Project Evaluation and Management
--Originally published at TI2011 – FABIAN'S GEEK STUFF
This is your well known section I'll talk about everything that have made impact to me. And yes it has been an instes las few weeks. The projects and exams do not stop. Make me realize that hard work can be pay off. I encounter myself to 2 exams left, with no projects and many... Continue Reading →
--Originally published at Parra’s Project Management Blog
I will not lie when I say that this class surprised me a lot. I think disruptive or different styles of education and teaching are refreshing and should be implemented more in universities. In this article I will explain why my Project Evaluation course this semester exceeded my expectations and I will share some of my final learnings and reflections.
Previously, some of my colleagues had classes with Ken Bauer, but I didn’t. The common opinion was that “we don’t do anything in his classes”, so I thought that was a bad thing and since they didn’t do anything I wouldn’t learn as much. This was my first surprise. In Ken’s classes, the students who really are interested learn tons without doing much work. The ones who are just heating the bench end blank at the end of the course.
In my case I was the first category of student. Since I have some experience organizing events and being a team leader, I was really interested in project management. I didn’t have an idea of what it was to be one in a professional scenario, just knew some theory. In this class I learned new theory and also connected with this world in which you meet reality. The format of the class is simple: learn theory by reading a very good book, discuss it in class and have conversations involving those read topics. Homework (which are reflections of the chapters of the book) doesn’t have deadlines and the student chooses when to deliver them. This is a double edged sword.
Luckily again, I have been reading for the past year all about time management to take control of my life at fullest, so it was no trouble facing this challenge. In case a reader is interested, my personal organization method Continue reading "Final Reflection – TI2011"
