Advanced Project Management

Advanced Project Management provides participants with the critical final tools, skills and techniques that project members and emerging project managers need. Participants should already have a thorough understanding of project management, including topics such as preparing a statement of work, setting project goals, scheduling, budgeting, managing project risks, and executing a project, which can be found in Project Management Fundamentals and Intermediate Project Management training courses. Participants who have completed the three-day intensive Project Management Training course to further develop their skills do not need Advanced Project Management, except as a refresher.

This course will help you how to:

• think critically when choosing a project team;
• make the best of an assigned project team; help teams move through various stages to become a high-functioning unit;
• maximize productivity at team meetings;
• reward and motivate a team; develop and execute a communication plan;
• communicate with sponsors and executives more effectively;
• identify strategies for working with team members who cause problems.

Course Topics:

Session One: Course Overview

Session Two: Choosing the Project Team

• Choosing the Team
• Pre-Assignment Review
• Four Issues to Address with Project Teams

Session Three: Building a Winning Team

• Why is Teamwork Important?
• The Stages of Team Development

Session Four: Managing Team Meetings

• Starting on the Right Foot
• Making Committees Work
• Making Connections

Session Five: Easy Ways to Reward Your Team

Session Six: Developing a Communication Plan

• The Five Components
• Case Study

Session Seven: Communicating with Sponsors and Executives

• Communication Excellence
• Making Connections

Session Eight: Dealing with Problem Team Members

• Developing Understanding
• When to Walk Away
• When Things Don’t Work
• Recommended Reading List
• Post-Course Assessment
• Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
• Personal Action Plan