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Management Concepts offers courses for experienced project and program managers who are tackling complex or large projects. These courses provide the training contact hours needed to obtain or maintain certification credentials, but just as importantly, provide you and your team with the advanced skills required to manage even more challenging and complex projects and programs to a successful conclusion.
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Explore how value is a key driver in the decisions and management of projects and programs. You will gain insights into how value-driven project management shapes stakeholder perceptions of business,…
Explore how value is a key driver in the decisions and management of projects and programs. You will gain insights into how value-driven project management shapes stakeholder perceptions of business, strategic, and operational outcomes. You will learn the necessary knowledge and methods to integrate value-driven principles effectively into your project and program management work.
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Duration: 2 Days
Learn the most effective ways to design, charter, and utilize an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to increase the project’s production of acceptable deliverables for stakeholders and end users. While…
Learn the most effective ways to design, charter, and utilize an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to increase the project’s production of acceptable deliverables for stakeholders and end users. While IPTs have become a standard requirement for many federal government project and program environments, some audits have shown that many IPTs are in name only. Discover techniques to ensure the proper implementation of an IPT to meet both statutory and regulatory requirements. The concept of deploying IPTs covers both IT and non-IT programs/projects and can, if properly implemented, provide significant benefits to federal agencies and departments.
Explore how effective portfolio management requires more than just managing separate portfolio components and measuring return on investment (ROI). It requires an approach that ensures the different…
Explore how effective portfolio management requires more than just managing separate portfolio components and measuring return on investment (ROI). It requires an approach that ensures the different components within the portfolio support each other in meeting overall organizational goals. You will gain the tools and techniques to manage time, cost, and resources across the portfolio to ultimately improve performance. Through team-based exercises, you will apply processes, create deliverables, and understand the value of portfolio management and the portfolio management office (PMO).
Learn the strategies needed to meet the unique challenges associated with complex projects and how to apply proven techniques and best practices in a specific and systematic way. This course will…
Learn the strategies needed to meet the unique challenges associated with complex projects and how to apply proven techniques and best practices in a specific and systematic way. This course will introduce you to a recommended complex project management process based on research. You will apply project management principles and techniques by working in small groups and reflecting on possible approaches to managing real projects within your organization.
Discover how successful project leaders proactively manage stakeholder relationships and apply leadership and communication skills that propel a project forward with confidence. You will learn to…
Discover how successful project leaders proactively manage stakeholder relationships and apply leadership and communication skills that propel a project forward with confidence. You will learn to develop skills to optimize your team’s effectiveness by assessing and tailoring your personal leadership style. Examine how to develop a high-performing team and discuss what motivates team members. Learn to identify and remove barriers to team performance, including conflict management, and explore factors and techniques for making timely and appropriate decisions. You will gain hands-on experience applying the proven methods of leadership and communication that work best for your environment and project team.
Duration: 3 Days
Discover how earned value management is a powerful tool for not only capturing and analyzing relevant numbers but managing projects and programs to improve visibility and control. You will learn to…
Discover how earned value management is a powerful tool for not only capturing and analyzing relevant numbers but managing projects and programs to improve visibility and control. You will learn to identify cost and schedule overruns, compare actual work against baselines, and identify risk warning signs.
Examine how to effectively build and manage stakeholder relationships through planning and monitoring engagement. You will practice using tools designed to discover and manage stakeholder and team…
Examine how to effectively build and manage stakeholder relationships through planning and monitoring engagement. You will practice using tools designed to discover and manage stakeholder and team expectations. You will leave class with a Stakeholder Engagement Planner to record specific plans to apply to your projects.
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Develop core competencies in interpersonal skills such as fostering self-understanding, team building, motivation, and conflict resolution to better manage teams. You will gain a better understanding…
Develop core competencies in interpersonal skills such as fostering self-understanding, team building, motivation, and conflict resolution to better manage teams. You will gain a better understanding of what drives team performance and how to build and sustain your high-performing team through team assessment, role-play activities, and discussions designed to encourage self-reflection.
Examine ways to implement corrective action to get troubled projects back on track and successfully completed. Understanding both the human and process dimensions of successfully assessing and…
Examine ways to implement corrective action to get troubled projects back on track and successfully completed. Understanding both the human and process dimensions of successfully assessing and recovering challenged projects is key. You will learn to determine the symptoms of a challenged project, create an assessment and recovery process, and prevent future project failure. In addition, you will practice the concepts and knowledge you have gained through team exercises.
Learn how to create strategic mission and vision statements that achieve objectives by merging techniques from the world of business strategy and applying them to project management. You will discover…
Learn how to create strategic mission and vision statements that achieve objectives by merging techniques from the world of business strategy and applying them to project management. You will discover ways to plan and craft a strategy, and then execute, monitor, and control that strategy. With exercises in which you reflect on past projects, you will leave class with a more strategic-focused mindset.
Learn best practices for effective program management, including making decisions that accomplish strategic objectives and managing change and risks. A hands-on experience will give you the tools and…
Learn best practices for effective program management, including making decisions that accomplish strategic objectives and managing change and risks. A hands-on experience will give you the tools and practice you need to build your expertise and realize program success. This course is in alignment with The Standard for Program Management as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI).