"… ISLT strongly endorses this Methodology
(ICS Group’s) and is highly confident that everyone within our organization
will embrace the Project Office templates/ process in order to create a ‘Best
in Class’ standard for project management."
VP Information Systems
Consumer Healthcare Company
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The Project Management Workshop Suite
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Building the Foundation
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Planning and Execution In-Depth
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Playing your Special Role
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PM1:
Foundations of Project Management
PM2:
Improving Project Outcomes
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PM3:
Project Planning and Scheduling
PM4:
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Project Execution and Management
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PM5:
The Strong Project Team Leader
PM6:
The Vital Project Sponsor
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Project Execution and Management
Getting to the Goal
Duration: 1 Day
Audience: This course is targeted at individuals in all project roles - leading, managing or
contributing to projects.
Description: This course teaches participants how to excel at project team collaboration and
deliver project results that satisfy stakeholders and meet business objectives. Through case simulation
exercises, participants experience how to solve typical project execution challenges and achieve enjoyable,
smooth-running projects. They learn the power of combining practical and flexible progress tracking,
team communication, and project adjustments, with vital cross-functional collaboration. The responsibility
of the team, and every team member, is to keep the project going fast and forward despite the obstacles.
This workshop shows participants how to use project management tools to ensure that issues are spotted early,
collaborative decisions are made quickly, and scope and resource adjustments are made intelligently so that
in the end the project meets the critical business objectives.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion, participants will understand:
- How to hit demanding milestone dates without sacrificing quality or violating business goals
- How to use look-ahead questions to anticipate problems and develop timely contingency plans
- Tools for monitoring team and individual cost, schedule, and quality goals
- Effective ways to adapt meetings and status tracking to use 'just enough' on each project
- How and when to run effective cross-functional reviews during the execution phase
- How to proactively manage team, stakeholder, project influencer, and sponsor expectations while
communicating progress and issues in a bottom-line way
- How to maintain high team morale and performance even on difficult projects
- How to do rapid re-plans to keep projects on track in spite of changes or unforeseen issues
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