Project Management

Real-World Application & Methodologies

Help students master project management with practical, skills-based instruction for in-depth understanding of various methodologies.

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Mastering Project Management

Danaka Porter's "Project Management" courseware connects project management theory and application through real-world examples and learning activities. The turnkey courseware includes a full suite of educational resources, including lesson plans, lecture slide decks, engaging assignments, auto-graded quizzes, and more.

With a focus on enabling students to apply optimal methodologies in realistic situations, this courseware will provide opportunities for students to develop the skills needed to be successful project managers in a rapidly growing field.

Combine real-world application & methodologies with
the brand-new Project Management courseware

Topics Covered in the Courseware

Keeping Content Current

The media and materials included with the "Project Management" courseware make it an in-depth teaching tool. The content is updated yearly so you can be sure you’re teaching up-to-date principles.

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The Stukent Support Team simplifies the learning process for students and educators. Anyone who uses Stukent courseware automatically has access to Stukent's support team to answer any technical inquiries.

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About the Author

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Danaka Porter, M. Eng., PMP

Regional Managing Partner at iota consultants and Sessional Lecturer at University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business

Danaka is PMP and Lean certified and has been managing projects in some aspect for most of her life. Danaka obtained her Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2010 while competing for Canada’s bobsled team. After working for several years, she decided to obtain more education and went to MIT where she obtained a Master’s of Engineering. She now works as the Regional Managing Partner of iota consultants, is a Sessional Lecturer at the Dhillon School of Business, and is a cardiac researcher and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Cardiology at the Cumming School of Medicine. 

As a Sessional Lecturer, she primarily teaches project management and reminds her students that their degree is a project; everything they learn in her project management course is directly relatable to their life. Danaka continues to apply various project management approaches to her research projects and any other research project she is asked to be a part of. Her work at iota consultants includes designing, managing, and implementing process optimization projects in a variety of industries — once again she relies on her project management skills. Moreover, Danaka has been an author with Stukent since 2021. She authored her first courseware “Principles of Supply Chain: Management and Operations” using a predictive approach and completed the courseware early. She also completed this “Project Management: Real-World Application & Methodologies” courseware early using a hybrid approach. 

Danaka attributes her success and ability to concurrently and successfully author courseware, perform research, publish research papers, teach, consult and manage projects, see friends and family, work out daily, and volunteer, to applying and using project management approaches. She often jokes that everything in her life resides in a giant Gantt chart — but she isn’t really joking. By spending time planning out what needs to be done and when it needs to be done, less time is spent trying to remember what should be done. Just check the Gantt. In the famous words of Edna Mode, “Luck favors the prepared.” 

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Raising the bar with hands-on learning

Mastering Project Management

Danaka Porter’s “Project Management” courseware connects project management theory and application through multiple examples and learning activities. The turn-key courseware includes a full suite of educational resources, including lesson plans, lecture slide decks, engaging assignments, auto-graded quizzes, and more.

With a focus on enabling students to apply optimal methodologies in realistic situations, this courseware will provide opportunities for students to develop the skills needed to be successful project managers in a rapidly growing field.

Combine real-world application and methodologies with the brand-new Project Management Courseware

Table of Contents

Keeping Content Current

The media and materials included with the "Project Management" courseware make it an in-depth teaching tool. The content is updated yearly so you can be sure you’re teaching up-to-date principles.

Support for Students

The Stukent Support Team simplifies the learning process for students and educators. Anyone who uses Stukent courseware automatically has access to Stukent's support team to answer any technical inquiries.

Topics Covered in the Courseware

  • Information on multiple job options related to aspects of project management
  • Information on certifications from Project Management Institute
  • Managing large and small projects
  • Traditional, agile, Lean, and Six Sigma styles
  • Project ranking methods
  • Stakeholders
  • Technology and software
  • Project charter
  • Project overview and timeline
  • Risk management
  • Skills needed by a project manager
  • Organizational culture
  • Mintzberg’s management theory
  • Reporting structures
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Network diagram
  • Outsourcing and subcontracting
  • Resource leveling

Includes 100+ classroom resources

  • 13 Assignments
  • 11 Quizzes
  • 2 Exams
  • 1 Case Study
  • 13 In-Class Exercises
  • 1 Sample Syllabus
  • 1 Sample Course Calendar
  • 11 Quiz Review Slide Decks

About the Author

Danaka Porter, M. ENG.

Danaka obtained her Master of Engineering from MIT in systems and supply chain — which is just a fancy way of saying algorithm writing and process optimization. She is a partner at iota consulting, a management consulting firm, where she works in supply chain, project management, and data analytics in heavy manufacturing and technology.

Her work often includes ensuring the Navy and Coast Guard vessels have the correct gear, writing predictive algorithms for oil and gas companies, or optimizing the supply chain of a global mine. Danaka is also a sessional lecturer at the Dhillon School of Business, where she teaches supply chain and project management.

Danaka is a cofounder and the COO of VitaNova Tech, a fertility company. She wrote the algorithms to better match surrogates and egg donors with intended parents.

Additionally, Danaka is completing her Ph.D. in cardiology at the Cumming School of Medicine, where she is using machine learning to help predict sudden cardiac death (SCD) by rewriting the algorithms used to find certain markers. Danaka sits on the training and education committee for the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada, where she educates Ph.D.s, trainees, doctors, and health care workers in implementing and using technology in cardiac care.

She also sits on the board of motionball, a national fundraising committee dedicated to raising money for the Special Olympics. She looks after a variety of animals as an animal foster parent for her local Humane Society. Danaka routinely mentors high school and university students, helping them to find their passions. She is also an educational counselor with MIT, where she works with admissions to find the best applicants that align with MIT’s mission. She is a certified coach and helps those she works with to achieve their goals and dreams.

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