Project Management Reflection

Throughout the semester I studied various concepts in project management, such as project scope, time management, quality management, cost management, stakeholder analysis, and teamwork. We defined vocabulary words such as project, quality, scope, stakeholders, and management. Although, I hope to take all of these concepts with me in my future studies, the main components of this course that I will take away after graduating are more personal. Working on the semester long project, I learned about myself as a team leader and as a team member. Working alongside people of different backgrounds, who have different expectations for the course was pretty difficult. I found myself struggling to understand the idea behind “just wanting to do the bare minimum”. I have always strived to exceed expectations, and hoped I met that standard throughout this course. Of course, everyone has different expectations of a course they may or may not want to take. I, for one, was pretty excited to take this course. Project management is a major component of corporate America, and I believe most businessmen and women participate in some element of project management in their work lives. I know that my career path requires me to actively participate and understand various project management concepts. Therefore, I was looking forward to what this course

I hope that take these teamwork skills and improve on them, as well as learn more. I have worked many years as a leader in my community and on this campus, but being a leader takes work and practice, and I hope to better myself individually and as a leader. My team management skills are ever changing and improving, and I hope to continue to learn what strategies work for me as I move into my professional career. This course had taught me a lot as a person and as a team member, but it has taught me so much more about life and the business