Project Management

Page updated 01 September 2025

Project management is the ability to clearly define project or programme goals, purpose, and criteria for success. The project manager builds a detailed project plan and carefully monitors progress against it ensuring roles and responsibilities are defined to deliver against agreed milestones.

PM² Project Management Methodology

The purpose of PM²is to enable project managers to deliver solutions and benefits to their organisations by effectively managing the lifecycle of their projects. You can read more about PM² methodology here.

PM² is adopted as the primary project management methodology across UCD to standardise, at an enterprise level a consistent way of working on projects. The process of adopting this methodology is being supported by UCD Agile.  

To find out more about PM2 in UCD follow the (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)UCD Project Management Community of Practice (PM CoP)  on Workvivo. This space is for project managers, programme managers and other interested people who play a role in managing projects in UCD. The purpose of the 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. Project management training materials and recordings are also available on(opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)Workvivo. The resources includes PM basics and information on the PM2 methodology. 

If you have any further queries on PM² please contact (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)agile@ucd.ie.