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Diane Fromm

PMI Educational Foundation:Empowering the Future of

Project Management

October 19, 2006 – 10:00 [email protected]

The PMI Educational Foundation• The PMI Educational Foundation is an integral,

supporting organization of the Project Management Institute with its own, non-salaried Board of Directors.

• The PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF) serves individuals with a common goal – promoting economic, educational, cultural and social advancement through project management life skills.

Vision and Mission• Vision: To champion project management

knowledge and skills for educational and social good.

• Mission: Promote project management principles globally to communities including students, non-profit organizations and society at large.

Current Programs• Careers in Project Management

• Project Management Skills for Life

• Project Management Scholarships

Careers in Project Management• Developed for students to

introduce them to career options in project management.

• A tool that PMI components can use to establish partnerships with schools to introduce, expand, and further project management as a career.

• Recently translated into Spanish to allow for wider distribution.

Project Management Skills for Life• The Educational Foundation’s

newest initiative, PM Skills for Life, is now available.

• Created to help civic groups apply the principles of project management to achieve their own project objectives.

• The program was developed by PMI’s Nashville Chapter to be implemented by PMP mentors and PMI Components as part of their outreach programs.

Project Management Scholarships• The PMI Educational Foundation has

established a tuition scholarship program to assist qualified students in obtaining degrees.

• These scholarships are open to any student pursuing a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree.

• The PMI Educational Foundation also administers scholarships established by PMI Components.

Expanding Our Scope and Impact• The PMI Educational Foundation is in the process

of expanding our scope and impact.

• By doing so, we seek to provide a greater benefit to society-at-large.

• The size and diversity of the PMI membership and components provides a wealth of resources to accomplish this goal.

Expanding Our Scope and Impact• We will build on our existing programs

through the pursuit of the following initiatives:– Endowing scholarships for project management

education– Project learning educational initiatives for

primary and secondary students– Humanitarian outreach through disaster-related

project management programs

Project Management Scholarships

Types of Scholarships• The PMI Educational Foundation currently

administers two types of scholarships:– PMI Endowed Scholarships

– Component Funded Scholarships

• The PMI Educational Foundation also administers a minority scholarship sponsored by an individual donor.

• Scholarships are available to students pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

PMI Endowed Scholarships• The PMI Endowed scholarships are open to all

students pursuing a degree in a project management field of study.

• Two scholarships are for undergraduate students while the third is for a student earning a graduate degree.

• The PMI Endowed scholarships have been named in honor of the contributions of the PMI Founders, PMI Fellows, and Matthew H. Parry.

Component Funded Scholarships• Component Funded scholarships are open to

students pursuing either undergraduate or graduate degrees in a project management-related field of study.

• These scholarships are more restrictive in nature and have criteria established by the funding component.

• Eligibility for these scholarships is commonly limited by geography.

• These scholarships are named for the sponsoring Component or in honor of an individual.

2006 Scholarship Statistics• Almost 1800 applications

were received for the 14 different scholarships.– This is an average of over

120 applications per award.

• The total value of these 14 awards was US$27,000.– This is an average of about

US$2,000 per recipient.

The Need for Increased Scholarships

More academic programs + Increasing cost of education = More students with greater

financial need

The Need for Increased Scholarships• In the past five years, the number

of post-secondary project management degree programs world-wide has increased from less than 20 to over 200.*

• The cost of a college education continues to rise.

• Average costs for tuition, fees, room and board exceed:– US$12,000 for a four-year, public

institution– US$29,000 for a four-year, private

institution per year.*** Source: Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC)** Source: The College Board

Increased Demand for Project Mangers• It is expected that there will be a

global shortfall of educated, trained, and qualified project managers.

• 62% of international CEOs indicated that they anticipated an increase in the utilization of project managers over the next few years.*

* Source: 2005 PMI Survey of Executives

Benefits of an Endowment• By establishing a scholarship endowment, the PMI

Educational Foundation can increase the quantity and value of awards.

• An endowment would also provide a sustainable source of funding for the scholarships.

• Through sound fiscal management and by adopting a strict spending policy, the endowment would grow in perpetuity.

Why Project Learning?Project Learning and Leadership

for the21st Century

The Project Learning Partnership

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What is Project Learning?Students working in teams toexperience and explorerelevant, real-world problems, questions, issues, and challenges; then creating presentations and products to share what they have learned

What is Project Learning?The teacher’s role is one of coach – facilitator, guide, advisor and mentor, not directing and managing all student work

What is Project Learning?The teacher’s role is also one of project designer, developer, architect and planner,creating and designingimportant parts of the project learning experience

What are PL’s Key Features?1. Project-

centered2. Open-ended3. Real-world4. Student-

centered5. Constructive6. Collaborative

7. Creative8. Communication-

driven9. Research-based10. Technology-

powered11. 21C Reform-

friendly12. Hard but fun!

