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Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects

Course Duration: 3 Days (8:30am-5:00pm)

Professional Development Units (PDU): 22.5

Continuous Professional Development Points (CPD): 15

You'll Learn How To:

1. Structure and lead the effort to assess project problems rapidly
2. Determine the root causes of identified problems
3. Develop a recovery plan for any troubled project
4. Provide leadership to turn the project around Use seven key metrics as your guide to success
5. Identify and manage signs of trouble early in a project

PMBOK® Knowledge Areas:

Project Integration Management Project Cost Management Project Scope Management Project Risk Management Project Time Management Project Communications Management

Program Objectives:

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.

Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects demonstrates a proven process to project recovery. You'll get everything you need (process, tools, techniques) to perform a rapid assessment of a project in trouble, develop a solid recovery plan and manage the transition to stability. You'll experience what to do step by step, using seven key metrics as your guide to success.

Active participation in the case study, designed to simulate the environment and feel of an actual troubled project, will enable you to build your skills in a meaningful way. This course is a must for experienced project managers who need to know what to do when the chips are down.

Reminder: Participants should have a thorough understanding of scheduling and cost control and risk management before taking this course.

Course Outline:

1. Overview of Rapid Assessment and Recovery Process Key variables: People, process, tools, metrics Key inhibitors and sensitivities Process summary
2. Developing Assessment and Recovery Charter Charter definition process Management expectations and sensitivities Critical resource needs Critical documentation needs
3. Planning the Assessment Plan assessment process Keys to performing good assessments Determining the approach and focus areas Seven key areas of assessments
4. Conducting the Assessment Assessment process Conducting interviews Analysing and validating project data Meeting with customers and stakeholders Determining and validating findings
5. Planning the Recovery Recovery planning process Determining and prioritising risks, problems and opportunities Prioritisation using the Comparative Risk Ranking and Comparative Problem Ranking Setting up metrics ad an early warning plan Re-establishing the baseline
6. Transition and Stabilise the Project Translation process Executing risk, problem and opportunity management plans Skills transfer Implementing project control metrics tracking
7. Avoiding Troubled Projects Project management skills and methodology Classic mistakes Continuous improvement systems Reviews

Course Schedule and Fees

Prices below are indicative of Public Courses Only. Discounts apply for groups and on site training. Please call ESI to discuss.