Martin Training Associates

C.O.R.E. Skills for Managing Projects

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Workshop Overview

Learn a team-based, collaborative approach to project management that will improve your bottom line results. Intended for everyone in the organization, this hands-on, highly interactive workshop immerses participants in the simple, easy-to-use Martin Training C.O.R.E. PM method, with minimal lecture and maximum class involvement.

You'll learn how to create a charter and a project plan, and how to monitor project progress and control change. While working on a case study, or a project of your own, you'll learn how to apply this robust methodologies of the Project Managmement Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) - Fourth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2008 PMBOK® to your real-life projects. The knowledge you gain in this workshop combined with the discussion questions will help you relate what you've learned to your own real-life experiences.

Target Audience

Project leaders and/or project team members

Length of Workshop

2 or 3 Days (3 days is the preferable length)

Case Studies Available

There are four options for case studies :

  • IT - This case study is oriented to the development of an e-commerce web site.
  • NPD - This case study involves the development of a baby heart monitor.
  • Generic - The development of community leaders is the generic case study.
  • Client's Real Life Project(s) - Bring your own project and use it as the case study for the workshop. Get work done in real-time!

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

Learning Objectives

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

  • Introductions
  • 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 Breakdown 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

PDUs | Prerequisites

21 Units (3 day workshop)

Prerequisites

None

Materials Provided

Workshop notebook, The Project Management Memory Jogger™

 

 

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