Improving Project Performance Brochure

Programme structure

Day one

Day two

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The way you and those around you learn. About teams and your role preferences. Collaborative techniques and why they are relevant today. A practical collaborative exercise.

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Registration.

An overview of projects and programs. Can you run a simple project? A simulation team work exercise. Stakeholders: who is involved in your project and why you should take care.

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Case study preparation.

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Case study preparation.

Day three

Day four

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Why we need to do projects.

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Cr eating budgets and cash-flow.

Learning from failure.

Project finance.

Developing project scope.

Project monitoring and control. Using Earned Value techniques. Project simulation preparation.

Project planning and scheduling. Understanding the difficulties in estimating. Project simulation preparation.

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Day six

Day five

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Different contract styles and their relevance to project managers.

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Presenting your business case.

The project simulation.

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L earning to negotiate.

Preparing your post-project review. Presenting your post-project review to your sponsor.

Awareness of your preferred conflict style.

Learning to be collaborative.

The importance of research capability to project managers. Case study research and preparation.

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Day seven

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Improving your presentation skills. Case study rehearsal and feedback

Day eight

Dealing with a crisis.

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Case study presentation to invited sponsors. Action planning and programme close.

Crisis management case study. Dealing with the media, live in a TV studio. Case study preparation and rehearsal.

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