Managing Multiple Projects Training
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Managing Multiple Projects Training Course
Introduction:
In today's fast-paced environment, project managers often handle multiple projects simultaneously. Successfully managing these projects and effectively prioritizing competing demands necessitates skillful delegation and the implementation of monitoring and control strategies.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this Managing Multiple Projects Training course, you will be able to:
- Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations.
- Prioritize and sequence multiple projects.
- Manage time and stress within a multi-project environment.
- Effectively navigate the multi-project environment.
- Use appropriate methods to plan and control multiple projects.
- Apply scheduling and estimating techniques.
- Maintain a dynamic multi-project schedule.
Who Should Attend?
Managing Multiple Projects Training course is intended for anyone who:
- Manages a single project that is affected by other projects within his/her organization.
- Participates in or leads resource assignment.
- Makes decisions across multiple projects, and/or supports portfolio management decision-making processes for the selection and prioritization of projects.
- Manages multiple projects at his/her company.
Course Outlines:
Getting Started
- Introductions.
- Course structure.
- Course goals and objectives.
Foundation Concepts
- Portfolio, program, and project management principles.
- The multiple project environment.
- The MMP Process Model.
Developing the Multi-Project List
- Multi-project portfolio management.
- Project selection.
- Project categories and types.
- The multi-project list.
Multi-Project Logical Dependencies
- Project dependencies.
- Types of multi-project portfolios.
- Categories of logical dependencies across multiple projects.
- Project priorities in the multi-project schedule.
Multi-Project Resource Management
- Multi-project resources and resource management concepts.
- Multi-project resource loading.
- Resource pool and resource database.
- Multi-project resource issues and outsourcing.
- Critical chain resource management, including drum resources and multi-tasking.
Managing Risk Across Multiple Projects
- Multi-project risk management process.
- Identifying, assessing, and responding to multi-project risks.
- Critical chain and multi-project risks.
- Risk interrelationship management methods.
Creating and Executing the Multi-Project Plan
- The multi-project plan.
- Multi-project scheduling.
- Multi-project budgeting.
- Executing and maintaining the multi-project plan.
- Controlling in the multi-project environment.
- Tools in multi-project management.
Multi-Project Communications
- Effective communication in the multi-project environment.
- Common communication barriers.
- Multiple project communications plan.
- Resolving multi-project conflicts.
Summary
- What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?