Course Overview
TOPIn this course, you will learn the concepts, tools, and techniques to be able to:
- Perform basic trouble prevention activities early in a project
- Identify areas to focus on to reduce project failures
- Assess project health and identify when a project is in trouble
- Determine the need for project recovery based on a situation's severity
- Present recovery options for a project
- Formulate a recovery plan
- Lead project recovery actions and monitor recovery success
- Stabilize and restore project performance based on redefined objectives
- Conduct a meaningful lessons learned process that can help reduce future project troubles
Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.
Scheduled Classes
TOP11/04/24 - GVT - Virtual Classroom - Virtual Instructor-Led | |
01/13/25 - GVT - Virtual Classroom - Virtual Instructor-Led | |
03/10/25 - GVT - Virtual Classroom - Virtual Instructor-Led |
Outline
TOP1. Project Trouble Prevention
- Managing What Matters
- Project Readiness Assessment
- Project Kickoff Meetings
- Additional Prevention Measures
2. Project Health Measurement
- Project Health Assessment
- Project Health Measurement Tools
- Forecasting Based on Project Health
3. Project Failure Identification
- Causes of Project Failure
- Recognizing Failure
4. Recovery Initiation
- The Recovery Manager
- The Recovery Charter
5. Recovery Assessment
- Assessing the Failing Project
- Deciding to Terminate
- The Recovery Assessment Report
6. Recovery Planning
- Realistic Recovery
- The Recovery Plan
- The Recovery Team
- The Recovery Kickoff
- Recovery Success Criteria
7. Recovery Execution
- The Recovery Project
- Recovery Risk Management
- Tips and Guidelines for Recovery Execution
- Sources of Project Trouble
- Decision Making
- Dealing with Change
8. Recovery Closure
- Stabilization and Restoration
- Knowledge Transfer and Lessons Learned
Prerequisites
TOPWho Should Attend
TOPAssociate project managers, project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, product managers, and program managers