Introduction
- Project success and failure
- Human Factors at work
- How people are the source of project success
- Responsibilities of management in projects
- Defining project roles
- Critical project processes
- Project Manager: Leveraging the power of each project role
Role of Management
- Responsibilities of management in projects
- Management Best Practices
- Assessment of current management practice
Role of Stakeholders
- Responsibilities of stakeholders in projects
- Stakeholder Best Practices
- Enhanced Stakeholder Analysis
Project Manager Role
- Responsibilities of the project manager
- Project Manager Best Practices
- The Leader / Manager in each of us
- Conflict resolution strategies
- Managing expectations
Role of the Project Team
- Team responsibilities
- Project Team Best Practices
- Business Analyst contributions to the project
- Building BA and PM synergy
- Leading the energized project team
Project Initiation
- Human Factors approach to defining a project
- Choosing the right projects
- Surviving the lunacy of project estimation
- Using the project charter to gain stakeholder consensus
- Impact of organizational culture on Initiation
Project Planning
- A Human Factors view of project planning
- Engaging stakeholders in key project planning activities
- Good Meetings Practice
- Impact of organizational culture on project Planning
Project Execution & Control
- A Human Factors view of project execution and control
- Including stakeholders in value-based change control
- Finding Opportunity in a Sea of Risk
- Leading people to embrace change
- Impact of culture on project Execution and Control
Project Close
- Why Lessons Learned Aren’t and what we can do
- The Art of Celebration
Wrap-Up Discussion