Managing Complex Projects: In-House Training
As knowledge and technology expand exponentially, organizations are finding that the tools, processes, and methods used to select, plan, and manage their projects are insufficient for the challenges posed by them. The goal of this course is to provide participants with a working knowledge of project complexities and a framework for managing the ambiguities involved in today's fast-changing, competitive, and technology-based environment
As knowledge and technology expand exponentially, organizations are finding that the tools, processes, and methods used to select, plan, and manage their projects are insufficient for the challenges posed by them. Complex projects don't necessarily follow the rules of traditional projects - in many instances the projects' end-products, and the methods by which they will be produced, are not easily defined. Stakeholder diversity and geographical dispersion contribute to the difficulties project managers face in their efforts to gain acceptance of project goals, objectives, and changes.
Additionally, hierarchic leadership styles, traditional lifecycle approaches, and traditional project manager competencies may no longer maximize the efficiencies that need to be realized on complex projects.
The goal of this course is to provide participants with a working knowledge of project complexities and a framework for managing the ambiguities involved in today's fast-changing, competitive, and technology-based environments.
What you Will Learn
The learning objectives of this workshop are to enable participants to:
Appreciate complexity and its impact on the management of projects
Describe the differences among traditional, complicated, and complex projects
Explain the effects of complexity on the PMBOK® Guide's process groups
Apply a high-level model in the management of real- world projects
Complexity and Projects
Some characteristics of complex systems
Important models/characteristics of complex projects
Major players in project complexity
Landscapes and project typologies
A supplemental framework for complex projects
Framing
Framing overview
Potential pitfalls in framing complex projects
Possible solutions
Inception
Centrality of risk management
PM competencies, selection
Stakeholder identification, analysis
Blueprint
Collaborative planning
Stakeholder engagements
Alternative methodologies/life cycles
Collaborative scheduling
Procurement management
Oversight, Navigation, and Adjustment
Leadership and the project team
Stakeholder management
Networks
Close and Continuous Improvement
Transition/support
Post-project evaluations
Rewards/Recognition