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What We Offer
Project Management Training
Microsoft Project 2000 Training
Project Management Consulting
Planning Workshops
Project Health Checks
Project Manager Placement
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out more....
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We will get your project
rolling
If your company's projects are not earning or saving money, then why are
they being undertaken? If they are losing money can you bring them to a
halt?
Our project management program trains your staff for faster, more focused
results from any project using our three phase approach and processes.
Get your staff up to speed on our three phase Project Management
methodology and focus their efforts now.
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· Top Down Mandate vs. Bottom Up
Resistance
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Projects
usually start with somebody in management having a great idea about how
to solve a problem or improve the bottom line. The idea is presented to a
team of workers and there is immediate resistance: "There's no way
we can do that, by then, with such limited resources." This
resistance engenders resolve, even anger on the part of management:
"You will do it!"
Team members assent, knowing in their heart of hearts there is no way it
will get done. When the project fails to meet its goals, they secretly
chortle their "I told you so."
We'd like to help break this cycle by introducing data- driven plans used
in good faith negotiations. Let's help the team develop plans based on
the reality they perceive of actually doing the work. Management may not
completely agree with their formulation but at least both sides have
valid positions with which they can come to mutual agreement.
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· PM Training - Generic or
Methodology-Focused
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Project
Management (PM) Training can be generic, conveying best practices
following Project Management Institute guidelines. It can also be
designed and targeted to impart a PM Methodology developed in- house.
Most companies, however, are not advanced enough in their process
maturity to have a codified methodology they adhere to.
Our Project Management Training is generic while jump- starting the
development of a company, division or department-wide PM methodology.
During training, teams use fictitious or live projects to exercise best
practices including templates for agreements, checklists and plans. Your
staff is introduced to PM best practices while being tasked with
practicing the processes by which they will produce project success. Do
you think they will adhere to a methodology they have used in the class
room environment? Our experience is that with management support, they
will.
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· Microsoft Project 2000 Wizard Tips
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Sensitive
communicators speak to all audiences. They know some people are visually
oriented and like to see pictures. Others are data oriented and want to
see a table with words and numbers.
MS Project 2000 can aid you in reaching both audiences The "Save as
HTML" feature allows you to prepare a straight-up presentation of
tabular data that anyone with a browser can read. If you know how to
customize and sort MSP tables you can further tailor information for
specific eyes.
The "Copy Picture" feature (a little camera at the right end of
the standard toolbar) lets you take a full-color snapshot of any part of
your Gantt Chart, insert it in a document or ship it off unframed to
anyone with a browser who wants to see what your schedule is about.
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· Project Health Check
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When
you start a family vacation, you've probably got a map in the glove
compartment, a plan of where you are going to stay, an agreement with the
kids they won't fight in the back seat and a spare tire in the trunk.
When you start a project, do you have a map of where you are going, a
timetable of when you are going to get there, written agreements worked
out between stakeholders and a well-thought-out risk management plan? If
you're not sure of everything you need for your trip, let us come in for
a three-day project Health Check.
We'll review your maps and plans and tell you how they rate within
Project Management best practices. We'll suggest what agreements might be
tightened up to insure client and sponsor expectations are met and see if
you properly planned for contingencies. Then you'll be ready to launch
that project with increased confidence for success.
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· What is a Project
and Project Management?
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A
project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or
service. With few exceptions, businesses use projects to make or save
money.
Successful projects have
· A beginning
and an end
· Clear
leadership
· Adequate
resources
· A documented
plan with
· Specific deliverables
A project is not...
Operations
Successful Project Management (PM) is the structured and repeatable
application of discrete, iterated processes of accepted best practices.
It includes learnable skills that improve with practice. The skills
involved include analytical, communication and interpersonal abilities of
the project sponsor, manager and team member.
Contact
us today!
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