Catalogue

Description

Part 1: Practical project management Series #1: Overview of practical project management (for Any Effort)

This course will be an overview of the:

• The need for practical techniques for managing projects.
• Philosophy of a just enough, just right approach.
• Foundational tenets that determine project success.
• Lifecycle of stages for a team to organize a project and collaborate throughout.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Articulate what matters most for managing any project.
• Understand project goals and making trade-offs.
• Know the composition of a strong project team.
• Understand a teams role in handling risk and uncertainty.
• Express rationale for and characteristics of a project process.

Part 2: Practical project management series #2: Kicking off a new project right with strong goals and support

This course will cover:

• The benefits of a strong project kick-off.
• The steps of a strong project start.
• Practical tools for project manager and team for each step.
• How to use a Kick-off meeting to work on each step.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Articulate the steps and importance of a strong project start.
• Understand and engage with an Executive Sponsor.
• Summarize powerfully the goals and priorities for a project.
• Pull together a starting cross-functional team.
• Identify and engage with stakeholders and influencers.
• Hold a team Kick-off Meeting for a new project.

Part 3: Practical project management series #3: Building a strong team and communicating throughout

This course will cover:

• What a strong team looks like and does.
• The stages of team development, what happens in each, and how to accelerate to becoming a strong team.
• Conflict in project teams, typical sources and reactions, and how to handle and avoid.
• Important values, perceptions, styles, preferences of each team member and why they matter for a strong team.
• Team norms and operating agreements, why they matter, and how to create them.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Express the components of what a strong team does.
• Articulate why a strong start is the foundation of a strong team.
• Know team development stages and their importance.
• Recognize, handle, and avoid conflicts in a project team.
• Achieve better mutual understanding for becoming a stronger team.
• Create team norms, operating agreements, and accountability for effective communication and working together well.

Part 4: Practical project management series #4: Plan the work, resources and budget, timeline

This course will be an overview of:

• Parallel, iterative process for planning a project.
• How to identify all the cross-functional work on a project.
• How to collaboratively create and evolve a project timeline.
• How to create a project budget and procurement plan.
• How to assess the teams estimates, make trade-offs, and evolve to an agreed-upon plan for the project.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Articulate how planning is kicked off during a strong project start.
• Understand a parallel, iterative approach to Kickoff, Investigation, and Planning with the Team.
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure for a project.
• Lead a team in collaboratively creating a timeline.
• Create a project budget and plan for procurement.
• Lead a team in making trade-offs among scope, time, and costs and finalizing a doable plan.