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PMI members get 15% off this course. Valid membership number required.


Book included:

Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than 60 Countries
By Terri Morrison,
Wayne A. Conway


Free book included

 

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

 

Managing Global Projects

Learn how to overcome the unique obstacles and challenges of global projects


Course information

Duration: 3 days
PDUs: 22.5

Course Fee:
£1695 excl. VAT
€1995 excl. VAT

 

You will learn how to:

  • Distinguish the unique characteristics of a borderless or global project effort
  • Identify the elements of a global project plan needed to lay the foundation for success in dealing with the challenges inherent in global projects
  • Incorporate global project environmental factors into your risk management plan
  • Systematically approach and address the unique issues surrounding the management of global projects

Course Synopsis

Global trends are reshaping the competitive dimensions in the world and are driving the need for increased use of “borderless,” or global, project management. The management of the global projects cuts across organisational and national borders. To be successful, project managers must be prepared to overcome a unique set of obstacles.

Special challenges arise from differences in cultures, tradition, values, philosophies and languages of the project partners. In addition, attitudes of the project team in each of the partner organisations take on added importance. The financial risks and implications of the project can be immense, extending far beyond the financial capabilities of any one partner operating independently.

In Managing Global Projects, you will learn how to approach these complex global management issues as well as how to minimise the risks inherent in doing business in the worldwide marketplace. Participants will develop an understanding of the many unique problems inherent in managing a global project and explore ways to solve them.

Get numerous tips, templates and tools that you can apply to your global management and leave with an action log to focus the application of your course knowledge in the workplace.

Reminder: Participants should have a thorough understanding of project management before taking this course.

Course Topics

  1. Overview of Global Project Management
    1. Characteristics of global projects
    2. Global project management challenges
    3. Global project manager skills
  2. Initiating Global Projects
    1. Identifying global business opportunities
    2. Criteria for selecting a global project
    3. Global risks and threats
    4. Conducting a pre-project country study
  3. Planning Challenges in Global Projects
    1. Defining global project requirements and scope
    2. The Global Scope Management Plan
    3. The Staffing Management Plan and the project team
    4. Risk management planning for globally dispersed projects
  4. Politics, Culture and Law
    1. Political, social, economic, infrastructure, legal and industry-specific considerations
    2. Boycotts and business ethics
    3. Negotiation norms and styles
    4. Business and cultural etiquette
  5. Avoiding Pitfalls in Global Projects
    1. Joint ventures and strategic alliances
    2. Procurement challenges
    3. Quality assurance
    4. Industry specific challenges
  6. Keeping Global Projects under Control
    1. Scope verification
    2. Change control
    3. Quality control
    4. Procurement control
  7. Closing a Global Project
    1. Closing out a global project
    2. Challenges of financial and administrative closeout of a global project
    3. Repatriation challenges
    4. Documenting lessons learned

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