Resources for university students studying project management
This article has been created as supporting material for a guest lecturer that myself and Beth Evans are giving to The University of Sheffield on 27 October 2025 on the subject of project management.
It’s work in progress and will be updated when I think of more stuff over the next month.
Articles you might find interesting
https://emilywebber.co.uk/what-is-an-agile-delivery-manager/ - still my go to article for describing what a delivery managers does.
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual - The Service Manual is well written throughout and has everything you need to know about setting up teams and delivering projects in the public sector.
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/the-team/what-each-role-does-in-service-team - This page details the different roles in a traditional multidisciplinary team.
http://www.myddelton.co.uk/blog/setting-up-a-discovery - I really enjoy Will’s writing style and I enjoy all his posts. This is just one of them.
https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett/agile-for-sceptics-5c5dd6a62981 - A good article about the word ‘agile' from James.
https://www.dta.gov.au/blogs/so-what-does-delivery-manager-do - It’s always nice to read what others are up to; this one is from Australia.
https://medium.com/@dharmz23/how-to-decide-on-area-of-focus-and-scope-be96a5c8a538 - I think I worked with Dharmesh at the Department for Education. I’m pretty sure I did. Anyway, this is a great article on scope.
https://jonrhodes.me/5-minutes-with - I think it’s ok to do a bit of self-promotion. The 45 interviews (so far) that I’ve curated with people working in the project and delivery space are well worth a read.
Tools
Tracking time and sums - Spreadsheets, Harvest, Toggle
Sharing ideas - Online whiteboards (Miro, Mural, Lucid), Documents (Google docs, Word), Confluence
Tracking tasks - Trello, JIRA, Azure DevOps
Communication - Email, Slack, Teams
Books
This area is really thin on the ground and Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value by Jonny Williams is about the only book I’d recommend.