Why Project Learning Now?Teacher-directedDirect InstructionKnowledgeContentBasic SkillsTheoryCurriculumIndividualClassroomSummative AssessedLearning for School

Why Project Learning Now?Teacher-directedDirect InstructionKnowledgeContentBasic SkillsTheoryCurriculumIndividualClassroomSummative AssessedLearning for School

Student-directedCollaborative ConstructionSkillsProcessHigher-order ThinkingPracticeLife SkillsGroupCommunityFormative EvaluationLearning for Life

A BetterA Better BalanceBalance

Why Project Learning Now?

New Learning about Learning!New Learning about Learning!• ContextContext – Real-world learning – Real-world learning• CaringCaring – Intrinsic motivation – Intrinsic motivation• ConstructionConstruction – Mental & virtual – Mental & virtual

model-buildingmodel-building• CompetenceCompetence – Multiple intelligences – Multiple intelligences• CommunityCommunity – Learning socially – Learning socially

in groups & teams in groups & teams

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Learning Power Tools!Learning Power Tools!

• Conversing & SharingConversing & Sharing• Searching & ExploringSearching & Exploring• Collecting & OrganizingCollecting & Organizing• Modeling & SimulatingModeling & Simulating• Creating & ConstructingCreating & Constructing


New Digital Native Learners!New Digital Native Learners!

• MultitaskingMultitasking• Multimedia learningMultimedia learning• Online social networkingOnline social networking• Online info searchingOnline info searching• Games, simulations &Games, simulations & creative expressions creative expressions


The World is Flat!The World is Flat!

and Projects are the “Currency Units”and Projects are the “Currency Units”of modern Knowledge Workof modern Knowledge Work


The World is Flat!The World is Flat!“When I was growing up my parents used to say to me, ‘Tom finish your dinner – people in China and India are starving.’ My advice to [students now] is ‘Finish your homework – people in China and India are starving for your jobs.’”

Tom Friedman


The World is Flat!The World is Flat!

and all knowledge workers everywhereand all knowledge workers everywhereneed 21need 21stst Century skills to compete! Century skills to compete!


3Rs X 7Cs = 21st Century Learning

The New Learning FormulaThe New Learning Formula

Why Project Learning Now?SSeevveenn CCss CCoommppoonneenntt SSkkiillllss Critical Thinking & Problem-solving

Research, Analysis, Synthesis, Project Management, etc.

Creativity & Innovation New Knowledge Creation, ”Best Fit” Design Solutions, Artful Storytelling, etc.

Collaboration, Teamwork & Leadership

Cooperation, Compromise, Consensus, Community-building, etc.

Cross-cultural Understanding Across Diverse Ethnic, Knowledge & Organizational Cultures

Communication & Information Literacy

Crafting & Analyzing Messages & Using Media Effectively

Computing & ICT Literacy Effective Use of Electronic Information & Knowledge Tools

Career & Learning Self-reliance Managing Change, Lifelong Learning & Career Redefinition

2121stst Century Skills Century Skills

• Information searching & researching• Critical analysis• Summarizing & synthesizing• Inquiry, questioning & exploratory

investigations• Design & problem-solving

Critical-thinking and Problem-solvingCritical-thinking and Problem-solvingWhat Skills Does PL Develop?

Critical-thinking and Problem-solvingCritical-thinking and Problem-solvingWhat Skills Does PL Develop?

What Skills Does PL Develop?• Team formation• Decision-making• Leadership• Team & individual accountability • Conflict management &

team dynamics• Project & time management

– Project & role definitions– Goal & objective setting– Task & milestone management

Collaboration, Teamwork & LeadershipCollaboration, Teamwork & Leadership

What Skills Does PL Develop?The Project Learning CycleThe Project Learning Cycle


DefineDefineGoal-SettingGoal-Setting

Problem, Question Issue or ChallengeProblem, Question Issue or Challenge




Teaming &Teaming &Knowledge SharingKnowledge Sharing





PlanPlanProject PlanningProject PlanningScope, Timelines, Resources,Scope, Timelines, Resources,Communications, Quality, RisksCommunications, Quality, Risks





DoDoResearching &Researching &DocumentingDocumenting






CommunicatingCommunicatingDoDoResearching &Researching &DocumentingDocumenting







PresentingPresenting








ReviewReviewEvaluatingEvaluating









ReflectingReflecting


From the Thomas-Killman Conflict Mode Instrument

Collaboration, Teamwork & LeadershipCollaboration, Teamwork & LeadershipWhat Skills Does PL Develop?

