4:00 – 6:30 p.m. | Introductions. Program Overview and Interactive Group Exercise |
Kickoff Exercise – The Frame | |
Identify communication behaviors in a team-building exercise. | |
Reinforce the importance of Communication, Cooperation, and Collaboration |
4:00 – 6:30 p.m. | Introductions. Program Overview and Interactive Group Exercise |
Kickoff Exercise – The Frame | |
Identify communication behaviors in a team-building exercise. | |
Reinforce the importance of Communication, Cooperation, and Collaboration |
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Management AND Leadership |
Define characteristics of a “good” project manager. | |
Differentiate between leadership and management. | |
Understand the keys to leading well. | |
Relate the importance of motivating and energizing your team. |
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Project Start Up |
Generate and gain positive project momentum. | |
Identify and share key project issues, strategies, methods and milestones. | |
Make use of checklists. | |
Initiate effective communication with the project team. | |
Create and maintain a cooperative team environment. |
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Project Planning |
Develop a complete end-to-end project delivery plan | |
Organize and structure project plan information for communicating with project team | |
Effectively document the project plan | |
Identify, address, manage and understand project plan attributes |
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Project(s) Introduction |
Introduce course “projects” and allow teams to develop an initial plan. |
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Customer-Focused Construction |
Define and understand the value of the customer. | |
Use tools to develop an appropriate, client-centered response to issues. | |
Implement a customer-focused strategy for your project and firm. |
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Ethics and Integrity in Project Management |
Leverage the project management role into a key client relationship anchor | |
Build relationships with existing clients leading to repeat work opportunities |
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Team Debriefing |
Revisit lessons learned and key takeaways from day one |
8:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Project Level Financials (Billings, Cash Flow and Closeout) |
Continually monitor and act on the current cash situation | |
Billing accurately and promptly | |
Learn to drive everything on a project to closure |
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Time Management |
Understand that it’s about self-management more than time management | |
Discover the keys to delegation and prioritization | |
Understand the importance of Life Balance and its contribution to our overall productivity |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Project Time |
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. | Working Lunch |
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. | Change Order Management |
Identify and evaluate all changes | |
Identify cost and schedule implications of changes | |
Use changes as an opportunity to sell increased value | |
Maintain an appropriate balance between capturing all changes and maintaining positive client relationships |
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Standards and Best Practices |
Explain the benefits of identifying and using standard procedures derived from best practices | |
Communicate standard procedures to project teams | |
Establish a team culture in which best practices are embraced and leveraged | |
Identify situations in which it is appropriate to use non-standard procedures |
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Project Time |
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Team Debriefing |
Revisit lessons learned and key takeaways from day two. |
8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Project Lessons Learned |
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Stand and Deliver |
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Develop Your Personal Action Plan |
Write specific action items that will be tracked and monitored over a specified period of time | |
Differentiate between personal action items and items that will be addressed organizationally as suggestions for your firm |
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Graduation & Wrap Up |
Improve the use of your own personal style to lead others to make changes back on the job | |
Use the participant manual by adding to it and referring to it | |
Refer to the PMDP Handbook for articles that will guide you as you try out your toolbox | |
Understand and believe that each participant now has the tools and potential to not only lead projects, but be recognized as a leader in their firm |