Project and leadership strategist Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the basics of project management, offering essential and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.
What You'll Learn
- What are the five essential elements of higher education project management?
- What project phases and lifecycles should you follow?
- How can you integrate common areas of project planning?
- How should you use scope, deliverables, and schedule?
- What techniques will enable you to improve communication and collaboration?
- What everyday challenges that derail projects should you avoid?
Training Overview
Is your project stuck? Learn the project management essentials for higher ed.
As the new semester starts, it’s an ideal time to consider the ambitious projects you have ahead of you. Although you likely have high hopes for completing these projects, you should address possible pitfalls. Will they become stalled or stuck? Will your best-laid plans unravel once the project team meets?
You can use scope, schedule, and deliverable planning to create a shared purpose, marshal diverse stakeholders, and encourage project momentum. New communication techniques will enable you to triumph over common project challenges, from project initiation and planning to closing. Whether working with large teams or on smaller initiatives, knowledge of project management essentials will help you drive successful outcomes.
- What are the five essential elements of higher education project management?
- What project phases and lifecycles should you follow?
- How can you integrate common areas of project planning?
- How should you use scope, deliverables, and schedule?
- What techniques will enable you to improve communication and collaboration?
- What everyday challenges that derail projects should you avoid?
Who Should Attend?
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Expert Presenter


Jami Yazdani
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) & Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM)
- Founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation in 2018 to help mission-driven organizations lead more impactful projects, teams, and planning.
- More than 10 years of leadership experience in higher education (including in Director and Associate Dean roles), managing people, budgets, and projects.
- Over 15 years of experience managing complex projects and planning initiatives, leading technology innovations and process improvements, and guiding groups of diverse colleagues and stakeholders toward consensus and positive outcomes.
- Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University.
- Master of Technology Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
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