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Courses:
Communicating to Executives »
The curriculum for this module starts out by focusing on building a solid base with a quick refresher on basic best practices for managing overall project communications. Then the focus shifts to providing enhanced tools and techniques to maximize the effectiveness of communicating your message to executive management and team.
8 Steps to On Time and On Budget Project Delivery »
The curriculum for this module will outline eight steps that, if followed as a single unit and truly embraced by the entire organization, provide the roadmap to project delivery perfection.
Some of the benefits of a complete implementation of the 8 steps are:
• Greater Competitive Edge
• Increase in Quality and Controls
• Better Flexibility
• Improved Client Satisfaction
5 steps to increase the productivity and success of your virtual project team »
The success of a virtual project team depends highly on 5 critical steps. These steps, if in place and executed successfully, will dramatically improve the productivity and overall success rate for any virtual project
Managing Change »
Changes during the life of a project are expected. It is critical that as a project manager you are prepared to deal and manage that change no matter how small or how large that change is. Your success and the success of your project is dependent on your ability to navigate the change process, get decisions made, and executed. This module will ground you in best practices to identify and manage change, but also present some advanced techniques to get decisions made and properly communicate out the results to all impacted parties.
Managing Issues »
Issues are a constant in any project. Issues can potentially jeopardize a project if they are not addressed and resolved in a timely manner. The ability to identify and manage issues is a critical success factors for any project. Project managers will have issues brought to their attention as part of their day to day oversight, but to effectively manage them is not a routine activity. An unresolved issue could directly impact many aspects of a project such as cost, scope and time. The best mitigation is to have an issue management plan. This module will focus on determining if a situation or problem is a true issue and, if so, help determine the most proactive and effective way to manage the resolution, tracking, and closure.
Managing Risk »
Risk management has become increasingly more important and a more visible component of an effective and successful project. It is critical to a project manager to be proactive in the identification and resolution of risks that can impact the success of the project. This module will provide the tools and techniques to successful
Managing Communications »
It is well known that both communication and human interaction make or break a project. This module will detail specific behavior and techniques used to actively motivate, lead, delegate, and report back to all stakeholders working on the project in an effective and concise manner.
Being a Person of Influence »
A project manager’s success is highly dependent on his or her ability to influence and inspire others for the benefit of his or her program and team. This session will present strategies and techniques to build stronger relationships based on trust and respect in order to influence and energize a diverse set of stakeholders and team members.
Art of Questioning »
Questions are powerful tools in the discovery process. Applied skillfully, they will reveal the information you need to take your client to the next step. Used carelessly, and they could undermine your relationship by making you seem pushy or unprofessional.
Art of Listening »
Listening is defined as applying oneself to hearing something. In verbal communication it is to hear while giving attention to what is being said. It is an ability that can be cultivated and practiced into a skill.
Negotiations Skills for Project Managers »
The power and influence that project managers are able to build and provide the team is a direct byproduct of our success or failure as a negotiator. Negotiators bring people together in order to find a resolution to a situation. They have to get creative to determine deals or bargain with multiple parties in order to find that middle ground that will be acceptable to all parties.
Being a Leader »
Program managers interact with many different people at many different levels. The matrix nature of the role doesn’t lend itself to preordained leadership. The mantle of leadership is earned.
Relationship Management for Project Managers »
Building a good relationship within a project team and with those on the periphery or outside the project is a top priority for a project manager. Good and solid relationships will make the difference between the probability of success or failure for you as a project manager and the project.