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Skills for success

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You Will Learn How TO

Project Manager Energy Investment

Work VS Team Caring

Formal plan and control VS Work loading

Happiness VS Performance

Produce a project plan with a high-win expectation

Plan and run projects using a clear 6-step method

Implement risk management techniques

Develop "accountability contracts"

Recognize and practice the leadership skill needed to run a high-morale project

Use PC-based and manual tools to planning. Scheduling and budgeting

Implement monitoring tools and controls to keep you fully in command of the project

COURSE BENEFITS

A successful project manager is one who knows both WHAT has to be done and HOW to do it.

This course provides you with proven "how-to" concepts and procedures for organizing. Planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling projects. Comprehensive, in-class workshops provide hands-on experience with manual and PC-based tools and techniques.

You are supplied with a set of guidelines, forms and checklists that are ready for use immediately upon return to your work.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is valuable for those who need to know how to successfully manage and control projects. Emphasis is on the practical, "how-to" application of both manual and PC-based tools and techniques. The course is appropriate for both new and experienced project managers.

Course Content

Introduction and Overview

SETTING THE SCENE

Clarifying the project environment
Completing strategic planning tasks

WHAT DOES A PROJECT MANAGER MANAGE?

- The project phases: planning, implementation, closure and evaluation

The role of the baseline plan
The challenge of the implementation phase
The payoff of project evaluation
Challenge and reward of good leadership

The 6-Step Planning Method

DEFINING THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Nailing down the goals
Defining your commitments
Promoting team support

STRUCTURING THE PROJECT

The power of work breakdown structures
Developing milestones that matter
Driving the plan down to task levels

SCHEDULING THE PROJECT

Techniques for more accurate estimates

Mapping the schedule using WBS, PERT, Gantt and resource histograms

The project budget

TESTING THE PLAN FOR RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS

Checking the task sequence

Identifying missing tasks

Making contingency plans

Building confidence in the plan

REVIEWING THE PLAN

Does the plan meet deadlines?
A positive approach to impossible dates
Are the resources available?

ESTABLISHING CONTROLS

Hard and soft controls

Cost of control: getting the right balance

Negotiating control systems with managers and teams

Establishing change control procedures

Organizing for Success

BRING THE PROJECT INTO FOCUS

Winning commitment to goals
Selling the project plan
Uncovering hidden demands

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Building a task-contract mind-set
Getting commitment from those you don't manage
Picking a structure that works
Communicating their roles to the players
Promoting team interaction

Running the Project

IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN

Getting the information you need

Picking up warnings of trouble ahead

Avoiding creeping commitments

Knowing when and how o re-plan

TRACKING AND REPORTING PROGRESS

Paper vs. PC tools
Using the PC to customize reports
Tracking costs, headcount, resources, staff allocation and performance

Projects Are Made Up of People

ADAPTING TO THE PROJECT MANAGER'S ROLE

Accepting ownership and responsibility
The internalization process
Thinking in terms of actions
Leading he project team
A checklist for project managers

The basics of leadership

Designing your management role
Delegating: a cornerstone skill
Getting the most from your resources

SOME MOTIVATIONAL "HOW-TO'S "

Some basics on motivating people
Becoming the leader they'll follow
Negotiating for win-win

HANDS-ON

In this course you gain pragmatic "How-to" skill through a series of interactive small-group workshops. You perform the steps a project manager typically follows in planning, running and completing a project, using both manual and PC-based tools.

Analyzing the project environment
Defining objectives and deliverables
Creating the work breakdown structure and project budget
Developing explicit work objectives for team members
Producing the implementation plan using PC-based tools
Implementing a project-control package
Revising the plan to meet changed requirements
Building customized reports

FREE Take-home References

Guide to evaluating and selecting project management software
Project budget spreadsheets
Hands-on exercises with data files

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