Leading Project Managers

Vital for anyone who leads or manages project managers and wants to provide direction.

Course Overview

To effectively lead teams of project managers, senior managers must be skilled at managing project portfolios, allocating resources, reviewing projects and communicating. This course will help you develop these skills, to review best practices and critical issues, and give you a new way of looking at the best way to lead people in conjunction with project management process. With the opportunity to benefit from the experience of professionals from similar backgrounds and expert instructors, this course is a must for anybody responsible for leading and managing project managers.

Course Topics

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1. Managing the Stage Gate process
   1. The project environment
   2. The role of management in each phase of the life cycle
   3. Defining project success within the organisation
   4. Organisational factors affecting project management
   5. Knowing the organisation’s project management process
2. Managing a Multi-Project Environment
   1. 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