| Module 1 â Project Management Fundamentals |
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- Defining a project and project management
- How projects can benefit you and your organization
- Project life cycles
- Selling your own project ideas
- Role & skills of the project manager
- Creating a vision
- Setting project goals
- Project planning worksheets
- The statement of work
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| Module 2 â Project Management Training |
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- What a project is
- Project management basics
- How projects can help you
- A project’s life cycle
- Selling and preparing a project
- The role of a project manager
- Project goals
- Laying out a project
- Project risks and contingency planning
- The work breakdown structure
- Planning tools and budgets
- Teamwork and development
- Communication
- Closing out a project
- Team meetings
- Project presentations
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| Module 3 â Intermediate Project Management |
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- What really needs to be done?
- Scheduling your project
- The Work Breakdown Structure and other planning tools
- Budgeting
- Project risks
- Schedule and budget compression
- Change control process
- Closing out a project
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| Module 4 â Effective Planning & Scheduling |
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- Projects and schedules
- The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Estimating activity durations
- Identifying task dependencies
- Aligning resources with activities
- Project planning
- Scheduling software
- Uncertainty and risk management
- Communication
- Creating a viable schedule
- Updating and monitoring the schedule
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| Module 5 â Advanced Project Management |
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- Choosing the Project Team
- Scheduling Your Project
- Building a Winning Team
- Team meetings
- Nine Easy Ways to Reward Your Team
- Developing a Communication Plan
- Communicating with Sponsors and Executives
- Dealing with Problem Team Members
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| Module 6 â Team Building |
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- Types of teams
- The TORI model
- The Team Player Survey
- Organizations Today
- The Stages of Team Development
- Communication Skills
- Shared Leadership
- DeBono’s Thinking Hats
- Managing Team Conflict
- The Trust/Relationship Model
- Obtaining Consensus
- Team-Shaping Factors
- Team Problem-Solving
- SWOT Analysis
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| Module 7 â Building Better Teams |
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- Defining teams
- Establishing team norms
- Working as a team
- Your team player type
- Building team trust
- The stages of team development
- Team building with TORI
- Communication
- Becoming a good team player
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| Module 8 â Risk Management |
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- Understanding risk
- Risk management activities
- Assessing risk
- Responding to risks
- Resourcing controls
- Reaction planning
- Reporting and monitoring
- Communication
- Reviewing and evaluating the framework
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| Module 9 â Crisis Management |
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- What is crisis management?
- Training leaders and staff
- Conducting the crisis audit
- Performing a risk level analysis
- Developing a response process
- Consulting with the experts
- Incident management techniques
- Working through the issues
- Establishing an emergency operations center
- Building business continuity and recovery
- Recovering and moving on
- Plenty of case studies
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| Module 10 â Time Management |
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- The Power of a Change
- Changing Our Perspective
- Setting Goals
- Planning Tips and Tricks
- Setting a Routine
- Doing it Right
- Putting an End to Procrastination
- Getting Organized
- Organizing Your Files
- Managing Your Workload
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| Module 11 â Leadership Skills |
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- Managing your time and energy
- What makes a good leader?
- Communication as a leadership tool
- The commitment curve
- Employee development models
- Dealing with conflict and difficult issues
- What successful leaders do
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| Module 12 â Self-Leadership |
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- What is self-leadership?
- Knowing who you are
- Change management
- Knowing what you do
- Motivation for optimists
- Using what you know
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| Module 13 â Communication Strategies |
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- Creating positive relationships
- Growing our self-awareness
- Communication basics and barriers
- Asking questions and listening skills
- Body language
- Communication styles
- Creating a positive self-image
- Frame of reference
- Techniques for the workplace
- Assertiveness
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| Module 14 â Knowledge Management |
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- Definitions of knowledge management, tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge, and KMBOK
- The business case for knowledge management
- (WBS)
- The knowledge management mix
- The knowledge management framework
- Knowledge management models
- The knowledge management toolkit
- Implementing knowledge management initiatives
- Designing a chief knowledge officer position
- Case studies and success stories
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