Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Discuss and demonstrate ways to value diversity.

Gather and share information about the benefits of effective project management and the qualifications of a project manager.

Explain the benefits of project management certification and the requirements for obtaining it.

Identify ethical issues in project management.

Outline the functions of a project management office.

Describe the challenges a global project presents, including financial implications, logistical and communication difficulties, and cultural differences, and identify techniques to overcome these challenges.

Describe project portfolio management, listing criteria for selecting projects.

Describe the stages of the product life cycle.

Describe the technology life cycle model, including the segments and their markets.

Outline the five stages of project management, indicating best practices of each stage.

Evaluate tools that assist in planning.

Write a statement of work (SOW) for a selected project.

List the components of a project SOW, including business need, product scope, and strategic plan.

Plan the project schedule and duration for a given SOW.

Discuss how the SOW will be used to monitor and correct any problems that arise during the project.

Describe how a SOW defines the end of the project.

Implement steps of project management.

Develop a project charter.

Develop a project management plan.

Describe the challenges of directing and managing project work.

Describe the challenges of monitoring and controlling work.

Explain how to perform integrated change control.

Explain how to perform project or phase closeout metrics.

Follow steps of project scope management.

Apply knowledge to plan scope management.

Collect and capture client requirements.

Delineate the scope of a project, providing the description of the expected outcome.

Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), breaking down the description into small manageable parts.

Validate scope and secure clients’ approval via formal acceptance document.

Control scope, monitoring the project status and managing scope creep.