Successful Project Management Skills

• Product Development Training
• Project Management Training
• Team Building Training

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Successful Project Management Skills

Performance Problems:

• Clients or customers don't receive the project deliverables they were expecting
• Upper management receives poor quality progress and status reporting
• Scope creep affects the deliverables, costs and schedules of projects
• Managers can't see how to apply project management fundamentals to the product development process
• Only a few people are trusted as good project managers and they're over-worked
• Project managers get caught up in the detail and lose sight of the big picture
• Silos or barriers to communication exist between critical departments and can be broken down through team building training
• Project managers fight for the same top 20% of employees as preferred team members
• Up-front coordination problems make project work more difficult than it needs to be
• Project control and management suffers from lack of information availability
• Matrix project environment is causing problems for managers and employees 
• Project managers lose control of the scope, schedule and budget of projects
• Product managers oversee new products without product development training

Training Solutions:

• Plan, manage and control projects more successfully
• Increase project cooperation and communication between departments and functions
• Coordinate the tasks more effectively between departments 
• Enhance the spirit of teamwork among project team members with a motivating team building training
• Reduce new product development cycle with product development training
• Deliver more projects consistently on time and within budget
• Reduce the time required to plan and stay on top of successful projects
• Provide management, clients or customers with the project information they require
• Apply the Project Management Life Cycle and the Project Planning Process
• Define up-front project scope and deliverables even when your client/customer isn't sure what they really want
• Use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to more clearly identify work requirements
• Develop more accurate and realistic time and performance estimates
• Schedule projects more accurately using CPM and PERT networking techniques
• Spot problems and correct behind schedule conditions more quickly
• Control schedule timeliness and work flow by using proven management techniques
• Manage multiple projects without losing effectiveness
• Enhance the people skills to effectively motivate and communicate with the project team
• Implement proven conflict management techniques to help team members work together with team building training
• Anticipate problems and develop contingency plans through Critical Risk Analysis
• Close out projects completely using a close-out checklist that ensures details are taken care of
• Perform project post-mortem reviews to identify project management strengths and weaknesses

Project Management Training Course Outline:

I.   Project Management Methodology Overview

1. Project Management Process
2. Matrix/Project Management Fundamentals
3. Project Manager's Roles & Functions

II.   Project Plan Development & Management Review

1. Project Definition Guidelines
2. Project Scoping Document & Checklist   
3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Models
4. WBS Identification Criteria

lll.   Project Plan Implementation & Management Review

1. Precedence Diagram Network Development  
2. Effort & Duration Estimating
3. Critical Path Definition and Development  
4. Gantt Chart Development
5. Conflict Management
6. Interpersonal Communication and Problem-Solving

IV.   Project Control and Re-planning

1. Proactive Risk Assessment  
2. Contingency Plan Development
3. Management Control Point Establishment 
4. Change Request Process Development

V.    Project Closeout and Review

1. Project Meeting Controls
2. Assumptions Management
3. Project Closeout
4. Project Post-mortem review & Lessons Learned

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