Welcome!

Project and Change Management Collaborators (PCMC) is a vibrant and responsive peer network at the University of Minnesota. We strive to advance knowledge and foster exceptional results in project and change management.

The PCMC creates opportunities for UMN professionals to:

• Share and learn with each other
• Highlight existing resources
• Encourage personal leadership
• Identify ways to overcome inherent challenges of project and change management at the University

PCMC supports University staff taking a project and change management approach to their work as well as those in formal project and change management roles. PCMC recognizes that anyone can benefit from project and change management principles and tools even those without "project management" or "change management" in their job title or description.

Upcoming Meeting Schedule

January 11, 2012, 12:00, 101 Walter Library

PCMC Book Club kick-off!

RSVP via our Moodle site

Sometimes it helps to be motivated to read the books we really do want to read.  Use the PCMC Book Club as your excuse to pick up the stimulating, useful books that will help you work smarter and better.  Then, come for the discussion and networking with colleagues across campus.  

We’ll be discussing Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath.  

Switch explores why it’s so hard to make lasting change, whether that be the workplace, in our communities, and in our own lives.  But we all know that change is hard.  Switch then analyzes decades of research and breaks down successful change processes in a kind of roadmap for change that is sure to be of use in your job and your life.

Download Resources on our PCMC Moodle Site

The PCMC Moodle site contains templates, informative case studies, worksheets, checklists, links, and other project and change management tools. You must have a valid UMN Internet ID. First time visitors will also need enrollment key: pcmc.

Request to Join the PCMC Listserv

Email pcmc@umn.edu and ask to join the listserv. You'll receive announcements regarding upcoming PCMC events and more (entering the PCMC Moodle site will not subscribe you to the PCMC listserv).

Special Thanks

Special thanks to the following units for their financial contributions to the PCMC for 2009-2010 or 2010-2011:

Academic Health Center Office of Education
Academic Support Resources
College of Continuing Education
College of Liberal Arts
The Graduate School
Office of Information Technology
Office of International Programs
Office of the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs & Provost
Rochester Campus Student Services Office
Rochester Campus Undergraduate Studies Office
University Services
University Dining Services
Contract Administration - Auxiliary Service

Steering Committee

The 2010-2011 PCMC Steering Committe includes the following:

Santiago Fernandez-Gimenez (Chair), Office of the Registrar
Jerliyn Veldof, University Libraries
Jaime Wascalus, School of Dentistry
Larry Storey, Chemichal Engineering and Material Science
Erin Barwis, Carlson School of Management
Mindy Carlson, Center for Transportation Studies
Craig Gjerdingen, Carlson School of Management
Diane Kleinman, University Services IT
Barbara Mueller, Office of Information Technology
Justin Pouliot, U Card Office

Many thanks to founding and/or past steering committee members for their contributions to the success of the PCMC:

Susan Geller (Chair Emeritus), School of Social Work
Megan Dushin, Institute on Community Integration
Sarah Knoblauch, College of Liberal Arts
Jason Marchiafava, Conference and Event Services
Dee Anne Bonebright, Office of Human Resources
Christopher Bucksa, College of Design
Geri Huibregtse, Academic Health Center
Julie Williams, College of Continuing Education
Angela Bowlus (Chair Emeritus), College of Liberal Arts
Patty Bales, Office of Human Resources

Recent Meeting Retrospective

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - Budgeting time, effort, and money: Creating a work plan at the University

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 - Managing Disruptive Innovation
2:30-4:00pm in 101 Walter Library

March 15, 2011 - Project Management 101: Suffering the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Projects
9:00am-12noon • 2-530 Malcom Moos Health Science Tower

February 16, 2011 - Surfacing Hidden Agendas and Resolving Stakeholder Conflict
3:00-4:30pm • 101 Walter Library

January 25, 2011 - Managing Projects and/or Processes: Conversations among PCMC members (option to join us for lunch afterwards)
10:30am-12noon • 101 Walter Library

More Information

For more information, visit our Moodle site, view our 2009-2010 Annual Report (PDF), or contact us at pcmc@umn.edu.

What members are saying

"A great source of new ideas"

"PCMC has 'de-mystified' much of the project/change management world"

"Extremely helpful in building my skills"

"A great way to connect with experienced project managers"

"At every meeting... I've made a contact that has benefitted my work"