The Project Management Survival Guide™ workshop brochure

Project Management Survival Guide™

▪ A practical step-by-step guide for everyone involved in projects.

▪ A highly interactive and case study driven format.

▪ Emphasis on practical, usable solutions, not ‘perfect world’ ideas or academic theory.

Face-to-face and online delivery:

▪ 2 day workshop – in-house and open public.

▪ Training for trainers – in-house and open public

▪ Optional 1-2-1 coaching available.

Project Management Survival Guide™

The Problem:

Projects are high-risk/high-return ventures that can revolutionise the way organisations operate in an increasingly changing world. Project success often leads to praise and promotion, but failure can be expensive and embarrassing. This workshop will help you remove that risk using an effective and practical project management toolkit

The Solution:

The Project Management Survival Guide™ is a two-day workshop built around practice, coaching and feedback.

This practical workshop delivers a complete hands-on project management toolkit for everyone involved in setting up, managing or contributing to a project at all levels. Covering both the hard techniques and soft skills of project management, it helps everyone involved in projects to be more planned, more organised and reduce risk.

Delegates share real life problems and issues faced in their projects.

Workshop Benefits:

It provides all the tools and techniques required for your people, not just Project Managers, to be able to deliver projects competently. It also reinforces a common language and approach for the team and organisation, which research (PWC Global Survey 2012) proves elevates project success levels. It helps everyone involved in projects to:

1 Plan.

2 Deliver.

3 Reduce the risk of expensive project failure.

“Good programme, well executed with experiences of real life examples. Presentation informative to promote discussion without death by PPt. Very good interaction with teams and appropriate coaching.”

Global Engineering Organisation

“Loved it - really clarified project management fundamentals (even though been doing it for years) and made me want to improve my approach.”

Multinational Consumer Goods Corporation

Project Management Survival Guide™

Workshop Objectives:

Built around practice, coaching and feedback - delegates can share real-life problems and issues they face in their projects. They will then get advice from an experienced subject matter expert. It will:

Elevate Project Success Levels (Pwc Global Survey 2012):

▪ Understand the fundamentals, essential requirements and risks.

▪ Effective structuring of your projects, using a step-by-step approach.

▪ Reduce confusion by cutting through terminology.

▪ Support towards managing everyday projects confidently.

Reducing Project Failure:

▪ By recognising and avoiding common project pitfalls

▪ Effective monitoring and control of cost, quality and time on your project.

▪ Significantly upskilling in risk analysis and management.

▪ Helping secure and effective use of sponsors/steering groups from the outset, to ensure better decision-making

Get Projects Started, Managed and Finished:

▪ Develop a practical project management toolkit with proven tools and techniques for effective project planning and scheduling –

▪ Practiced in a risk-free environment.

▪ For immediate implementation.

Deliver Planned and Organised Results:

▪ Create collaborative plans to ensure effective buy-in from colleagues.

▪ Proactively track progress and pre-empt issues.

Ensure Project Managers Add Value:

▪ Understanding the role of the Project Manager and improving its effectiveness

▪ Doing more, with less, straight away.

▪ Successful development and organisation of project teams, using a functional, matrix or task force approach.

▪ Understanding the fundamentals of time and stakeholder management.

Can be a Solution to: Who Should Attend?

Skills gaps in a team – by ensuring basic knowledge and the ability to understand the jargon, it creates a level playing field of skills, languages and tools.

Slow project progress – by providing tools and techniques to increase the productivity of you and your team.

Lack of communication (inter-team, with the business and stakeholders) – by ensuring team members are confident and able to ask the right questions.

“Supports my current role and gives me more confidence in my ability and experience for future projects. Some good tips for being more organised with multiple projects. Interesting and engaging.” Global Food Manufacturing

Not just Project Managers, anyone who manages projects as well as their day job.

Project Management Survival Guide™

Public workshops are the best method for training individuals and small groups. Delivered online and across the UK, they provide a great opportunity for different companies and individuals to come together and learn the tools.

Train your Team

In-house workshops are the ideal opportunity to train teams and whole departments within your organisation. Providing clarity of training focus and excellent team building opportunities. It reduces delegate travel, workshop cost and environmental impact as we train online or at your premises, worldwide

“Very engaging, allows illustration and application of learning during the learning process. Demonstrates application and benefit of tools and learning in both the day to day and larger projects. Useful to look at both tools and soft skills.”

UK Automotive Manufacturing

“I now feel confident to manage a number of projects in varied areas of the business. I also feel I have the correct tools to do the job properly.”

Global Entertainment Organisation

“Covers many angles. Interesting and relatable examples from trainer to give context to each section of programme.”

UK Food Delivery Organisation