Warsaw
 Novotel Warsaw 20-21 November |
Essential skills for Project and Program leaders in today's increasingly complex global project world. |
| Moscow
5-star location to be advised 24-26 November |
Seminar Focus
- Learn how multiple projects can be effectively controlled, especially where change is ‘business as usual’
- Review the ‘show-stoppers’ which repeatedly impact upon the delivery of complex & multiple projects
- Analyse the strategic alignment of projects and issues around delivering trans-national projects
- Discover how Program Managers ensure a portfolio or program is managed at the correct level
- Explore what a ‘best practice’ organisational structure for the management of multiple projects looks like
- Develop a personal action plan to apply your learning back at work
Overview
Multi-project management relates to project managers’ work in balancing projects in process, while handling requests for new work and juggling business priorities
Project Management techniques have been developed to provide Project Managers with skills that are appropriate in any Project or business environment. Many ‘tools’ are available as an aid to Project Managers as they seek to ensure delivery within the ‘Triple Constraint’ of Time, Budget and Scope.
Whilst still of great importance, the Triple Constraint no longer fully represents the key issues that face the leader of complex or multiple projects, especially when a project or program is to be implemented on a trans-national or ‘Global’ basis.
Although a sound understanding of the basics of Project Management is obviously an advantage to the manager of a program or portfolio, such 'technical expertise’ is not necessarily the prime factor when seeking success in a multipleproject environment, as the delivery of individual projects will rest in the hands of individual project managers.
However, leaders should understand the needs of their Project Managers when managing a program or portfolio of projects. Thus equipped, those leaders will be better able to interpret and challenge data, identify and balance priorities, manage change, manage stakeholders and conflict, and support their Project Managers in the achievement of wider business objectives.
Benefits of Attendance
Succeeding in today’s competitive marketplace often requires cycle-time reduction, reducing the duration of projects and getting results faster
This seminar will address managing multiple projects within the context of program or product management. Planning and managing individual projects is challenging. When introducing the real-life limitation of resources and other outside influences into the Multi-Project environment, those challenges are magnified and new challenges introduced.
- Identify the critical factors in multi-project management, including the intra-organizational issues and the need to realise the business benefits demanded by stakeholders
- Develop multi-project and program plans using project dependency analysis, risk analysis, resource management, project categorization and other techniques
- Manage stakeholder relationships and identify the role of a Project Management Office in a multiproject management context
- Learn how to influence others regarding the improvement of multi-project management in your organization
All delegates will receive a workbook containing the full seminar presentation, plus a copy of “The Standard for Program Management” published by PMI
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for Project / Program Managers and those managers involved in Business Change, who participate or lead resource assignment decisions across multiple projects, or support Portfolio Management decision-making processes for the selection and prioritization of projects.
It will also be of benefit to Program Directors, PMO and Project Support staff.
Contact us to receive the course brochure.
