Event Recap: Planning & Project Management Workshop for Students!

The University Technology Office, under the guidance of the Assistant Vice President of the Planning and Program Management Office, Warick Pond, recently held a Planning and Project Management workshop for students within the Higley Unified School District at ASU Polytechnic Campus. 

Students from various middle and high schools learned effective project management skills. The workshop guided students through examples and experiential learning using the project at hand: “Applying and Getting Accepted into ASU.” 

Four teams created four different plans for the ASU application process and discussed the differences in approach and items a team may have missed, such as application fees. ASU application processes were provided to assess critical milestones, and several students went through the Me3 process, identifying and matching majors to their interests and incorporating any requirements for each of those Colleges or departments into the application process. A number of students, including some 7th and 8th graders, stated their commitment to ASU. 

The Planning and Program Management Office is ready to create commercial workshop opportunities on project management. As a Registered Education Provider with the Project Management Institute, the office awards continuing education credits. 

For future ASU students, the Planning and Program Management Office will continue to be ambassadors for the project management profession by contacting Arizona school districts. We want to offer students a free, enriching experience in learning how to plan and execute project work.