Academic Technology Project Management Group

While managing projects, the AT PMG focuses first on meeting the needs of the project team. The PMG works to ensure the teams we work with can be successful, feel safe and comfortable in their contributions and advocate for escalation of issues to management, stakeholders and sponsors. Additionally, the PMG supports a human-centered approach to designing solutions to meet the diverse needs of students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.

The AT PMG consists of a team of academic project managers who are not only well-versed in traditional project management techniques but also have skills in strategic planning, change management, organizational development, and meeting the unique needs of student, faculty, and staff. Knowing the university is diverse and decentralized, AT project managers bring their unique skill sets to each project and design strategies and solutions specific to the project’s needs. No project is run the same. Each project is approached with a fresh perspective, drawing from creative tools and techniques to meet the needs of the project, the team, and the sponsors.

The AT PMG strives to cultivate an inclusive environment and foster communication and understanding in project teams that can range from all areas of the university. The PMG understands that leveraging and advocating for diversity produces the best solutions and strives to ensure a safe environment to support everyone.

The AT PMG promotes shared responsibility and accountability to keep complex projects and initiatives moving forward. The PMG is also committed to listening to the questions and concerns of the project team, escalating issues to sponsors, and advocating for re-scoping, re-prioritization of project deliverables, resource reallocation and timeline adjustments as needed. Above all, the AT PMG is known for being flexible, completing proactive planning with cross-campus stakeholders by providing early value through iterative planning and finding person-first solutions.

The AT PMG provides standard project management support with a flexible and customizable approach. Standard practices include scoping work, creating budgets and timelines, status updates and project close-out documentation. We apply these fundamentals while responding to complex spaces such as technical implementations, governance facilitation, and managing cross-functional initiatives. The AT PMG team employs a cross section of skills from project manager to business analyst to strategic planner to professional coach.