Breaking the Rules of Project Management – 2 hrs
To be a good project manager you must understand the rules and best practices of project management. To be an excellent project manager, you must know when to follows those rules, and when to bend or break them.
This workshop is designed to provide participants with an appreciation for the “gray areas” which exist in “real world” project management, some insight into how to know when to follow and when to break the rules of project management, and some “reassurance regarding your own experience in “breaking the rules”
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
Creating a Successful Matrix Organization – 2 hrs
Working in Matrix Organization can be tough. They are often complex, poorly understood, and more often than not, managed poorly. They are also the most effective way for most organizations to manager structure their project teams. Through a series of discussions and exercises, this workshop provides participants with a better understanding of the problems associated with a Matrix Organization, and provide specific actions which can be taken to improve project success within a Matrix Organization.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
PM Refresher: A Booster Shot for Project Managers – 4 hrs
It’s been how long since you took that last project management course? Hey, we all need a little “booster shot” now and again to keep us on the right path.
This workshop is designed for organizations who have had PM training in the past. In addition to providing a brief review of project management best practices, the course also challenges participants to articulate what aspects of their project management approach and methodologies have worked and have demonstrated clear value, and what aspects of their project management approach and methodologies have not yielded positive results. At the end of the workshop, participants generate a series of action items for how to move forward.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
Practical Risk Management – 2 hrs
This workshop explores attitudes commonly held by people and organizations regarding risk, and understand the organizational culture which must exist for meaningful risk management to take place. We will also take a look at the theory of risk management as applied to project management, and explore the value of identifying both general as well as project specific risks. Finally we will have an exercise in which we develop a risk checklist which we can then use to help proactively identify, assess, and manage risks common to the projects in which we are involved.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
Boosting the Bottom Line Through Project Management – 2 hrs
This is an executive level workshop which clearly demonstrates how the corporate bottom line is directly affected by an organization’s project management capabilities. The workshop also provides specific recommendations on what executives can do to support a sustainable culture of of project best practices in order to achieve tangible results.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
Agile Boot Camp – 4 hrs
With the widespread adoption of agile methods such as Scrum, Extreme Programming, and OpenUP throughout the business world, more and more non-IT people are being drawn in to these new agile processes. For non-IT folk, the terminology, roles, and expectations are new and often confusing. What exactly is expected of a project sponsor, business analyst, or business subject matter expert in the agile paradigm?
This session will teach non-IT project participants how their role changes in an agile world. Special emphasis is given to developing schedules, financial baselines, and various governance mechanisms for agile projects, always focusing on the needs of the business over those of the IT development organization.
This course is ideally suited to project sponsors, product owners working in a Scrum environment, and business analysts who will be (or already are) working on agile projects. In-class examples will be primarily based on IT projects.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
For Project Team Members Only – 4 hrs (1-day version also available)
Are you or your team members asked to;
- Provide realistic estimates for task duration or cost — when you have little or no prior experience with such tasks?
- Work on projects while still keeping up with your operational responsibilities?
- Reduce what you consider to be realistic estimates in order to meet an imposed deadline?
These are just some of the issues project team members typically face on a regular basis. This workshop focuses specifically on the issues and responsibilities project team members (not project managers) face when involved in a project. The course helps team members facilitate a greater overall degree of projects success, while at the same time creating a less stressful and more rewarding experience.
For more information, or to book an in-house delivery of this session, contact us at info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
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