MS in Project Management

To the Admissions Committee: I manage software delivery and supervised the applicant, a team lead, for three years. I support their MS in Project Management application.

The applicant led three releases and introduced the retrospective practice that cut our recurring-defect rate. But when a release slipped, their post-mortem honestly found the cause was their own gut-based estimation committing to unsupported scope. They want the formal estimation and risk methods that would let delivery stop depending on them personally burning out to hold it together. That is the right reason.

I recommend them with conviction.

To the Admissions Committee: I was the client for a project the applicant delivered, and I recommend them for your MS in Project Management.

When a raw-material delay threatened our timeline, the applicant told me before I noticed, with a revised plan and a partial-delivery option already worked out. Most managers hide problems until they explode; this one surfaces them early with options. That is the single most valuable trait a project manager can have, and it's rarer than it should be.

I recommend them enthusiastically.