PROJECT KICKOFF

A Performance
Consulting Service

Your business has become increasingly dependent on the success of large, technology-based projects.  There is no time for lengthy training workshops and prolonged learning curves.

How do you jumpstart the projects that the business' survival depends on?


WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals attending this session are involved in one or more of the areas below:
  • Responsible for a large, complex, mission critical project.

  • Anxious to get the projects going quickly and successfully.

  • Striving to grow overall organizational competency in project management.

WHAT THE SESSION PROVIDES
This innovative service takes the concept of a workshop and combines it with real-life project work.  The workshop learning is taught through the construction of actual project deliverables by the actual project team.  A heavy emphasis is placed on creating a Project Charter (including scope, risk, roles, business return and project goals) and a Project Plan (including tasks, resource allocations and estimates).  Additional coaching is available for the project team as needed.

 


WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARN
After the completion of the project assessment, the participants will be able to:
  • Differentiate between project management and project work.

  • Define the roles of the Project Manager, Project Sponsor, and other key individuals on a project.

  • Create a Project Charter.

  • Build a Project Plan including schedules, resource allocations, and a budget.

  • Create activity networks (PERT, Gantt, and CPM) and other tools for communication project scope and activities.

  • Create criteria for monitoring and reporting progress, including Control Point Identification charts, Project Costing charts, and Milestone charts.

  • Identify and manage project risk.

  • Determine and anticipate changes that occur during project execution.

  • Develop a detailed work plan to accurately determine the project completion date.

  • Accurately estimate project activities.

  • Discover the power of the Review process to improve future performance.