Description
Part 1: Project management: Be a people-savvy leader throughout
This course will be an overview of:
- What it means to lead people on a project.
- Why influence is a critical part of the PM leadership role, and how to develop and utilize influence with individuals.
- How to grow the PMs circle of influence and gain additional access for broader influence to achieve project goals.
- The PM role in leading critical project decision-making and tools that can help.
- How a leader communicates and comports themselves and why it matters.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Articulate the major components of project manager role for leading the people on a project.
- Create influence plans for individuals whose support is needed in some way on the project.
- Map their personal business relationships and use to gain access needed to execute their influence plans.
- Use influence and information tools to guide a group of individuals through challenging decisions.
- Communicate strongly with a leadership persona and in a way that engenders trust and support from others.
Part 2: Project management: Manage the project to get It all done
This course will be an overview of:
- How business-focused project goals get translated into aspects of managing the team to achieve those goals.
- The major components of the project managers job in managing a project.
- Multiple techniques for tracking the big picture and details of a project.
- How to regularly assess whether the project is on track to meet its goals.
- How a team works together during a project to consider suggested changes and ensure that impacts are understood and changes controlled.
- Aspects of and techniques for effective and efficient team communication including within the core team; and with executives, stakeholders, and influencers.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Articulate the major components of managing a project and what that management must achieve.
- Decide on and use different techniques for monitoring work and goals, with insights on progress and threats.
- Establish expectations for controlling changes to a project to avoid disruptions and threats to the goals.
- Utilize meetings and other techniques for robust communication within the core and extended team.
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