Advanced Project Management Training
Understand and support top-level strategy formulation. Link corporate strategy from business strategy to portfolio development to project implementation
Requirements are the foundation of any project, yet the number of project failures attributed to inadequate requirements development and management is staggering. As projects progress, "scope creep" often occurs due to the inability to manage constant change.
If you're a project manager who is in the trenches every day, sooner or later you'll be staring in the face of a struggling project. The project may be your own or may have been one you inherited. Knowing what to do when the time comes will be critical to your success. You'll need to take action immediately-with speed, accuracy, power, balance and focus. You'll have little time to think about an approach or polish your skills.
Program managers are, above all else, change agents. Their role has evolved in most organisations from that of managing multiple projects, to implementing business strategy through an integrated portfolio of projects involving the management of multiple teams of professionals, as well as executive-level stakeholders. As such, the program manager today requires a refined set of business, marketing and leadership skills that are vastly different from that of a project manager.
Have you ever taken on a project that appeared just too complex to handle? Just trying to identify the multitude of variables to be managed, let alone to anticipate how they might interact to create unexpected challenges, can be overwhelming.So how do you determine the true complexity, with a clear understanding of the variables involved and move forward to develop a project management plan that provides the right level of control and flexibility for success?
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 organizational and national borders. To be successful, project managers must be prepared to overcome a unique set of obstacles.