Advanced Project Management

Duration: Offered as a 90 minute webinar or 2 days in class

Course Overview

It’s easy to forget the “manager” part of your “project manager” title among the other range of activities you are responsible for. However, your management skills are an important part of your success as a project manager, so it is crucial that you grow both of those skill sets. There are also some advanced project management techniques that you can master to help bring your projects to successful completion.

This course presumes that students have a thorough understanding of project management, including topics such as preparing a statement of work, setting project goals, scheduling, budgeting, managing project risks, and executing a project.

Learning Objectives

  • Think critically when choosing a project team
  • Make the best of an assigned project team
  • Help teams move through various stages to become a high-functioning unit
  • Maximize productivity at team meetings
  • Reward and motivate your team
  • Develop and execute a communication plan
  • Communicate with sponsors and executives more effectively
  • Identify strategies for working with problem team members

Course Outline

1. Course Overview

2. Choosing the Project Team

  • Choosing the Team
  • Pre-Assignment Review
  • Four Issues to Address with Project Teams

3. Building a Winning Team

  • Why is Teamwork Important?
  • The Stages of Team Development

4. Managing Team Meetings

  • Starting on the Right Foot
  • Making Committees Work
  • Making Connections

5. Easy Ways to Reward Your Team

6. Developing a Communication Plan

  • The Five Components
  • Case Study

7. Communicating with Sponsors and Executives

  • Communication Excellence
  • Making Connections

8. Dealing w/Problem Team Members

  • Developing Understanding
  • When to Walk Away
  • When Things Don’t Work

9. Personal Action Plan