• 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

The managing of projects and work processes is a fundamental practice needed for career advancement and job satisfaction.  This course delivers strategies on how to effectively manage project personnel, timelines, objectives and the expectation of superiors.



Course Description

The following issues will be covered:  

• Fostering team participation
• Creating a team contract
• Creating a charter
• Defining the scope of the project
• Setting scope boundaries
• Breaking down the work
• Determining who should be on the team
• Development of a deliverables schedule
• Estimating staff effort & spending
• Risk Assessment
• Creating countermeasures to reduce risk
• Managing changes to the plan
• How to monitor project progress
• Effective use and design of project status meetings
• Writing a status report
• Managing an issues list
• Capturing lessons learned
• Assembling a project plan
• Writing a close out report

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Past Participants' Comments

 “Class took all the ideas from the Course Note Book and clearly demonstrated how to use them.  The course book will serve as a guideline for all my subsequent projects.”
Paul W., Manager Professional Services, GXP Partners

“The Course Director was excellent and a great instructor.”
Eric G., Compliance Coordinator, Wyeth

“The Course Director was fantastic.  I would recommend this course to anyone.  I really enjoyed the personality analysis as well.”
Jeffrey S., Product Development Manager, GXP Partners

"Like the presentation style of the Course Director.  Like the group "shared experiences" discussions.  Excellent course even if you are not a PM.  The information in the workshop was easy to understand yet still very valuable and useful.  I've attended PM workshops & conferences but this is the first PM course I've been to that was "specific".  The lessons learned will greatly assist & guide me professionally."
Robert K., Business & Systems Analyst, Isis Pharmaceuticals

"This was a great course!  Very informative.  It gave me a lot of great ideas that I am eager to implement.  I also learned a lot from the other participants."
Gigi A-J., Strategic Planner, Pfizer

"The Instructor was very good, pleasant and informational.  The class was small in size which helped encourage participation.  I feel I learned a lot in the 2 days - more than I thought possible for this subject matter."
Peggy H., QA Supervisor, Berlex

"The instructor was well prepared and very knowledgeable."
Marie V., Asst. Project Manager, SuperGen

“The personal experiences and class participation discussions were very helpful.  The small class size was nice - more intimate, we could share opinions easily.”
Jennifer F., Manufacturing Manager, Chiron