Project Management 101

This slidedeck was presented in a one-day intensive workshop during Princeton University's 2025 Wintersession. Participants included undergraduates, graduate students, and staff members.  

The presentation provides a crash course in Project Management theory and practice, with a special focus on software development in an academic research context. Topics covered include:

• theories of Project Management as scholarly exchange
• major approaches to Project Management, such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Lean
• essential concepts, frameworks, and techniques, like RACI, MoSCoW, Gantt charts
• specific tools and platforms, including GitHub, Asana, Slack, Google Drive

The presentation also discusses the foundational documents, rhythms, and workflows the Center for Digital Humanities uses to communicate progress on projects and build resilient teams, from project charters and decision logs to team meetings and retrospectives. 

This presentation is adapted from materials and resources used to train Graduate Project Management Fellows at the CDH. It is indebted to the ideas, work, and ethos developed over many years by various CDH staff members, including Natalia Ermolaev, Rebecca Sutton Koeser, Jeri Wieringa, and Rebecca Munson.