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Advanced Curriculum |
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| Managing Interdependent Projects Across the Organization |
To accomplish strategic initiatives and attain business goals, organizations are recognizing that they need their best managers to manage a group of related projects, which may or may not be referred to as a program. Managers who work with interrelated projects need to be mindful of integrating the scope and schedule of multiple project deliverables, manage finances and the risks associated with the projects, thus their job is more complex than managing single independent projects. A key success factor is the human relations and communication skills and style used with manage the project interfaces among other project managers, functional groups, marketing, new product development, operations, suppliers, and different business divisions and locations. Learning how to use integrate and manage interdependent projects well is important in the career development of project managers.
Managing interdependent projects across the organization needs more skill at people management than technical project management because much of his or her job is managing at the systems level and getting things done through relationship management. There is a heavy emphasis on managing interface milestone deliverables, making good decisions about what to do when one project’s performance affects another project’s performance, and communicating effectively with all of the program key stakeholders.
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| Financial Management of Projects |
What makes a project manager valuable in today’s market? It’s business acumen and leadership. The marketplace needs project managers who speak the language of business—and that’s finance. This program will teach you how to build solid business cases for your projects; how to use relevant finance and accounting principles in planning and making decisions with business leaders, and how to use financial management tools to run your projects like a business. Throughout the seminar you will work with a simulated project as your team uses business models to synthesize the financial data.
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| Managing Outsourced and Offshore Projects |
According to Gartner, IT outsourcing will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9% per year through 2009. In order to succeed and remain competitive in today’s market, organizations need to find ways to embrace this trend while maintaining high levels of quality and service delivery. Project managers need new skills to manage these cross-cultural and distributed teams. This course will provide project managers with proven methods for managing outsourced and offshore projects, handling cross-cultural differences and avoiding the most common management pitfalls.
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| Applied Leadership Development |
Project managers also have to act as change agents, continually refining and improving the project management structure. This seminar will help you strengthen your leadership and communication skills. You’ll learn how to manage transitions using systematic project management, so deliverables arrive on time and within budget.
Shepherding your organization through the five phases of project management capability (PMC) can be difficult. In this course, you’ll learn how those four phases should progress, and how to apply change management techniques, both with individuals and across your organization. You’ll also sharpen your leadership skills and learn to recognize common factors that can encourage or limit changes in PMC.
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| Change Management: Planning for Implementation of Project Deliverables |
How can you plan the implementation of deliverables in a way that stakeholders will take ownership of them?
A seasoned project/operations manager will guide you through a detailed planning process that focuses on the successful implementation of deliverables. This approach is based on proven techniques of systems thinking and lean operational planning – plus implementation principles that integrate material, work and information flows with a minimum of waste.
You’ll learn how to develop a comprehensive operational management and communication plan that will enable you and your team to anticipate issues and successfully implement your deliverables. We’ll also show you how to involve your stakeholders in the planning of implementation, to help you achieve the desired results.
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