Why DPM Summer School?

Whether you're a rising project manager, team lead, or agency veteran looking to sharpen your skills, DPM Summer School delivers the practical project management training you've been missing—without the fluff.

• Led by Brett Harned – Get direct access to the author of Project Management for Humans, a leader who's coached hundreds of PMs in agencies and beyond.

• Hands-on learning – Go beyond the book with interactive sessions, workshop-style exercises, and tactical tools you’ll actually use.

• Small group, big impact – Learn alongside a tight-knit group of 20 peers. Share stories, ask questions, and get personalized feedback in every session.

• Immediate ROI – Everything you learn can be applied at work the next day. Build stronger timelines, communicate more clearly, and lead with confidence.

Perfect for agency owners who want to invest in their team—or for PMs who want to show their boss it’s worth the budget.

What’s Included

📘 Weekly Chapter Reviews

We’ll cover one chapter per week from Project Management for Humans, pulling out practical insights and surprising takeaways. Brett will guide the conversation, answer questions, and offer expert perspective.

💬 Discussions and Q&A

This is where the magic happens. Bring your questions, your wins, and your war stories. You’ll learn just as much from the group as you do from Brett.

🛠️ Mini-Workshops

Short, focused exercises help you apply each chapter to your own projects—whether you're managing timelines, dealing with feedback, or herding the cats (we mean clients).

📚 Light Homework (Optional!)

You’ll read a chapter ahead of each session, with some optional homework to deepen your learning. But don’t worry—this isn’t high school. No grades. No stress. Just growth.

MEET BRETT HARNED

Brett Harned brings more than 20 years of experience in digital project management and creative leadership—along with a passion for teaching and community-building—to his work as a consultant and coach at Same Team Partners.

He draws on his breadth of knowledge and experience to help his clients solve complex people, processes, and culture challenges. Brett was Vice President of Project Management at award-winning web design agency Happy Cog and a senior PM at global digital agency Razorfish. He’s worked on a variety of projects, ranging from capital campaigns to enterprise website redesigns and new iOS and Android products with a variety of clients, including Zappos, MTV, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Harvard University, and many more.

In 2012, while at Happy Cog, Brett helped to form the Bureau of Digital and founded the Digital PM Summit, the first annual conference for digital project managers. He continues to work with the Bureau of Digital to curate and program events. 

Brett began blogging about his adventures in project management at brettharned.com when he realized there was a void in the industry for people in the digital PM role. Since then, he has had the privilege to speak at various events internationally and has written for widely-read industry websites and publications.  His first book Project Management for Humans was published by Rosenfeld Media in July 2017, and his podcast Sprints and Milestones was launched in April 2018.

Brett served as the director of education at TeamGantt from 2019-2021, where he continued to share his expertise as a subject matter expert by creating project management resources, video, podcasts, regular webinars, and more.