SECTION 1 - FURTHER LEARNING
Recommended Irish and international resources for continuing your project management development.
FOR SMALL IRISH BUSINESSES
Enterprise Ireland
Business planning resources and Innovation Vouchers (€10,000 for expert help).
Local Enterprise Offices
Free training, mentoring, and grants for small businesses across Ireland.
GENERAL PM RESOURCES
Project Management Institute (PMI)
PMBOK Guide and member resources; industry standard body.
FOR IRISH CHARITIES
Carmichael Centre
Training for charity staff and trustees; governance resources.
FREE ONLINE LEARNING
SECTION 2 - BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Belbin, M. (2010). Team Roles at Work. 2nd ed. Routledge.
Bourne, L. (2016). Stakeholder Relationship Management: A Maturity Model for Organisational Implementation. Routledge.
Freeman, R. E. (2010). Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach. Cambridge University Press.
Hillson, D. (2009). Managing Risk in Projects. Routledge.
Houghton, J. (2022). Project Management Made Easy: The ECCSR Approach. Available at: https://amzn.to/3HrGmbh
Kerzner, H. (2022). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. 13th ed. Wiley.
Project Management Institute (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Seventh Edition. Project Management Institute.
Turner, R. (2016). Gower Handbook of Project Management. 5th ed. Routledge.
Wysocki, R. (2019). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme. 8th ed. Wiley.
REPORTS & POLICY DOCUMENTS
Charities Regulator (2024). Governance Code for Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations. Dublin: Charities Regulator.
Government of Ireland (2018). Project Ireland 2040: National Planning Framework. Dublin: Government Publications.
ISO (2018). ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management - Guidelines. International Organisation for Standardisation.
United Nations (2015). Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New York: United Nations.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Project Management Institute (2021). Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. PMI.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tuckman, B. W. (1965). 'Developmental sequence in small groups'. Psychological Bulletin, 63(6), pp. 384–399.
Mitchell, R. K., Agle, B. R. and Wood, D. J. (1997). 'Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience'. Academy of Management Review, 22(4), pp. 853–886.
SECTION 3 - ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
AI Tools Used
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ChatGPT - drafting, ideation, and research
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Claude - analysis, structuring, and content refinement
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Perplexity - research and source identification
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Grammarly - to fix any spelling errors or badly structured sentences.
What AI Was Used For
Research: AI helped identify relevant frameworks, best practices, and sources to follow up on.
Structuring: AI suggested organisational structures and content flow across pages.
What AI Was Not Used For
Final decision-making on content
Replacing human expertise and judgement
Direct copy-paste.
Verification Process
All AI-generated content was reviewed for accuracy against authoritative sources, edited for Irish context and relevance, verified against academic and professional literature, tested against real project scenarios, and refined based on practical experience.
