PMI Today - November 2019

project management to youth.

Learning and applying project management early in life is crucial to helping youth build key life skills and succeed in whatever their endeavors may be.

Following are four of the most important skills gained through the practice of project management that help prepare youth for the

21st century.
uccess is at the summit of
the project management
ethos, attainable with skills
that cut a clear and direct path
up mountains of opportunity. As
a project manager, you are an
expert in communicating, scheduling,
managing and completing tasks,
both simple and highly complex. And
you are already aware that the
organizational thinking necessary
for project management can be
applied anywhere, by anyone—
whether planning a family picnic or
coordinating IT implementation in a
new hospital wing.

Most people don’t learn to utilize a project management skill set—or even understand what it is—until they reach maturity, well into their twenties. Just imagine if every individual learned project management as a youth. How might their lives be positively transformed?