Projects CAN Make Your Strategy Come Alive! (PCAN)

This workshop has been designed for business managers who must harness the full power of their resources to focus on Strategic Business Objectives. Goal number one of these individuals is the delivery of business value. This workshop, by addressing the concepts and issues of Business Project Management, aims to assist organizations in making the shift from a strong but narrow technical project management practice to a broader, more business-oriented approach.

WORKSHOP AGENDA:

Part I - Where projects fit in the world of business

What we all know - Project Success is the Key to Business Success

• Importance of an effective Project Management Practice
• Use of standards
• Certifications

Question what you know

• There is more to Project Management that the PMBOK®
• The Business Project Manager needs to know much more than the Technical PM
• Why Project Success does NOT necessarily equate with Business Success
• Importance of the Projects Portfolio

Choosing the right projects for your business

• Aligning projects with Strategy
• Importance of SMART Business Objectives
• Where project ideas come from
• Project selection criteria
• Effect of corporate reward system on project selection
• Delivering business benefits, not just projects
• Special issues with IT projects

Measuring Project Outcomes

• Metrics - how to select, when to use
• Listening to the Voice of the Customer

Part II - Human Factors in Projects

Why projects fail; Why projects succeed
Impact of Human Factors (HFs) in projects Seeing the project through a HF lens Other impacts of HF Analysis

• Finding Opportunity
• Making estimation effective
• Project vs. Business Goals
• Organizational Culture

Part III - Portfolio Super Tools

Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

• Projects, Programs and Portfolios
• Five primary goals of Project Portfolio Management

PMO - Managing People, Process and Tools

• When it is needed
• Pitfalls and Success factors
• The Next Generation PMO

OPM3®

• A multidimensional organizational assessment
• Potential impact
• When to apply

Whole Organization Project Training

• Recognizing the impact of every project role
• When continual learning is expected
• Don't forget the top

Using the full power of resources

• Why Resource Management is needed
• Time tracking
• Impact

Governance

• Role of the executive committee
• Other levels of governance

Part IV - Making the Shift - Managing the Whole Project Environment

Choose your destination - What outcomes do you want? What methods and tools would you choose? Project and Organizational assessment - What do you have in place already? Define a Program to fill in the Gap

• Organizational Change projects
• Tools projects and others

Practice what you preach

• Manage the entire initiative as a Strategy Project
• Use the governance bodies, processes and tools as you implement them
• Use metrics from the start to measure value