Cross-cultural UnderstandingCross-cultural Understanding

• Global awareness• Cultural sensitivity• Creative conflict

mediation

What Skills Does PL Develop?

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Communications & Info LiteracyCommunications & Info Literacy

• Oral & written skills• Presentation skills• Media design

– Content design– Visual design– Navigation design– Interaction design


Computing & ICT LiteracyComputing & ICT Literacy

• Personal info management• Project & time tracking• Graphics production• Web development• Media production


Career & Learning Self-relianceCareer & Learning Self-reliance

• Learning styles awareness

• Self-awareness• Self-direction• Personal

productivity• Self-confidence


Creativity & InnovationCreativity & Innovation

• Brainstorming• Creative thinking• Creative design• Experimenting• Prototyping• Inventing & Innovating



To learn collaboration, work in teams.To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems.To learn oral communications, present.To learn written communications, write.To learn technology, use technology.To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues.To learn about careers, do internships.To learn content, research and do all of the above.

SummarySummary

What Does PL Research Say?• More popular than traditional instruction• Increases attendance, self-reliance• Equal or better at producing basic skills• Learning quality enhanced through use and learning of

higher-order thinking skills• Promotes 21st Century skills (7Cs)• Reaches diverse learning styles• Promotes teacher collaboration • Lacks effective formative & summative assessments of all

skills learned • Needs lots of planning & support to do well

From “A Review of Research on Project-based Learning,” John Thomas, the Autodesk Foundation, 2000

The Future? Innovation PL!“Extreme Project Learning” that addsinnovation-producing methods to PL to meet rising demands for creativity and innovation through high-performance, self-reliant, collaborative learning teams.

“The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.”

Jean Piaget









The PL Project Cycles

The IPL Project CyclesDefineDefine

Goal-SettingGoal-SettingReal-worldReal-world Problem, Question Issue or Challenge Problem, Question Issue or Challenge

DiverseDiverse Teaming & Teaming &Knowledge SharingKnowledge Sharing

CommunicatingCommunicating& & PrototypingPrototyping

DoDoResearching Researching Multiple Multiple PerspectivesPerspectives & Documenting & Documenting

Presenting,Presenting,ImplementingImplementing

& Testing& Testing

ReviewReviewEvaluatingEvaluatingw. Diversew. DiverseAudiencesAudiences



The IPL Project TeamLearning• Anthropologist: people watcher• Experimenter: lets-try-it-and-find out• Cross-pollinator: social butterflyOrganizing• Hurdler: problem-solver• Collaborator: team builder• Director: get-it-done personBuilding• Experience Architect: party planner• Set Designer: lets-build-it person• Storyteller: did-you-hear-about-it person• Caregiver: helper and supporter

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Why IPL Now?• Innovation and creativity are priceless skills that all

countries now need• Learning through creativity, discovery, invention &

innovation is compelling• IPL provides creative and collaborative ways to express

ideas with new media• IPL is an engaging method to apply learning to real world

problems and help create a better world

IPL Programs• ThinkQuest & Think.com

http://www.thinkquest.org/ & http://www.think.com/• iEARN & Global School Net

http://www.iearn.org/ & http://www.gsn.org/ • Destination Imagination

http://www.idodi.org/• FIRST Robotics

http://www.usfirst.org/• The Tech Museum Design

Challengehttp://www.thetech.org/

• Intel Computer Clubhouse http://www.computerclubhouse.org/index.htm

http://www.iearn.org/

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

http://www.idodi.org/index.html

http://www.computerclubhouse.org/

Why Project Learning?• That’s often how we learn best • That’s how technology-for-learning can best be used• That’s how our Digital Natives want to learn• That’s how knowledge work is done• That’s how we can learn 21st Century skills• That’s how all countries will innovate• That’s the education challenge our schools must rise

to in the 21st Century• That’s what the PLP Programs bring you!

SummarySummary

Disaster-Related and Humanitarian Programs


• Recent events around the world have brought the impact of disasters to the forefront of our collective conscience.

• In an instant, both man-made and natural disasters have resulted in recovery projects of unprecedented scope and magnitude.

• Effective project management practices are needed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to address the challenges of response as well as development.

Recent Global DisastersSoutheastern Asian Tsunami

• Almost 187,000 fatalities and nearly 43,000 missing from the Southeast Asian Tsunami.

