This Portfolio Website Project is currently this complete.
It is said that there are many transferable skills between the field of education and the field of project management. I have heard from Project Managers that they don’t always appreciate when somebody who isn’t a PM comes along claiming to be able to do what they do. To that end, lets examine the skills that are and are not transferable between Educators and PMs.
Buy in and accountability: Educators have to inspire students to do challenging work, whether the students feel the work is relevant or not. Educators also work one on one with students encountering obstacles and help students find solutions. PMs have to generate buy-in, and keep team members on track despite obstacles. In both cases, this requires nuance and tailoring methods to diverse individuals.
Organizing and communicating: Educators need to present all information and plans in an organized manner. It needs to be written down in at least three places, in at least three formats, or else somebody will miss it. PMs have the same role, but with different types of documentation.
The areas where roles differ include managing the triple constraint, budgets, and vendor interactions. Some educators will have interactions with vendors and often need to keep within a departmental budget, however, they are not typically in charge of determining a budget. Please see the “Personal Projects” page, which demonstrates projects in which I have utilized the triple constraint and worked with budgets and vendors in my personal life.
The Google Project Management Certificate provides PM training that includes direct experience with PM Documentation across the project life cycle. This certificate helped to fill in some of the gaps between a Professor’s experiences and Project Manager’s experiences. Below is a table demonstrating documents I have completed for the sake of showing proficiency in this type of documentation. These documents are specific to the project of making this portfolio website, except where otherwise noted.
| Title & hyperlink | Description | Last Date Edited | Notes |
| Project Charter | A high level description of the project and its scope, for executives and project leadership | 10/01/2025 | |
| Task List and Dependencies table | A complete list of tasks with a table for dependencies – a living document that may be modified | 10/01/2025 | |
| Kanban | A screenshot of the Kanban board as of 10/01/2025. Screenshotted because KanbanThing is password protected. | 10/09/2025 | Screenshot should be periodically updated |
| Risk register | |||
| RACI chart | *This chart was created as part of the Google Project Management certificate and is not related to this website | 10/09/2025 | Since this is a small, one person project, a RACI chart does not make sense in this context. |
| Effort hour estimates | Initial estimates on time consumed by each task. Subject to change. | 10/09/2025 | See Burndown Chart for ongoing adjustments |
| GANTT table | |||
| SMART goals | |||
| OKRs | |||
| Budget | |||
| SOW | |||
| Meeting Agenda | |||
| Burndown chart | A chart tracking predicted vs actual effort hours. | 10/01/2025 | Effort hours based on effort hour estimates |
| Retrospective |