Recently I have been involved with developing a new course at my institution. The project involved converting a certificate program into a diploma program. As a subject matter expert (SME), I worked with a team of instructional designers, project managers, writers, graphic designers, and a writer\/editor to bring this course to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From a project management standpoint, everything was extremely well done. Learning designs were made with consultations with SME’s and industry partners, deliverables were created, and due dates were set. Reflecting on the management role, I believe they followed the 12 principles<\/a> laid out by Westland (2022). If I am responsible for any change management\/project management in the future, I will implement these principles to help lead a successful project. I also appreciated how they checked in with every team member once a week to ensure that we were all pulling in the same direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, I found one aspect of the project challenging. Throughout the process, I never fully understood why<\/em> we changed the program from a one-year certificate to a two-year diploma. The one-year program was successful, with positive feedback from industry partners and students who had completed the program. This lack of communication affected my motivation while working on the project and could have been avoided if the reasoning was communicated. From my perspective, management missed an essential step in that they didn’t communicate the change (Judson, 1991, as cited in Al-Haddad & Kotnour, 2015) and communicate the vision (Kotter, 1996 as cited in Al-Haddad & Kotnour, 2015). When I asked the project management team why we were changing the program, I was just told “because we were asked to.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Going forward, I plan to follow the project managers’ approach to managing the project, while also ensuring clear communication of the project’s vision and objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al-Haddad, S., & Kotnour, T. (2015). Integrating the organizational change literature: a model for successful change. Journal of Organizational Change Management 28<\/em>(2), 234-262. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JOCM-11-2013-0215<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Westland, J. (2022). 12 key project management principles & how to use them.<\/em> Project Manager. https:\/\/www.projectmanager.com\/blog\/project-management-principles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently I have been involved with developing a new course at my institution. The project involved converting a certificate program into a diploma program. As a subject matter expert (SME), I worked with a team of instructional designers, project managers,… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt525"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0259\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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