Leading Project Managers

A “must-have” for anyone responsible for leading and managing project managers.

Course Overview

In this highly facilitated course, you will learn soft and hard skills and approaches that lead to organisational success in the “management by projects” environment. You will also get expert perspectives and review best practices on issues critical to those who lead project managers. You’ll enjoy lively debate and stimulating conversation that reinforces what you know and what you have learned.

This course provides you with a new way of thinking about the best way to lead people in conjunction with the underlying process of project management. It is a “must-have” for anyone responsible for leading and managing project managers.

Course Topics

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1. The Leader of Project Managers (LPM) Role in the Project Life Cycle
   1. Managing the Stage Gate process
   2. The project environment
   3. The role of management in each phase of the life cycle
   4. Defining project success within the organisation
   5. Organisational factors affecting project management
   6. Knowing the organisation’s project management process
2. Managing a Multi-Project Environment
   1. a. The importance of rank ordering projects across the organisation
   2. Managing multiple project issues
   3. Resource allocation
   4. Issue resolution
   5. Resource pool considerations
3. Project Initiation
   1. Project selection
   2. Project charter
   3. Project funding
   4. Stakeholder considerations
   5. Financial tools
   6. Understanding margins
4. Leading and Managing Project Managers
   1. Challenges of leading and managing project managers
   2. Identifying, developing, evaluating and retaining project managers
   3. Rewarding success
5. The LPM’s Role in Project Planning
   1. Risk management
   2. Cost estimates
   3. Schedule development
   4. Resource allocation
   5. Communications management
   6. Project plan review
   7. Project plan approval
6. Managing Relationships
   1. Communicating across the organisation
   2. Managing expectations
   3. Managing styles
   4. Mentoring/coaching
   5. Conducting effective meetings
   6. Supporting project managers of virtual teams
   7. Supporting diversity and cross-cultural teams
   8. Conflict/resolution
7. The LPM’s Role in Project Implementation
   1. Project manager and team performance
   2. Asking the right questions
   3. Management oversight
   4. Determining if earned value is the project performance measuring tool to use
   5. Project reviews
   6. Project audits
   7. Understanding signs of trouble
   8. Project recovery and turnaround
   9. Change management
8. Project Close-out
   1. Early termination
   2. Project end evaluation
   3. Lessons learned