Shared Activity: Experience and Knowledge in Managing Projects
In this online learning environment, you will interact with a diverse group of individuals from various organisations and backgrounds. You may meet experienced project managers as well as people who are learning about project management for the first time. Although some of your peers may have experience managing projects in a corporate environment, others may have gained experience managing personal projects, like a home renovation. All experiences managing projects contribute to the body of knowledge shared in your Shared Activities Forum. Considering this diverse background when completing Shared Activities Forum will add to the richness of your educational experience, just as your background contributes to the experience of others.
No matter your level of project management experience, you will explore concepts that are similar in all projects. These concepts will help provide a foundation to understand the basics of what project management is, and a baseline for you to move forward with the remaining units in this module.
To prepare for this Shared Activity:
1. Reflect on your readings from this unit, and note concepts that you are familiar with and concepts that are new to you.
2. Reflect on your experience in managing projects. Have you managed projects at work? Have you managed projects in your personal life?
To complete this Shared Activity:
- Post a paragraph introducing yourself to your group. Provide brief information about what you are currently doing professionally.
- Provide information on your experience and knowledge of managing projects, whether personal, professional or both.
- Choose at least two key concepts from this unit's resources that you find interesting or are hoping to learn more about. Explain why these key concepts are important and an example of how they could have helped you approach a project management task differently.
- Read your colleague's postings and compare the similarities and differences between them.
- Respond to your colleagues with lessons you learned that will help you develop your own project management qualities.