The major learning objectives for the workshop include:

• Work with the sponsor to start the project off in the right direction
• Become a better project leader
• Lead a team through a collaborative planning process
• Maintain team member accountability during project execution

What You Will Learn

HOW TO:

• Foster team participation
• Create a team contract
• Create a charter
• Define the scope of the project
• Set scope boundaries
• Break down the work
• Determine who should be on the team
• Develop a deliverables schedule
• Estimate staff effort & spending
• Assess risks
• Create countermeasures to reduce risk
• Manage changes to the plan
• Monitor project progress
• Hold status meetings
• Write a status report
• Manage an issues list
• Capture lessons learned
• Assemble a project plan
• Write a close out report . . . and more.
• Detailed Agenda

DAY ONE

• Introduction to the Project Process
• Exercise - Project Problems
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Life Cycle Stages
• The Components of a Charter
• Exercise - Write a Charter
• Creating an Issues List & Lessons Learned List
• Kicking Off the Project
• Exercise - Team Thinking Styles
• Building a Team
• Team Contract
• Principles of Team Leadership
• Project Leader Skills & Characteristics
• Exercise - Project Leader Self-Assessment

DAY TWO

• Scope Definition
• Scope Boundaries
• Exercise - Acceptance Criteria
• Project Types
• Interim Deliverables
• Subproject Work Breakdown Tree
• Exercise - Subproject Work Breakdonw Tree
• Exercise - Discussion Questions
• Risk Assessment
• Exercise - Risk Assessment
• Reviews & Approvals
• Communication Planning

DAY THREE

• Scheduling
• Exercise - Creating a Schedule
• Critical Path
• Contingency
• Shortening the Schedule
• Documentation
• Staff Effort Estimate
• Spending Estimate
• Change Management
• Assemble the Plan
• Exercise - Project Solutions
• Team Meetings
• Status Reporting
• Exercise - Team Meeting
• Communicating with the Sponsor & Customer
• Close Out