Managing Multiple Projects: In-House Training
Succeeding in today's competitive marketplace often requires cycle time reduction - reducing the duration of projects and getting results faster. This workshop will address managing multiple projects within the context of program or product management.
Are your projects taking longer and longer to complete? Are results less than optimal because of time pressures on resources? Would you like to increase project 'throughout'?
Succeeding in today's competitive marketplace often requires cycle time reduction - reducing the duration of projects and getting results faster. This workshop will address managing multiple projects within the context of program or product management.
Planning and managing individual projects is challenging. When introducing the real-life limitation of resources and other outside influences into the multi-project environment, those challenges are magnified, and new challenges are introduced.
This interactive workshop will position you for immediate action. The goal of this course is to equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills, and techniques so that you can effectively and productively manage multiple projects.
What you Will Learn
You'll learn how to:
Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
Prioritize and sequence multiple projects
Manage time and stress within a multiple project environment
Effectively manage logical dependencies among projects
Optimize the use of resources across multiple projects using concepts from Critical Chain methods
Manage risk and communications in a multiple project environment
Getting Started
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
Foundation Concepts
Portfolio, program, and project management principles
The multiple project environment
The MMP Process Model
Developing the Multiple Project List
Multiple project portfolio management
Project selection
Project categories and types
The multiple project list
Multiple Project Logical Dependencies
Project dependencies
Types of multiple project portfolios
Categories of logical dependencies across multiple projects
Project priorities in the multiple project schedule
Multiple Project Resource Management
Multiple project resources and resource management concepts
Multiple project resource loading
Resource pool and resource database
Multiple project resource issues and outsourcing
Critical chain resource management, including drum resources and multi-tasking
Managing Risk Across Multiple Projects
Multiple project risk management process
Identifying, assessing, and responding to multiple project risks
Critical chain and multiple project risks
Risk interrelationship management methods
Creating and Executing the Multiple Project Plan
The multiple project plan
Multiple project scheduling
Multiple project budgeting
Executing and maintaining the multiple project plan
Controlling in the multiple project environment
Tools in multiple project management
Multiple Project Communications
Effective communication in the multiple project environment
Common communication barriers
Multiple project communications plan
Resolving multiple project conflicts
Summary and Next Steps
What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?