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Lively and very effective


David Gouldthorpe
Project Manager
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Aligning Project Management with Organisational Strategy

Ensure project credibility by aligning your project with your organisational goals


Course information

Duration: 3 days
PDUs: 22.5

Course Fee:
£1695 excl. VAT
€1795 excl. VAT

 

You will learn how to:

  • Understand and support top-level strategy formulation
  • Link organisational strategy from business strategy to portfolio development and project implementation
  • Ensure project credibility by aligning your project with your organisation’s goals, objectives, and strategies
  • Create and implement an appropriate strategy for your project
  • Understand the need to communicate your strategy to the project team, the customer and other project stakeholders
  • Manage stakeholder expectations to maintain portfolio/project alignment

Course Synopsis

Today’s business climate is characterised by unprecedented changes in technology, structure and global reach. Business relationships are becoming ever more complex and the drive for measured success in the competitive arena is increasing. In this highly stressful environment, it is essential for project managers to think and act strategically. How does an organisation formulate a strategy to achieve these kinds of successes and how do projects contribute to organisational strategy with the help of the project manager.

Aligning Project Management with Organisational Strategy gives you an in-depth analysis of the process starting from business strategy formation to portfolio development - including the positioning of the overall project and the project manager’s role.

Learn how to link your project to the business strategy, apply and maintain alignment of the project strategy and manage the expectations and interests of those who have a stake in the project outcome.

Course Topics

  1. Organisational Strategy in Context
    1. Strategy defined
    2. Strategy as a way to achieve organizational success
    3. Paradigm shifts and their impact—how change influences strategy
    4. Forces for business change
    5. The impact of organisational constraints on strategy
  2. Organisational Strategy: Approaches and Techniques
    1. Strategy as a key to organizational success
    2. Elements of a successful strategy
    3. The relationship between strategy and achievability
    4. Strategy assessments
    5. Classic approaches and techniques for level-setting strategic thinking
    6. Towards setting up a culture of strategic thinking
  3. Portfolio Management: Strategic Context
    1. Defining a portfolio
    2. Identifying projects included in a portfolio
    3. The impact of portfolio management on strategy
    4. Challenges and benefits of portfolio management
    5. Influential roles in portfolio management
  4. Portfolio Set-up and Maintenance
    1. Setting up a successful project portfolio
    2. Organisational influences of portfolios
    3. Generating potential portfolio projects
    4. Steps in selecting portfolio projects
    5. Integrating new projects into an existing portfolio
    6. Project performance and project gateway reviews
    7. The project filtering process
  5. Strategic Project Management
    1. Strategic vs. classic project management
    2. Aligning projects with strategy
    3. The role of the project team
    4. The importance of managing change that affects strategic projects
    5. Anticipating and managing stakeholder expectations and resistance

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