Project Management Workshops
Planning & Starting Projects
#project, 3 days, 21 PDUs*, 24 QHs**
Starting a project is its most critical phase. If anything is missed out at the beginning, it will have to be caught up on later – usually at a high cost. This training will enable you to successfully initiate a project and, so doing, create a solid foundation for your project and its success.
What you will learn:
- Create a clear project assignment
- Plan the scope, set up timelines and develop resource and cost plans > Establishing an organisational project structure
- Design project start processes
Controlling & Closing Projects
#project, 2 days, 14 PDUs*, 16 QHs**
A lot can happen from the time a project is launched to the time it is successfully completed and closed down: the project can deviate from its plan, new requirements may surface and interpersonal team issues may impact the project’s progress, to name just a few poten- tial obstacles. In this training you will learn how to maintain an overview of your project, how to manage it proactively and how to bring it to a successful conclusion.
What you will learn:
- Set up project controlling processes
- Manage scope, schedule, resources and cost
- Design processes for change requests
- Design and implement a project close-down process
Leading Intercultural Project Teams
#project, 2 days, 14 PDUs*, 16 QHs**
Managing projects internationally requires a sound understanding of leadership skills and intercultural differences. You will learn how to challenge your own point of view without giving up what you believe in and gain the skills to manage and work successfully in an intercultural team.
What you will learn:
- Find an approach to foreign cultures
- Gain a better understanding of your counterpart
- Prevent conflicts and deal with them
- Create a productive and trustful team atmosphere
Using the Agile Approach in Waterfall Projects
#project, 2 days, 14 PDUs*, 16 QHs**
What are the prerequisites as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the Agile approach to project management? How can Agile project management be combined with the world of classic project management? In this training, you will learn about the Agile approach of Scrum and how to integrate it into classic waterfall project management.
What you will learn:
- Overview of different Agile approaches
- Roles in Scrum: Product Owner, Scrum Master, etc.
- Agile vs. Waterfall: can these two worlds be combined? > Setting up agreements in an Agile environment