic units
- Development of a community of practice amongst interdepartmental colleagues around a collection of shared experiences and techniques
Timeline and Milestones
Phase 1: Program Development
FY22
- Compose program charter
- Form Advisory Committee responsible for contributing to and advising on the instructional approach, community development, approval of the content, identification of instructors/facilitators, and providing strategic direction to the CoE, as needed
Phase 2: Launch Center of Excellence
FY23
- Identify inaugural cohort of participants
- Launch CoE instructional activities
Phase 3: Execution and Monitoring
FY24
- Complete the PM CoE course for two cohorts
- Provide adult learning theory with hands-on exercises and offer project management resources to CoE cohorts
- Gather feedback to improve future courses
- Develop a self-nomination process for prospective participants
- Conduct a PM CoE alumni networking event
- Create a CoE repository with project management resources (materials, documents, and course content) for current cohorts and alumni