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Management, Leadership and Team Building in the Project Environment

MGMT X474.9

 

A required course in the Certificate Program in Project Management. An elective in the Certificate Programs in Business Analyst and Web Intelligence.
This course is for those involved in projects, including project managers, project team members, and functional managers who interface with project teams. The success of projects is dependent not only upon the project management process itself, but also upon the people in the process and how effectively they work together and communicate with and influence clients, stakeholders, and each other. This course focuses on the project manager's role as both manager and leader, with particular emphasis on the competencies and skills associated with effective project leadership and what is required to develop and maintain a high-performance project team. Participants will address six principal topics (modules) as they relate to project teams: (1) project management fundamentals, including the role of the project team and the project team manager-leader, (2) human behavior, (3) project stakeholders, (4) communications, (5) management and leadership, including conflict resolution, and (6) developing project teams The course is highly participative and uses a variety of learning methods, including lesson presentations, case studies, readings, essays, and discussions.

 

Randall L. Englund, MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CPM, worked at Hewlett-Packard Company for 22 years, as a senior project manager in high tech new product development and in the corporate Project Management Initiative. He co-authored Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, Creating the Project Office, and Project Sponsorship. As an executive consultant, trainer, speaker, and professional facilitator, Randy helps people discover and create organic systems to achieve more than project-based work, using assessments, multimedia experiences, and systemic inquiry.

 

When:

Summer Jun 27 to Aug 28, 2011      Fall Sep 26 to Nov 27, 2011      Winter Jan 9  to Mar 11, 2012    Spring April 2 to June 3, 2012

Where:

 Online

 

Here is information about a new online course on Creating the Project Office:

 

2012 SPRING

Creating the Project Office ( Section 1 )

MGMT X472.89 ( 2.50 )

An elective course in the Project Management Certificate Program.
 

A new course called Creating the Project Office premieres the Summer quarter of 2011.  Whether or not your organization formally has or intends to create a project office, the course addresses what you can do to make a difference.  You investigate a continuum of possibilities, from what it means to function as a project office of one up to a strategic project office.

 

I co-authored the text of the same title, designed, developed and deliver this course.  It follows a similar format to MLTB, in that you study lessons and text and engage in Forum discussions with classmates.  You have assignments to complete wherein you assess the current environment, identify challenges that need addressing, and create an action plan.  Learn how to apply a change management process to any endeavor.  Practice managing up the organization.  Get feedback from others about your ideas.  Explore a vast range of guiding concepts, drawn from experience, literature, historical references, and case studies.

 

I look forward to this new course and your participation.  It takes management, leadership, and team building to create a project office…or to implement any change.  Please join me on this learning quest.

 

 
Project management offices (PMOs) improve organizational performance in the management of projects, increasing capacity to optimize results from projects contemplated and underway. Participants address six principal topics (modules) as they relate to creating a project office: (1) the role of project based organizations, enterprise project management, and project offices,(2) urgency and coalition building, (3) vision and strategy, (4) implementation, (5) operating, and (6) maintaining effectiveness.

Prerequisite: Mgmt X442.28, Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices.

Randall L. Englund, MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CPM, worked at Hewlett-Packard Company for 22 years, as a senior project manager in high tech new product development and in the corporate Project Management Initiative. He co-authored Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, Creating the Project Office, and Project Sponsorship. As an executive consultant, trainer, speaker, and professional facilitator, Randy helps people discover and create organic systems to achieve more from project-based work, using assessments, multimedia experiences, and systemic inquiry.
 
   
Where: Online
  April 2 - June 3, 2012

 

 


 


 

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Managing People in Projects

Category:  Simulation
Instructor:   Englund, Randall L , Bucero, Alfonso
Level:  Intermediate
Status:  New
 
Seminar Length:  2-Day Seminar
CEUs:  1.4
PDUs:  14

05/02/2011 - 05/03/2011

SeminarsWorld: Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA 2011

Sofitel Philadelphia
120 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehotel/gb/sof/2741/fiche_hotel.shtml

 

09/14/2011 - 09/15/2011

SeminarsWorld: Las Vegas Nevada, USA 2011

The Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa
160 East Flamingo
Las Vegas, NV 89109

 

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Description:

Managing People in Projects is a two day computer simulation workshop that gives participants the chance to run a project requiring decisions that not only affect the constraints of time, quality and cost but also require participants to manage the less tangible aspects that make up a project—influencing stakeholders, negotiating the middle ground to achieve win-win scenarios, resolving conflicts, and aligning decisions to the strategic imperatives of the business. There are no hard and fast rules to managing people aspects, so teams discuss each scenario and decide how best to proceed.  Choices have ramifications on later events during the simulation. Participants receive feedback on each of the choices made and how they may have been improved, in an authentic, engaging context. The lifelike simulation focus is on achieving real behavioral change through rich scenarios and consequential based learning.

Experience the opportunity to manage and deliver a project in a totally risk-free setting.  Any errors made don't end up in one of those discussions you would rather not have to have with the sponsor or key stakeholders!

The lessons learned in this simulation are extremely powerful as they are based on extensive global research and practical experience.  Participants interact and practice with each other in a team setting and are exposed to workable and practical skills and solutions that are readily implemented when back at organizations and working with people.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas covered:

All.

Who should attend?

Anyone involved within project teams or responsible for running a project team who wants to understand the people and essential skills involved in project management.

