A proven process that can be immediately understood and implemented by your whole team
- Lack of clarity in project objectives & what is included.
- Lack of senior management support.
- No awareness across teams of projects plans.
- Plans do not allow for things going wrong.
- Plans are not sufficiently detailed to manage projects.
- No agreed/written processes on how to plan.
- Too many changes to project scopes.
Project Planning Breakthroughs 1-day will help you to overcome these challenges.
AT A GLANCE
Audience
Anyone, novice or veteran, who manages, supports or initiates projects
Format
Either:
- 1 x 1-day, instructor-led face-to-face workshop
- 2 x 4-hours, instructor-led online sessions
What’s Included
- Learning materials
- 60-min 1-1 follow-up online coaching session
- LearningLink: Our monthly productivity e-newsletter to keep you updated.
Priority Management is an Authorized Training Partner with the Project Management Institute and attendees are eligible for PDUs (Professional Development Units). “PMI” is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Project Plans that Actually Work
Regardless of the diversity among people, locations, departments, or disciplines involved, this program provides a streamlined overview of the basics, while focusing on a vastly improved methodology to meet the rigorous challenges of developing a project execution plan.
Our Practical training uses real world examples that give people the skills and confidence to plan, lead and deliver projects successfully.
- Understand desired conclusion.
- Use knowledge & resources of team.
- Communicate continuously.
- Keep users central to plan.
- Think out of the box for designs.
- Use logic for execution plan.
- Stay on top of risks.
- Review team project processes.
What You Will Learn
Project Origins
Examines how project management developed as a discipline and the differences between project work vs operational work. Discusses where projects come from.
Defining the Project
Focuses on clarifying the project objective, scope, roles and responsibilities through tools like the Objective Statement and Project Charter.
Planning Execution
Presents methods and tools to determine project tasks, timelines, resource allocation, budgets, and resolving constraints.Aim is to produce the most effective execution plan.
Managing Execution
Looks at handling change, coping with operational vs project work, bringing the project to successful closure through a 3-level review process.
Detailed Synopsis
Format
Either:
- 1 x 1-day, instructor-led face-to-face workshop
- 2 x 4-hours, instructor-led online sessions
What’s Included
- Learning materials
- 60-min 1-1 follow-up online coaching session
- LearningLink: Our monthly productivity e-newsletter to keep you updated.
Units
- Genesis: In this unit you will learn to lay a solid foundation for the project
- Design: We will show you the design framework and the importance of performance criteria
- Execution Planning: You will learn how to create a project execution plan
- Execution: You will learn how to manage the project plan including changes
- Review: We will show you how to learn from the experiences
- Supplements: Additional Tools and Techniques: In this section we have compiled additional tools and techniques to use in planning and managing projects, starting with a Project Survival Guide
What our Graduates say about this course
Making Projects Work
Problems
- Lack of User Input
- Changing Requirements
- Lack of Resources
- Unclear Objectives
- Unrealistic Time Frames
Solutions
- Project Foundations – developing objective statements
- Clarifying the Design Features and Performance Criteria
- Creating & preparing detailed Execution Plans
- Reviewing projects afterwards at 3-levels
- Involving the whole Team to share expertise and gain commitment
- Using highly visible tools that take the complexity out of planning
