Project Management 310/320/330/340/350 (Wright)

One of the greatest challenges in starting a new research project is deciding which search terms best describe your topic as you begin the search for relevant books or articles.  Here are a few general suggestions to help you get started:

Try to be really succinct/to the point and use just a couple of keywords instead of typing long sentences. The video at the bottom of this page explain all of this quickly (less than 2 minutes!), so please watch it now. Here are few more tips, using some more specific topics as examples:

• Enter keywords that represent your topic: 
  time overrun 
• Limit searches to two to four keywords or phrases:  
  schools covid-19 reopening plan       
• Don't search with sentences, questions, or long phrases.
• Place quotation marks around words you wish to be searched as a phrase: "public health"

Because case studies are what you are working on here, seeing examples of case studies can be really helpful. Here are some phrases to use in your searches:

case study / case studies / case stud* (using the asterisk like this will search for both case study & case studies)
case analysis

Below are just some examples of coming up with words/phrases. By reading the materials provided by your professor (textbook, readings, assignment prompts), you'll be able to come up with many more.

Project Management 310

• project integration management
• project manager
• project charters
• change management
• communication

Here are a few of examples of combining terms in a search. Think about the focus you are trying to explore and think the words or phrases that could represent that focus:

• project integration management "project charters"
• project manager "project charters"
• change management "project charters"

Project Management 320

• project life cycle
• change order / change order proposal / change order request / changed conditions
• time overrun / extension of time (EOT)
• cost overrun / time overrun

Here are a few of examples of combining terms in a search. Think about the focus you are trying to explore and think   the words or phrases that could represent that focus:

• "project life cycle" overrun case stud*
• "change order" overrun
• "change order" extension of time construction

Project Management 340

• community engagement / community consultation / community collaboration / community outreach
• green initiative / green project
• stakeholder / interest group
• buy in
• value / benefit / beneficial / positive
• communication / message / messaging
• project charter

Here are a few of examples of combining terms in a search. Think about the focus you are trying to explore and think the words or phrases that could represent that focus:

• community engagement green project renewable
• community outreach "green initiative"
• "green project" buy in

Project Management 350

• COVID-19 / coronavirus / SARS-COV-2 
• schools / district / education
• community spread / infection rate / public health / re-opening
• hybrid / in-person / on ground / face-to-face / virtual / online
• masks / social distancing / surface cleaning / air filters / HVAC / sanitize
• issue / risk / problem / conflict / solutions