Two Sides of Managing Projects

There are two key aspects of successful project management. The first is having a proven process and the second is in understanding the “politics” to ensure success. Many projects are not as successful as they could have been because they did not follow a proven project management process and failed to understand the “political” activity of gaining commitment.

This learning programme takes delegates through the project management process and then overlays it with “political” activities which, engenders commitment and makes the project management teams work popular.

Firstly, members of the project management team working through a proven process and begin to understand their roles and responsibilities. Secondly, the members of the project team develop a sense of the “political” activities of gaining support and commitment to the project and accepting its outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

On completion the programme delegates will be able to:-

Understand the role of project management.

Follow a project management process and understand the roles and responsibilities of each phase.

Understand the need for building support and gaining widespread commitment to the project.

Utilise the project as a vehicle for learning.

Understand the need for evaluating the success of the project.

Programme

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Introduction
Learning outcomes.
Programme.

What is Project Management
Definition.
Role of project management.

The Project Management Process
Exploring the project management process.
Roles and responsibilities.

Successful Project Management Meetings
The four levels of communication.
Advocacy v Inquiry.

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Building Support and Gaining Commitment
Identifying the implications of each phase.
The importance of gaining commitment.
How to mobilise support for each phase.

Learning and Knowledge Capture Processes
Determining learning opportunities.
Knowledge capture processes.

Project Evaluation
Plan to evaluate/evaluate to plan.

This “Learning Programme” uses techniques that increase individual’s ability to learn and a desire to implement new learning. Each session will be highly participative, with practical exercises and plenary discussions.