🎯 Learning Intention

I will learn what project management is and why it is important for team and civic technology projects.

✅ Success Criteria

• [ ] I can define project management in my own words
• [ ] I can describe at least 2 reasons project management is important in real-world projects
• [ ] I can connect project management skills to my mentorship role in the GIS project

🌍 Why this matters

Every large project — from building an app to running a civic tech survey — requires coordination. Project management gives us the tools to plan, organize, and deliver results on time. These skills will help you succeed in your internship role, your mentorship with juniors, and your future career.

🔓 Warm-Up (Tech Journal • 5 min)

Prompt: Think about a group project you’ve done in school. What was the hardest part — planning, staying on schedule, dividing tasks, or finishing strong? Why?

📚 Vocabulary

• Project Management — the practice of planning, organizing, and overseeing a project to achieve goals on time and within limits
• Deliverable — a concrete product or result that must be completed
• Stakeholders — the people who are impacted by the project
• Deadline — the date by which a deliverable must be finished

🧭 Agenda (45–50 min)

1) Mini-Lesson: What is Project Management? (10–12 min)