The assignment: Build a tower out of popsicle sticks, paper cups and tape. The result: Not great. “We handed out materials and let the students go,” says Vikki Kapoor, PMP, PgMP, project management office manager at Ericsson. “They did no planning. There was no teamwork and they just jumped right in.” But Kapoor and his volunteers of the PMI Melbourne, Australia Chapter had a plan: They wanted to show students the value of project management at school—and in life. “We introduced the concepts of the importance of understanding what you’re building, how you’re going to build it, who will be doing the building, and how to work as a team,” he says. “Then they had to do it again, putting the ideas in place.” As they advanced through the program, students grew more sophisticated, even taking on work breakdown structures and risk management. With those kinds of results, Kapoor and his team are eager to expand programming, including outreach to reach Indigenous students and those in areas o...