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February 2016
Webinar Organizational Strategy
The Project-Organizational Strategy Alignment- Web'n Learn session is designed to help project management practitioners better align their projects with the vision, mission, goals, and strategies of the organization. We will explore more innovative, “big picture” thinking to help ensure that your project gain more buy-in from all points of the organization with a clearer and more cohesive core purpose statement. The techniques illustrated in this presentation will improve the “messaging” for any project. The Webinar Organizational Strategy is designed to…
Find out more »March 2016
Webinar Stakeholder Engagement
Webinar Stakeholder EngagementThe Webinar Stakeholder Engagement: From the Sponsor to the Customer session is designed to provide project management practitioners with better ways to successfully identify, analyze, prioritize, and facilitate different stakeholder needs throughout the life cycle of the project. Participants will explore and apply useful processes, tools, and techniques that will help enable smoother project delivery while minimizing stakeholder obstacles. Facilitator: Christopher J. Wright, CPLP®, MPM,PMP® For More Information or to order, click here. All Project Leadership SeriesSM instructors are certified Project Management Professionals…
Find out more »May 2016
Webinar Project Requirements
Webinar Project Requirements As an extension to the previous Web’n Learn (Scope Definition and Decomposition), Webinar Project Requirements (Effective Definition and Management) is designed to help project practitioners better articulate a project’s expected outcomes. In this session, participants will learn better ways to describe and track requirements and specifications. Better crafted and written requirements will put a project team in a better position to align with stakeholder expectations. Facilitator: Christopher J. Wright, CPLP®, MPM,PMP® For More Information or to order, click here. All Project…
Find out more »August 2016
Webinar Risk Management, Part 2: Response and Contingency Planning
Webinar Risk Management, Part 2: Response and Contingency PlanningThe Project Management Institute (PMI®) asserts that 90% of a project’s problems can be resolved by the proper integration of risk management principles. Project Risk Management represents the set of processes designed to deal with the uncertainties that can affect any project endeavor – both positively or negatively. These standard processes include Plan Risk Management, Identify Risks, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses, and Control Risks. This Web’n…
Find out more »October 2016
Webinar Project Change: Dealing with Organizational Change
Webinar Project Change: Dealing with Organizational Change While there are some projects which are specifically designed to implement organizational change initiatives, all projects introduce change. Either something new is being created or some existing thing is being modified. In some cases, the changes to the way work is done can be significant. The project manager needs to identify how the project will affect the way people work and what change management activities should be included in the project plan. Change Management:…
Find out more »March 2017
Webinar Program Management Essentials
Webinar, Program Management Essentials is designed to help participants gain an understanding of program management in the project management context. In essence, we will help webinar participants better answer the question, “How do we best organize these projects in our portfolio?” Topics covered in this session will be delivered through the five phases of program management: pre-program setup, program setup, establishing a program management and technical infrastructure, delivering incremental program benefits, and closing the program. This webinar program management essentials…
Find out more »July 2017
Webinar Resource Planning
Webinar Resource Planning In the end, projects are delivered by people – not software applications, process steps, and document templates. Sure, the technology and processes a project team employs can certainly assist in the delivery of the initiative; however, projects will not be successful without engaged resources. The Project Resource Planning webinar is designed to provide participants with more effective methods for identifying project resource needs (both human and non-human), communicating roles and responsibilities (resource assignment matrix), and dealing…
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Webinar Effective Communications and Reporting in Project Environment
Webinar Effective Communications and Project ReportingThe Project Management Institute (PMI) asserts that 90% of a project manager’s time is spent communicating. When one considers the pervasiveness of electronic communications (email, messaging, social media), the seemingly inordinate number of meetings (face-to-face or virtual), and the vast amounts of documentation required to lead projects, that statistic seems legitimate.Through communication skills we view the phases, knowledge areas, and skill sets noted in major project management methodologies. Communications skills are essential to effective project…
Find out more »September 2017
Webinar Earned Value Management
Webinar Earned Value Management-- A Practical Approach As a project management practitioner, many have likely been exposed to the Earned Value Management (EVM) technique. Most people associated with the project management discipline, however, simply learned the concepts as part of a training class or – truthfully – to prepare for the PMP certification exam. Outside of the federal government and a small selection of organizations, EVM is not utilized as it has a reputation (though unfounded) as impractical, cumbersome, or downright…
Find out more »October 2017
Webinar Risk Management, Identifying and Assessing Uncertainty
Webinar Risk Management : Identifying and Assessing UncertaintyWebinar Risk Management : Identifying and Assessing Uncertainty, as the title suggests, we'll highlight the better practices associated with the Identify Risks, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, and Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis processes. The facilitator will present and illustrate both common and unique methods for capturing and assessing risks in order to help ensure the project team is properly prioritizing the most critical uncertainties. The Project Management Institute (PMI®) asserts that 90% of a project’s problems can be…
Find out more »November 2017
Webinar Project Quality
Webinar Project QualityWebinar Project Quality Management involves the processes required to ensure that the project meets the needs that it was originally created to meet. This is best determined by the attainment of stakeholder expectations. In a project sense, quality results from meeting the parameters of the triple constraints (time, cost, and quality/scope).The PMBOK® Guide’s basis for quality is centered on the ISO 9000 / 10000 standards and proprietary approaches from quality management leaders such as Deming, Juran, Crosby, and…
Find out more »December 2017
Webinar Lessons Learned in the Project Environment
Webinar Lessons Learned in the Project Environment Though one of the most overlooked and under-utilized set of project processes, project closure is a key aspect of continuous improvement for the organization. Closing a project entails much more than implementing the final deliverable or training the last end-user. A well-coordinated project closure process not only formalizes the acceptance of the project’s products/services, but also allows the project organization to properly capture knowledge gained from the endeavor. Lessons Learned in the Project Environment is…
Find out more »April 2018
Webinar Define Project Scope
Webinar Define Project ScopeThe Scope Definition and Decomposition Web’n Learn is designed to not only introduce better practices for defining the scope of a project; it is also structured to facilitate hands-on learning through individual and team application. Participants will leave the seminar with a better understanding of project planning techniques such as: Scope Statement Development and Work Breakdown Structures. The Webinar Define Project Scope will lead the project manager through the use of marketplace tools to define and decompose…
Find out more »May 2018
Webinar Time and Cost Estimating
Webinar Time and Cost Estimating A project’s success is often measured by the team’s ability to deliver a defined set of outcomes on time, on budget, and on specification. More importantly, however, is the team’s ability to successfully manage the expectations of the groups and individuals who have a vested interest in the outcome of the project. In simpler terms, this means that the project team must effectively align the project delivery with expectations of key stakeholders. The Webinar Time and Cost Estimating…
Find out more »June 2018
Webinar Effective Leadership Skills
Webinar Effective Leadership Skills Webinar Effective LeadershipHow Can I Work Better with the Stakeholders? Effective Leadership Skills is designed to help the project management practitioner discover and employ effective techniques for demonstrating leadership skills to senior management. The participant will gain insight into some techniques that help the everyday Project Manager take the next steps to becoming an effective Project Leader. This session will cover:Characteristics of Manager vs. LeaderRoles and Responsibilities ClarityLeading Virtual / Matrix TeamsSituational LeadershipDelegationCommunications LeadershipConflict Management and ResolutionCoaching and MentoringMotivation…
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