| Project Management is holistic. It has a science aspect and an art aspect to it. The standards, processes and best practices form the science. Projects often fail not because of this science but because of expectations of the various stakeholders. The art of project management is all about understanding teams, personalities and expectations and to get the best out of these various stakeholders. In this special experiential training the participants get to experience what can go wrong in a project and it applies both the science and art of project management to solve the issues through a PC Based simulator. |
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| Duration : 2 days |
Contact Hours : 14 |
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| Course Mode |
| Lectures, Group Discussion & Exercises, Simulation |
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| Target Audience |
| Project Managers |
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| Benefits |
 Understand the process of selecting and prioritizing Projects- Skills to align project goals with goals of the organization
- Skills and competencies required for effective project managers
- Understand the various stakeholders and the expectations
- Develop a plan and Monitor & Control via a simulator
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| Key Topics |
| How Projects Evolve |
| Selection & Prioritization of Projects |
| What is a Portfolio, Program & Project |
| What is a PMO? |
| Reasons for Project Failures and Success |
| Recap of the 9 Knowledge Areas |
| Case Study |
| Project Initiation |
 Look at Project Charter |
| Identify the Stakeholders |
| Project Planning |
| Schedule – Develop a network diagram |
| Human Resource Planning – Understand personalities & identify the team |
| Understand the risks |
| Prepare the budget and get the approval from the PMO |
| Project Execution |
| What is Quality Assurance |
| Begin the simulator to run the first few weeks of the 24 week case study |
| Monitor & Control |
| Communication – regular meetings and reports |
| Issues & Change Requests (Variation Orders) |
| Monitor discrepancies throughout the simulated project by analyzing reports |
| Monitor through Key Performance Indicators for Scope, Time, Cost, Quality |
| Motivation & Coaching - Understand people sentiments and manage |
| Monitor based on critical path |
| Apply Project Leadership and other skills that are required at various stages |
| Closing |
| Establishing continuous improvement programs through lessons learnt |
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