Making PM Work in Your Organization

As an experienced project manager, you know that utilizing sound project management fundamentals and techniques gives you the best chance for success. But in many organizations, getting project management to work the way it needs to work is difficult, and sometimes impossible. Between the people around you who don't practice good PM—and the lack of support from management—how can you be expected to succeed?

If you are struggling to utilize project management fundamentals and techniques within your organization—for whatever reason—this course is key to your future success. This hands-on workshop utilizes group discussion, group problem solving and case studies directly from attendees, and will give you ideas and techniques for utilizing project management within your organization that you can use immediately. This is NOT a 4-hour lecture. The direction of this course is 100% audience-driven, which means no two courses will ever be alike!

This course is currently offered onsite only. If interested in hosting an onsite course, please click here to read more about our onsite courses and complete a request form.

Target Audience

• Experienced project managers who are attempting to practice good project management, but lack the internal support needed to do so.
• Project managers who work in departments or teams where PM techniques are inconsistent and vary widely.
• Project managers who enjoy helping others, and enjoy learning from others as well.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Identify a variety of ways to make project management work better in their organizations;
• Develop a plan to implement consistent and sound PM practices within their organizations;
• Gain buy-in from managers and co-workers; and
• Implement their plan of action quickly and effectively.

Class Materials

As part of the course, each student will receive a packet of prepared handouts and information—as well as copies of all slides used during the course. Although the actual content of the 4-hour course will be completely audience-driven, the presenter will distribute pre-prepared information, slides and exercises on the following course-related topics:

• Dealing with Virtual Teams
• Handling Unrealistic Schedules
• Managing Scope Change
• Developing Consistent Processes
• Combating Poor Communication
• Overcoming Poor Risk Management
• Building High Performance Teams
• Requirements Definition
• Managing Without Authority
• Setting and Managing Stakeholder Expectations
• Defining the PM's Role in Contract Management
• Acquiring, Assigning and Managing Project Resources