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Managing the Project Seminar |
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This seminar is a general, comprehensive overview of project management principles, processes , and practices. It is adaptable to a variety of project types and is suitable to a mixed audience of practitioners who work on different kinds of projects.
This seminar is designed for persons who are involved in the management or direction of unique undertakings whose objectives are subject to the constraints of available resources (includng budget limits) and completion deadlines. The participants will be presented with a framework of management concepts, derived from experience, which can be applied to any system or product development, task force, or organizational change venture, including re-engineering and process improvement. At the conclusion of this intensive combination of lectures, discussions, and group work in a workshop environment, the participants will be equipped with a comprehensive checklist of techniques, planning and reporting systems, and practical management principles which can be directly applied to the projects for which they are responsible. To illustrate the application of the management techniques, systems, and principles, the seminar leader will present case histories from a variety of projects, including systems development and implementation, new product development, facilities construction, analytic and prescriptive studies, creating new organizations, and installing new service programs. The participants will be encouraged to describe and discuss the projects with which they are involved as further specific illustrations of the lecture material. [Contents] Delivered by an experienced practitioner, the seminar topics are presented in terms of the practical issues that arise in the management of real projects. The aim is to provide an understanding of good practice tools and techniques that will be of value to individual participants, their clients, and their employers. Participants give the seminar a high rating on evaluation measures dealing with new ideas and concepts, usefulness in one's present work, and the potential to help in future applications. The training has been described as "beneficial and practical I recommend it to anyone wanting to become a project manager" and "very valuable in providing practical and useful knowledge I can take back to the workplace". [Contents] This seminar can be adapted to either a three day or a three-and-a-half day format, depending on the time the participants can make available. The three day format is suited to situations where the seminar must be delivered in three consecutive days. The participants would prepare individual presentations for the last half day. The preferred format, three-and-a-half days, each separated by a week or so, allows the participants to work on team assignments which address the actual projects on which they are working, See the description of the benefits of the team assignment approach. In this case the participants will be assigned to teams, on the first day of the seminar. Each team will be asked to prepare a management plan for an actual project which the organization is sponsoring. The concluding session of the seminar will be presentations by the teams of the plans they have assembled. [Contents]
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