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Project Management A Practical Approach™ (Two-day)

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Project Management A Practical Approach™ (Two-day)

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Challenge

It's safe to say that many organizations today face out-of-control costs brought on by projects that are past deadline, over budget, and that require more resources than originally projected. Even worse, some projects aren't fully aligned with the organization's top goals and priorities. Sound project management skills cannot be left to chance. Imagine how truly effective your organization would be if critical projects were in sync with your top goals, and then executed in the most effective and efficient ways possible.

Solution

The FranklinCovey Project Management workshops teach a four-step process for skillfully managing projects large or small: Visualize, Plan, Implement, and Close. This proven approach helps project managers and their teams craft and deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. If developed and applied effectively to each project in your organization, skillful project management can mean the difference between mediocre and phenomenal results.

About the Course

This workshop is taught as a two-day, facilitator-led process, and encourages attendees to focus on their own current projects for a truly hands-on experience. The two-day training is ideal for project managers and coordinators who work on more complex projects and whose jobs are increasing in responsibility. Participants learn all of the skills from the one-day training, plus they will: 1) process the projects they bring to the workshop; 2) analyze complex projects using additional resources such as Gantt charts and project-initiation tools; 3) learn to balance constraints like time, schedule, and resources; 4) identify ways to control and track communication; and 5) analyze project-related risks and create a "hotspots" plan.

Core competencies for Project Management (Two-day) include:

Core CompetenciesParticipants Will Learn:
Foundational Principles
  • The four-step Project Management Process
  • Process vs project
  • Productivity Pyramid
  • Strategic Planning Pyramid
  • Right-brain/left-brain and whole-brain thinking
  • Project mapping
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
The Project Management Process:
Visualize
  • Begin With the End in Mind®
  • Stakeholder needs
  • Key Stakeholder Interview tool
  • The project vision statement
  • The Project-Initiation tool
  • Decision points
  • Three-Person Teaching
The Project Management Process:
Plan
  • Seven steps of project planning
  • Performance factors
  • Identifying/managing hotspots
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Project Planning tool
  • Creating a winning team
  • Identifying needed skills and equipment
  • Introducing and using the project timetable
  • Creating and managing the timeline
  • Project Team Assignment tool
  • Three-Person Teaching
The Project Management Process:
Implement
  • Time-activate
  • Integrating the project with other daily work
  • Integrating the project into the month
  • Communication and delegation
  • Meeting Planner tool
  • Using the information record
  • Handling requests for changes
  • Summary and review of implementation
  • Three-Person Teaching
The Project Management Process:
Close
  • Project evaluation
  • Problem analysis
  • Project priorities