Course description
Managing Complex Projects: In-House Training
As knowledge and technology expand exponentially, organizations are finding that the tools, processes, and methods used to select, plan, and manage their projects are insufficient for the challenges posed by them. The goal of this course is to provide participants with a working knowledge of project complexities and a framework for managing the ambiguities involved in today’s fast-changing, competitive, and technology-based environment
As knowledge and technology expand exponentially, organizations are finding that the tools, processes, and methods used to select, plan, and manage their projects are insufficient for the challenges posed by them. Complex projects don’t necessarily follow the rules of traditional projects – in many instances the projects’ end-products, and the methods by which they will be produced, are not easily defined. Stakeholder diversity and geographical dispersion contribute to the difficulties project managers face in their efforts to gain acceptance of project goals, objectives, and changes.
Additionally, hierarchic leadership styles, traditional lifecycle approaches, and traditional project manager competencies may no longer maximize the efficiencies that need to be realized on complex projects.
The goal of this course is to provide participants with a working knowledge of project complexities and a framework for managing the ambiguities involved in today’s fast-changing, competitive, and technology-based environments.
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What you Will Learn
The learning objectives of this workshop are to enable participants to:
- Appreciate complexity and its impact on the management of projects
- Describe the differences among traditional, complicated, and complex projects
- Explain the effects of complexity on the PMBOK® Guide’s process groups
- Apply a high-level model in the management of real- world projects
Training Course Content
Complexity and Projects
- Some characteristics of complex systems
- Important models/characteristics of complex projects
- Major players in project complexity
- Landscapes and project typologies
- A supplemental framework for complex projects
Framing
- Framing overview
- Potential pitfalls in framing complex projects
- Possible solutions
Inception
- Centrality of risk management
- PM competencies, selection
- Stakeholder identification, analysis
Blueprint
- Collaborative planning
- Stakeholder engagements
- Alternative methodologies/life cycles
- Collaborative scheduling
- Procurement management
Oversight, Navigation, and Adjustment
- Leadership and the project team
- Stakeholder management
- Networks
Close and Continuous Improvement
- Transition/support
- Post-project evaluations
- Rewards/Recognition
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