Your Project Management Compass is a two-part intensive workshop designed for students who want to connect artistic production methods with professional project management and visually traceable project development.

Structured across two weekends (Part I & Part II), the workshop supports participants in transforming an artistic idea into a well-researched, clearly structured, and visually understandable project proposal. The course combines creative intuition with professional planning tools, enabling students to develop projects that are both artistically compelling and realistically executable.

The workshop places a strong emphasis on empowerment, economic thinking, sustainable collaboration, and transparent planning processes. Participants will develop a personal Project Management Compass — a practical and intuitive framework that helps them navigate artistic work with clarity, sovereignty, and confidence in academic, cultural, and professional contexts.

Workshop Structure

Part II — Planning, Budgeting & Professional Presentation

The second weekend focuses on professional project realization and communication.

Participants will learn how to:

• structure a project from concept to implementation,

• calculate budgets and understand the economics of artistic production,

• create realistic timelines, milestones, and production schedules,

• define roles and responsibilities within interdisciplinary teams,

• develop communication strategies for collaborators, institutions, curators, organizers, employers, and funding bodies,

• navigate German work culture with confidence and cultural awareness,

• refine and visualize their planning process for presentations, applications, and collaborations,

• present and pitch their project with clarity, professionalism, and artistic conviction.

Special attention will be given to the visual representation of project planning, enabling participants to communicate complex creative processes in a clear and accessible format suitable for portfolios, funding applications, academic presentations, or production meetings.

Please note:

1. This course is funded by the BMFTR / DAAD to especially promote international students to stay in Germany as skilled workers. All registrations will therefore be reviewed and international students will receive preferred acceptance. Two weeks before the workshop all registrations within the limits of the workshop will be accepted immediately.

2. This workshop is eligible for ECTS in Studium Generale if you also visit the first weekend-block 23./24.10.2026 and complete a task.

Kurzvita Dozent*in

Cassandra Schwermer works as a project developer, author, director, and composer/musician. Since 2015, and following several stays abroad, transculturality and intersectionality have become defining elements of her professional practice.