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This course supports your study towards PMI's NEW Programme Management Professional (PgMP®)Credential

 

Testimonial

Very impressive. I have benefited a lot from this course.


John Ameh
Project Manager
Motorola

PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas:

Project Integration Management

Project Scope Management

Project Quality Management

Project Time Management

Project Cost Management

Project Risk Management

Project Human Resource Management

Project Procurement Management

Project Communications Management

 

Leading Project Managers

A must-have for anyone responsible for leading and managing project managers


Course information

Duration: 3 days
PDUs: 22.5

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

 

You will learn how to:

  • Define the leader’s role in each phase of the project life cycle
  • Outline reasons for project successes and failures
  • Use key performance indicators to monitor ongoing project progress
  • Support project managers and project teams through coaching, mentoring and rewarding success
  • Select the tools and techniques of project management that will help your organisation be successful

Course Synopsis

In this highly facilitated course you will learn soft and hard skills, as well as approaches that lead to organisational success in project management. You will also get expert perspectives and review best practices on issues critical to those leading and motivating project managers. Enjoy lively debate with professionals from similar backgrounds and benefit from the experience of the group.

This course will provide you with a new way of thinking about the best way to lead people in conjunction with the underlying process of project management. It is indispensable to anyone responsible for leading and managing project managers.

Reminder: Participants should have a basic understanding of project management before taking this course. It is assumed that attendees currently or will soon lead project managers - with or without a direct reporting relationship.

Course Topics

  1. Managing the Stage Gate process
    1. The project environment
    2. The role of management in each phase of the life cycle
    3. Defining project success within the organisation
    4. Organisational factors affecting project management
    5. Knowing the organisation’s project management process
  2. Managing a Multi-Project Environment
    1. The importance of rank ordering projects across the organisation
    2. Managing multiple project issues
    3. Resource allocation
    4. Issue resolution
    5. Resource pool considerations
  3. Project Initiation
    1. Project selection
    2. Project charter
    3. Project funding
    4. Stakeholder considerations
    5. Financial tools
    6. Understanding margins
  4. Leading and Managing Project Managers
    1. Challenges of leading and managing project managers
    2. Identifying, developing, evaluating and retaining project managers
    3. Rewarding success
  5. The LPM’s Role in Project Planning
    1. Risk management
    2. Cost estimates
    3. Schedule development
    4. Resource allocation
    5. Communications management
    6. Project plan review
    7. Project plan approval
  6. Managing Relationships
    1. Communicating across the organisation
    2. Managing expectations
    3. Managing styles
    4. Mentoring/coaching
    5. Conducting effective meetings
    6. Supporting project managers of virtual teams
    7. Supporting diversity and cross-cultural teams
    8. Conflict/resolution
  7. The LPM’s Role in Project Implementation
    1. Project manager and team performance
    2. Asking the right questions
    3. Management oversight
    4. Determining if earned value is the project performance measuring tool to use
    5. Project reviews
    6. Project audits
    7. Understanding signs of trouble
    8. Project recovery and turnaround
    9. Change management
  8. Project Close-out
    1. Early termination
    2. Project end evaluation
    3. Lessons learned

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