Advanced Project Management Skills

Workshop Overview

This course consists of an integrated series of modules on advanced project and programme management topics.
Module One
o Definitions
o Project Types
o Life Cycles
o Project Phases
Module Two
o Levers of Control
o Common Project Management Tools
Module Three
o Resource Management
o Team Management
o Procurement Management
o Subcontractor, Vendor and Supplier Management
Module Four
o Bid Management
o Legal Management
o Benefits Management
o Cost Management
o Revenue Management
Module Five
o Risk Management
o Schedule Management
o Requirements Management
o Scope and Functionality Management
o Quality Management
o Life Cycle Management
Module Six
o Account Management
o Work Product (Deliverable) Management
o Configuration Management
o Issue Management
o Business Process Management
o Business Process Re-Engineering
o Organisation Change/Transformation Management
Module Seven
o Critical Path Method (CPM)
o Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
o Keep the Monkey Off Your Back
o Stakeholder Assessment
o Project Performance Reviews
o Project Status Reporting
o What Makes Us Special
Module Eight
o Project Management Planning Workshop
o Phase Kick-Off Meeting
o Participants' Training
Module Nine
o Project Remediation and Recovery
o Chief Programmer Teams
o Daily Build
o Dog Fooding
o Conference Room Piloting
o Pilot Site/First Site
o Management By Walking Around (MBWA)
o Sandboxing
o Triage
Module Ten
o Managing Expectations
o Under Promise/Over Deliver
o Managing Reactions
o Impact Assessment
o Organisation Design
o Performance Needs Analysis (PNA)
o Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
o SWOT Analysis
o Managing the Threshold of Pain
o Dollar-A-Bug Competition
o Empowerment
o Function Point Counting
Module Eleven
o Facilitation and Moderation
o Handling Difficult People
o 80/20 Rule
o Tie breaker
o 15-Minute Rule
o Inspection
o Concepts and Themes
Module Twelve
o Joint Application Design (JAD)
o Signposts of Danger (SOD)
o Stretch Targets
o Project Review Board (PRB)
o Project Co-Ordinator
o Project Sponsor
o Putting It All Together

Take the opportunity to not only increase your professional knowledge, but also learn techniques which will improve the likelihood of success for the projects on which you are currently working.

Participants

This workshop is suitable for all Programme Directors, Project Managers and Project Leaders who manage business and Information Technology projects.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will have recognised that it is the people aspects of project management that are the hardest.  This course emphasises the people aspects of project management.

Participants will have an exceptional theoretical and practical base for their project management activities

Handout Materials

Each participant will receive:

1. A complete copy of the Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides

Facilities

An innovative delivery programme is available to assist attendees who are time-poor.

The full course consists of 12 different modules, each of 4 hours duration.  The course is available to be run in either half-day of full-day modules.  The course can be taken in its entirety or can be taken on a module-by-module basis.  Modules can have topics re-arranged.  Topics can be tailored to an organisation's specific requirements.

Up to 12 participants can be accommodated per course.  This allows for the right amount of discussion as well as questions and answers to take place among the participants.

Learning Methods

The course is instructor-led, based on a series of Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides.

Spend an entertaining 6 days thinking deeply about and debating project management concepts, issues and solutions.

Facilitator

Robert Posener whose entertaining style as well as thought-provoking observations will keep you participating, facilitates this workshop.

As well as establishing Project Management Offices, Robert has also managed information technology and business projects and programmes for computer hardware, software and consulting vendors as well as Clients in a variety of industries in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and USA.  Projects have spanned the full spectrum of systems integration, software development, infrastructure deployment and package acquisition.

Robert passed the Project Management Institute's (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam in 1998.

He has been an active member of the PMI® Sydney Chapter since 1997 and Fellow of the International Council for Project Management Advancement (ICPMA) since 2002.  Robert is also a member of the PMI® College of Scheduling (PMICoS).

Robert facilitates the following workshops on behalf of the PMI® Sydney Chapter:

• Advanced Project Scheduling Using Microsoft® Project
• Setting Up Projects for Success
• Management of Third Parties (Clients and Vendors)

Robert manages projects for organisations, mentors individual project managers and assists organisations to improve their project, programme and practice management processes.