• 1.8 million people were displaced in the most severely impacted countries when over 580,000 houses were severely damaged or destroyed.*

Source: *UN Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery

Recent Global DisastersPakistani Earthquakes

• Magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Kashmir region of Pakistan.

• More than 90,000 dead, 106,000 injured, and an estimated 2.8+ million homeless.*

Source: *USAID

Recent Global DisastersHurricane Katrina

• Hurricane Katrina was the third most deadly hurricane on record with over 1,600 fatalities and the first with more than 1,000 deaths since 1928.

• While costs continue to rise, Katrina was the most costly hurricane on record with early estimates at US$75 billion exceeding Hurricane Andrew by over US$31 billion (in 2004 dollars).

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PMI Members Want to Help Others

• PMI made cash donations to disaster relief agencies following recent global disasters.

• Because there is no limit to future disasters, PMI sought ways to have more a more meaningful and lasting impact.

• The first program was the volunteer-developed Project Management Methodology for Post-Disaster Rebuild.

Project Management Methodology for Post-Disaster Rebuild

• Defines a project management process for reconstruction projects following a disaster.

• Published on CD and available to relief and training organizations alike.

• The CD contains training materials including presentation, guide, and instructor’s manual.

Impact of Disasters WorldwideSource: CRED

• Between 1994 and 2003, an average of more that 255 million people were affected by natural disasters annually.

• These same disasters claimed an average of 58,000 lives annually.

• In 2003 alone, one in 25 people worldwide was affected by natural disasters.

Impact of Disasters Worldwide

“The key issue to remember is not the number of disasters but their economic and social impact on development and, in particular,

on vulnerable populations.”

–Salvano Briceno, Director, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

The Impact of Disasters on the Poor• In the last 20 years, almost

two million people have been killed by disasters – 98% of them living in poor countries. Source: Sida

• 85% of those exposed to earthquakes, cyclones, floods, and droughts live in low-income countries. Source: UNDP – Development Programme of the United Nations

The Impact of Disasters on the Poor• Disasters create significant

setbacks to the development process by diverting funds toward reconstruction and relief.

• By focusing solely on emergency response very little is being done to reduce the vulnerability of the poor who live in areas prone to disasters.


• Sponsor the creation of a global network to help develop disaster-related project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.

• Foster the formation of a network of international university-based centers for applied disaster-related project management research and education.


• Collaborate with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and relief professionals to create programs that help increase their project management capacity for ground-level humanitarian relief and development activities.

• Develop training programs in humanitarian development and disaster-related project management areas of specialty.

Project Management and Humanitarian Organizations

• Members of the humanitarian relief community have expressed their need for training in project management fundamentals.

• Several organizations are pursuing their own project management training initiatives or already have them in place.

• As the recognized global leader in project management, there is an opportunity for the PMI Educational Foundation to add value to their programs.

Status of New PMIEF ProgramsScholarships

• Fourteen annual scholarships currently exist– Three endowed by PMI– Ten sponsored by Components– One funded by a PMIEF Donor

• Currently investigating options with respect to establishing a scholarship endowment.– For example, a US$2,000,000 endowment with a 5%

spending policy would provide four times the amount PMIEF is presently able to award.

• Always seeking partners to endow scholarships.

Status of New PMIEF ProgramsProject Learning Educational Initiatives

• Several programs are being evaluated for inclusion in the project learning educational initiatives.

• Included in this process is the Project Learning Partnership that Mr. Trilling discussed earlier.

• One current program involves identifying how best to include project management fundamentals into existing project learning educational initiatives.

• Another program is focused on utilizing mentors to mentors to help educators incorporate project learning into the curricula at their local schools.

Status of New PMIEF ProgramsDisaster-Related and Humanitarian Programs

• Establishing relationships with leading NGOs and universities to develop program content.

• Mr. John Cable, Director, Project Management Program at the University of Maryland, is conducting research to assist the PMI Educational Foundation in the development of these programs.

Status of New PMIEF ProgramsDisaster-Related and Humanitarian Programs• Mr. Cable and his associates are conducting a

survey of existing disaster-related research programs at universities around the world to identify potential partners for the planned global network of centers.

• Meetings are being scheduled with other potential partners to discuss ways to better integrate project management into disaster recovery and rebuilding systems and methodologies.

How Your Component Can Participate

• Endow a scholarship through the Educational Foundation.

• Share your educational outreach programs with the Project Learning Partnership.

• Participate in a pilot program in the development of the project learning educational initiatives.

How Your Component Can Participate

• Volunteer your time as a Subject Matter Expert in the development of the Project Learning and humanitarian programs.

• Share your ideas on how to improve these programs with the Educational Foundation.

Discussion

Thank You

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