How you will benefit

Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:

  • Apply new insights
  • Gain an advanced understanding of project management and strategic issues that are so vital for success
  • Develop the leadership skills to create and lead cross-functional project teams or work as a productive member of one
  • Anticipate and solve classic project management problems
  • Negotiate the tradeoffs among time, money and quality and how to complete projects within these constraints
  • Apply tools to manage politics
  • Identify the people factors that make projects successful, and how to manage these factors in order to ensure success

Your seminar experience will cover:

Day One

Day Two

Introduction & Objectives

 

Opening Models – Principles of Project Leadership

Developing Project Teams

 

ROUND 3

Morning Break

Introduction to Simulation

 

ROUND 1

Debrief Round 3

 

Influencing Stakeholders

 

Lunch

Debrief Round 1

 

Management & Leadership Tools

ROUND 4

 

Debrief Round 4

Project Profiling

Afternoon Break

ROUND 2

 

Debrief Round 2

Team Planning

 

Action Plan Presentations

 

DAY ONE:

An Introduction to Project Leadership
What is project management? This section defines project management leadership and how it differs from "traditional management.”

Principles of Project Leadership
What should project leaders do to ensure that they are equipped to manage key issues that arise as teams progress through the different stages of a project?

Leadership Simulation
Participants form into teams and practice their leadership skills on the SimSkill PC based simulation. They receive feedback on their performance after every round.

Project & Leadership Tools
Identify and integrate effective project management and leadership tools. Review take-away Project Leadership Notes to facilitate the transfer of learning to real life applications.

DAY TWO:

Developing Project Teams
Experience how teams develop through the stages of a project, and how project managers need to lead them through these stages.

Influencing Stakeholders
Apply powerful tools for identifying potential conflicts among key stakeholders and how to manage them.

Closing the Project
Cover how to manage those typical end of project problems, such as falling enthusiasm, losing key team members, and tying up all the loose ends.

Project Profiling & Analysis
Diagnose the learning points gained in the workshop. Profiling forms a tangible link to projects to be run by participants back in the workplace.

Presentations & Action Planning
Share how participants will apply the learning from this workshop back to real life.  Wrap-up.

“Experience is knowledge, everything else is just information” A. Einstein

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The third Project Portfolio Days, sponsored by BUCERO PM Consulting and PMI Madrid, happened November 14-15, 2011 in Toledo, Spain.

 

Get details at www.abucero.com

 


 

 

12–13 May, 9.00 – 17.00
Convention Centre Dublin

Maximise your professional development experience in Dublin by participating in one of six seminars offered immediately after the congress. These seminars allow you to explore one topic for two days with an instructor who has real-world experience. Gain practical knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately back at the office as well as long-term in your career.

SeminarsWorld requires a separate registration and seminar fees from PMI Global Congress 2011—EMEA. Whilst registration is not limited to congress attendees, all registrations must be completed via the online congress registration site.

PDU Calculation
2-day seminar = 14 PDUs

The Complete Project Manager

Instructor: Alfonso Bucero & Randall Englund

Thursday-Friday, 12 May-13 May
9.00–17.00

Are you looking for the missing ingredients that will move you from good to great and do you need the next generation of skills, mindsets and processes that will transform your performance as a project manager or sponsor? The Complete Project Manager teaches you how to integrate the key technical, people, team, business and organisational skills. You will develop the leadership, learning, means and motivation to advance both personally and professionally. This session shares the insights, experiences, attitude, examples, stories and passion that motivate action. Case studies and practice sessions help participants learn from each other and about successful practices. You will learn how to apply these practices up, across, and down the organisation, especially in politically charged situations. The goal is to integrate the knowledge and skills that make the difference in achieving optimised outcomes, increased satisfaction and bottom-line results.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas covered:

Who should attend?
Project managers with experience in the field, who have questions, are willing to share experiences and learn from others; advanced project managers; programme managers and project sponsors.

How will I benefit?
Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organisation by learning how to:

What will my seminar experience cover?

  • Leadership/management skills
      • Introduction
      • Defining a multi-level set of competencies
      • Leading versus managing
      • Conducting stakeholder analysis
      • Example: dealing with stakeholders, especially the difficult ones
  • Environmental skills
      • Assessing the environment
      • Understanding revitalisation and validation cycles
      • Shifting from “toxic” to “green”
      • Operating across organisations
      • Understanding change management and roles of the change agent
      • Example: surveying the existing environment to identify strengths and opportunities

PMI Global Congress EMEA 2011

PRJ06 : The Complete Project Manager: Building the Right Set of Skills for Greater Project Success

Speakers: Randall L Englund, MBA, BSEE; Alfonso Bucero

Wednesday, 11 May 2011
15.15–16.30
1 hour, 15 minutes
 

Discover evidence and examples to implement a complete systems approach to project leadership. Achieve greater results through changed thinking that is simple yet powerfully—and universally—effective. Experience how soft project management, environmental, leadership, negotiating and persuasive skills are creatively applied.

Learning Objectives

  • Change thinking about necessary skills to enhance on-the-job performance.

  • Apply different approaches based upon examples and case studies.

  • Realise what needs to be done and how to do it.

Success in any environment largely depends upon completing successful projects and successful projects get done by skilled project managers and teams that are supported by effective project sponsors. It is the integration of knowledge and skills that makes the difference in achieving optimised outcomes. The complete project manager integrates key technical, people, team, business and organisational skills. This session shares insights, experiences and examples, and displays passion that motivates action.

 

 

presents

 

Project Sponsorship Workshop

 

 

Download Project Sponsorship brochure

Cadence President John Patton, Alfonso Bucero, Cadence COO Connie Plowman, and Randy Englund at the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta Georgia USA


Alfonso Bucero & Randy Englund, enjoying Southern hospitality after the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta: