Is this your reality?
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Having trouble defining clear project objectives and scope?
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Unable to determine tasks, timelines and dependencies?
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Wrestling with resource allocation and constraints?
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Lacking project budgeting skills?
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Don’t know how to handle project change?
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Juggling operational commitments and project work?
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Rushing project closure and missing lessons learned?
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Want to boost team morale and satisfaction with projects?
Project Plans that Actually Work
Regardless of the diversity among people, locations, departments, or disciplines involved, this program provides a streamlined overview of the basics, while focusing on a vastly improved methodology to meet the rigorous challenges of developing a project execution plan.
Our Practical training uses real world examples that give people the skills and confidence to plan, lead and deliver projects successfully.
This Course will help you:
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Develop a complete and comprehensive Objective Statement; the foundation of a successful project
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Create a detailed Execution Plan using a unique process called Objective Driven Logic, applied to a Time-Scaled Dependency Chart
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Apply a simple, yet powerful method to resolve complex resource constraints
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Calculate a detailed Budget and Cash Requirement Projection
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Integrate contingency planning through “Scenario Estimating”
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Determine where and when to best apply project management software
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Bring final closure to the project through the application of a 3-level review process
At a glance
Audience
Anyone, novice or veteran, who manages, supports or initiates projects
Format
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1 full day, instructor-led online sessions or 5 hours face to face
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3 x 1-day, instructor-led face-to-face workshop
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4 x 4-hours, instructor-led online sessions
What's Included
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Learning materials
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Comprehensive Learning Guide and Resource Manual
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The book ‘Making it Happen – a Non-Technical Guide to Project Management’
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LearningLink: Our monthly productivity e-newsletter to keep you updated.
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Priority Management is an Authorized Training Partner with the Project Management Institute and attendees are eligible for PDUs (Professional Development Units).
Units
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Genesis: In this unit you will learn to lay a solid foundation for the project
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Design: We will show you the design framework and the importance of performance criteria
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Execution Planning: You will learn how to create a project execution plan
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Execution: You will learn how to manage the project plan including changes
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Review: We will show you how to learn from the experiences
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Supplements: Additional Tools and Techniques: In this section we have compiled additional tools and techniques to use in planning and managing projects, starting with a Project Survival Guide
What you will learn
Project Origins
Examines how project management developed as a discipline and the differences between project work vs operational work. Discusses where projects come from.
Defining the Project
Focuses on clarifying the project objective, scope, roles and responsibilities through tools like the Objective Statement and Project Charter.
Planning Execution
Presents methods and tools to determine project tasks, timelines, resource allocation, budgets, and resolving constraints.Aim is to produce the most effective execution plan.
Managing Execution
Looks at handling change, coping with operational vs project work, bringing the project to successful closure through a 3-level review process.
What our graduates say about this course
Making Project Planning Work
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Projects That Actually Go To Plan
The Project Planning Breakthroughs Workshop focuses on the challenge of providing practical improvement solutions to organizations that often already know the basics of project management. This is accomplished by two important breakthroughs: For the novice, the course provides a streamlined overview of the basics, while focusing on the rigorous challenges to developing the crucial element of the project Execution Plan. For the veteran, the course provides a brief, yet relevant overview to the basics with a strong emphasis on a vastly improved method for developing the project Execution Plan.