Project Management Resources
Project Management - Quick Guide
- PM² Project Management Methodology - Quick Guide for UCD Staff - Provides a one page overview of the PM² Project Management Methodology.
Links to Templates
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Full list of PM² Templates
PM² provides a toolbox of other Project Management Artefact Templates. Some of these may be useful for your project.
(opens in a new window)Click here for the full list of PM² Project Management Artefact Templates.
Click here for more information on PM².
IT Project Management Checklist
- (opens in a new window)IT Project Management Checklist (login required) - Along with core Project Management activities, Project Managers should consider which of the activities in this document are required at each phase of their project.
Project Management Training
Self-Directed Learning Resources
- PM² Project Management Methodology - Quick Guide for UCD Staff - Provides a one page overview of the PM² Project Management Methodology
- PM² Project Management Methodology Guide - from the Publications Office of the European Union (85 pages and appendices)
- (opens in a new window)'PM² Essentials Training Materials' slides
- (opens in a new window)'PM² Essentials, Project Management Methodology' e-learning Module (which takes about 90 minutes to complete)
One-day PM² Project Management Methodology Course for Staff
- A one-day 'PM² Essentials' course on the PM² Project Management Methodology is offered as part of the UCD HR People and Organisation Development training course catalogue offerings. The latest course was held in March 2025 and the schedule of 'PM² Essentials' courses for the 2025-26 academic year is being planned, with the next course expected to be held in autumn 2025.
In addition, regular 90 minute 'Overview of PM² for IT Services Project Management' training sessions are held (contact (opens in a new window)UCD's IT PMO Manager to book a place) and UCD Agile is planning its 2025-26 academic year PM² training.
Learn by Interacting with Colleagues
- Build and share Project Management knowledge and skills via the UCD Project Management Community of Practice (PM CoP)
UCD Project Management Community of Practice (PM CoP)
The purpose of UCD's PM CoP is to tap into the experience of project managers across the university to build and share knowledge, skills, tools, and ways of working, as well as to develop an informal network of like-minded individuals.
The group is for project managers, programme managers and other interested people who play a role in managing projects in UCD.
New members are always welcome and anyone interested in becoming a member can (opens in a new window)join our Workvivo PM CoP space.
NEWS
- May 2025: The next UCD PM CoP meeting will explore the topics of 1) Project Portfolio Reporting, 2) Managing Projects - How Workvivo can help? and 3) An Introduction to the UCD Change Management Toolkit. It will take place on Thursday 5th of June.
- Jan 2025: Our last UCD PM CoP meeting took place in January, where Nicos Kourounakis, Co-Author of the PM² Methodology and Methodologies Consultant at the European Commission's Methodologies Office presented on:
1. The PM² advantage and the future of PM² as Europe’s Methodology
2. PM² for Managing EU-funded Projects
- Nov 2024: A new PM² Guide for Managing EU-funded Projects was released in November 2024. It is a tailored version of the PM² Project Management Methodology for managing EU-funded Projects. Related templates and tools are available on the (opens in a new window)PM² for EU-funded Projects website.
For IT PMO Queries please contact (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)UCD's IT PMO Manager.
UCD IT Services
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