Project Management

Rescuing Troubled Projects

This course is a practical exercise in identifying how projects go off track and how to use strong techniques and solutions to get them back on track so that they can meet the requirements of being on time, on budget and within scope by the end of the Project. This course utilizes a series of real-life examples to help you identify problems in the projects as well as useful solutions.

Overview: 2 days with 14 PDUs

How attendees will benefit:

• Identify the early warning signs of troubled projects
• Bridge the gap between the project team and the assessment team
• Evaluate project history through critical documentation
• Develop the interview strategy
• Use interviews to determine project reality
• Analyze and validate project data

This program will show you how to:

• Structure and lead the effort to assess project problems rapidly
• Determine the root causes of identified problems
• Develop a recovery plan for any troubled project
• Provide leadership to turn the project around
• Identify and manage signs of trouble early in a project

Some of the topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Assessment Methodology
• Planning the Assessment
• Conducting the Assessment
• Developing the Stabilization Plan
• Stabilizing the Project
• Preventive Measures

Who should attend?

Project Managers from both the private and public sectors that have been assigned project responsibility. Managers and executives with responsibility for diverse projects such as construction, computer and high technology, medical and pharmaceutical, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and long-range organizational planning, and reengineering projects.

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