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?
What successes might they have
accomplished to fuel confidence,
goals and future achievements?
The PMI Educational Foundation
(PMIEF) believes in the motto “the
sooner the better” when teaching
The Life Skills Youth Learn
Through Project Management
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Events Calendar ....................... 10
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