Analyzing project management practices of HerWILL: grooming future leaders by providing skill development programmes

Abstract

For my last semester of undergraduate life, I have done my internship in HerWILL for the role of a project management intern. To explain my role in a sentence: project management is planning, executing, managing resources of a project that has a certain timeline, from start to finish in order to make that project a success. As an intern I observed, supported, and contributed to the company’s signature projects one of them being- Generation Equality programme. So, to spread the amazing work of HerWILL I analyzed this project thoroughly. It was a project in collaboration with Scholastica private school for teaching their selected students in becoming generation equality spokesperson by providing necessary 21st century skills- mainly leadership. For that my main source of data is the hands- on experience I had, to analyze three main outcomes. I evaluated the programme itself and how the project management team played their part on it, second is how the students benefited from this project, and lastly how skilled the speakers were to educate the students in becoming a better leader. Overall, I found that the programme helped to enhance student’s soft skills that are often ignored in text book curriculum. To back my findings, I have collected relevant research papers that also show the importance of such skill development opportunities that can be considered as extracurricular activities. From my viewpoint of being a project management intern I also shared my insight of how this department plays a vital role in the company’s existence. HerWILL being an organization where all the members work virtually is heavily dependent on the project management department in order to hold multiple signature projects each year that resonate with their core values.