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Project
Start-UP Workshop for the new project team An interactive
workshop in Project Start-up technique, consistent with the body of knowledge
from the Project Management Institute®, featuring techniques proven
in the workplace
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| Getting
Started from the Charter & Plan |
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Can your team articulte its charter and
mission; practice this most important skill in this workshop
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Scope
and WBS |
What are all the scope elements embodied
in your charter? Can you name them. Can you organize them. Can you test
that all the scope is identified? Put them in a WBS. Can your team do this? |
| Scheduling
& budgetings your project |
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From the charter and mission, determine
your project milestones. Can your team do this? |
Schedule
& the SOW |
Your schedule is the logic of your plan.
Begin with the Project Events. Link events logically. Quick-hit the schedule;
run a Monte-Carlo analysis to determine the systemic weaknesses. Resource
the plan. Identify and mitigate threats to the critical path. |
Budget
& Value Earned |
Budget your project. Can your team determine
the costs and estimate the project needs. This workshop will provide the
tools. |
| Staffing
your project |
Applying
staff
Matrix issues
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Do you know what resource leveling is?
Do you know what effects it has on your project? What about the critical
path....how should it be staffed?
Can you work the matrix management issues of projects? If not, perhaps
this workshop will provide you what you need to assess and mitigate matrix
management problems. |
| Finishing
your Accomplishment |
Close
your Project |
The nice thing about projects is that they
end, or so the doctrine states. What plan do you have at the outset to end
your project? Will there be a transition to operations? If so, how will
this be accomplished? |
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