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Managing Large Programs
and Multiple Projects
"Organizing the organization" |
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"Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the
organization, not part of the fabric."
-- Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality |
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Overview: |
Managing Large Programs and Multiple Projects
provides a hands-on seminar/workshop for increasing productivity in project-driven organizations. This course is for those responsible for leading or making major contributions to programs and projects with high visibility, risks or costs.
Participants use a (pre-session) Baseline Survey to assess their current practices. The results are compared to Technical Pathways' database of over 4000 surveys and
to best practices. The current practices that are furthest from best practices become the "Topic A's" for Managing Large Programs and Multiple Projects. Each seminar/workshop can focus on the
organization's highest priorities and address them in the workshop.The workshop is where the seminar's Topic A's can be applied. All of the course materials, including notes, forms and easy-to-use templates for
MS Office, including MS Project, are included. Participants leave this one- to two-day event with their action items posted in familiar tools like MS Excel, Outlook or even on-line! Topics are generally selected
from those listed below. This is managing multiple projects where it counts, delivered in a well-paced, interactive forum. Participants discover ways to improve practices, get organized and control costs.
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Checklist: |
- Fix what's broken in the organization's program and project management practices
- Establish a baseline for current practices
- Compare current practices to over 4000 surveys and best practices
- Learn how to fine tune current practices
- Establish priorities and action items
- Organize action items using familiar tools
- Select course topics based on the organization's highest priority needs
- Learn new skills based on best practices
- Receive seminar notes, worksheets, forms and templates as files
- Fast-paced, high-content presentation
- Add a second day for additional topics, including financial management
- Integrate existing program and project methodologies into the presentation
- Discover new ideas for managing project workloads, and put them right to work
- Increase the organization's capacity to manage multiple projects
- Reduce project development costs
- Build teamwork and leadership
- Manage capital improvement plans and capital projects
- Improve forecasts for resource requirements, costs and deadlines
- Establish consensus for procedures and tools
- Learn how to manage projects on the fast-track (optional)
- Hear ideas for estimating projects, financing them and controlling costs (optional)
- Learn from
real world-examples taken from actual projects
- Leave with your program and project management tools in files
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Length: |
One or Two Days, depending on options listed below. |
Topics:
Topics are selected from those listed here, based on the needs of the organization. |
Strategies of Project-Driven Organizations
Programs, Projects, Subprojects and On-Going Operations; Baseline Survey
Best Practices for Programs and Multiple Projects
Mission Statements, Policies, Procedures, Examples
Organizing Programs and Multiple Projects
Project Inventories, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Decision Making and Team Organizations
Assigning Resources to Programs and Projects
Resource pooling, allocation, mapping and reporting
Establishing Baseline Standards and Procedures
Priority Management, Resource Pools, Gateways, Plans and Specifications
Understanding Risks, Costs and Quality
Risk Assessment, Cost Analysis, Quality Issues
Enterprise Project Management
EPM Software Applications, Program Managers, Project Offices
Program and Project Management Skill Building
Managing Multiple Responsibilities, Case Studies, Problem Solving
Controlling Programs and Multiple Projects
Scope, Time, Costs and Change Control
Tracking Programs and Multiple Projects
Project Reports, Information Analysis
Building an Organizational Program and Project Management Culture
Summary Plan Review, Wrap-Up |
Options: |
1. Additional Topics:
Choose from
Contract Management
, Policy Development, Strategic Planning, Software Tools or more about any topic above
2. Financial Management for Programs an Projects
Estimating Time, Tasks and Resources; Cost Tracking, Cost Reporting
3. Financial Management for Capital Improvement Programs
Capital Improvement Programs, Financial Management Systems, Cost Management
4. Fast-Track Management for Programs and Projects
Resource Commitment, Management Strategies, Sample projects
5. Special Presentations
Topics unique to the organization, such as legal, environmental or financial
management topics, can be presented by subject matter experts from the organization itself.
6. Off-Site Facilities
Off-site facilities are often preferred, particularly for the two-day
seminar/workshops. In some cases a computer learning center is required. Technical Pathways can arrange for off-site facilities. |
Quotes: |
"Now I have a baseline and a plan for how our programs and multiple projects can be managed.
This will save us millions in development costs."
-- A. Lopez
Oracle Corporation "We've been managing our worldwide projects one by one. What we've learned in
[Managing Programs and Multiple Projects] will unify our project processes.
-- Cory Foxx
Chevron Corporation |
Resources: |
PM Tip Sheets #101,102,103 and 106
Baseline Assessment
Project Management Workshop
Cost Management Workshop |
Contact:
tecpath at go-projects dot com using the subject line "Managing Multiple Projects".
Privacy policy: E-mail addresses are used for correspondence only. |
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