An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Managing Multiple Projects
Achieving a Balanced Portfolio of Projects and Progressing Them Together
Course Introduction
Achieving projects is vital to organizational success. This inevitably means that an organization and many people within it will be engaging with several projects at the same time. In this Managing Multiple Projects Course, we explore how to achieve a balanced portfolio of projects and programs and the tools and skills required to undertake them simultaneously in order to achieve their desired outcomes, all the while seeking to maximize their overall value to the organization and its customers.
This highly beneficial Managing Multiple Projects training course provides a comprehensive focus on the PMI Standards for Portfolio, Program and Project Management. It explores the key principles of effective project management and management processes for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects and programs and for defining, aligning, authorizing, and controlling portfolios. Key project management tools and techniques will be introduced through the course and opportunities given to practice them.
This Oxford Management Centre training course will highlight:
- The Principles of effective Project Management
- Portfolio Management
- Project and Program Initiation
- Project and Program Planning
- Project and Program Execution, Monitoring, and Control
- Project and Program Closure and Benefits Realization
Objectives
At the end of this Managing Multiple Projects training course, you will learn to:
- Describe and Contribute to Portfolio Management
- Describe and Contribute to Program Management
- Create a Project Charter and Identify Stakeholders
- Plan Projects and Programs
- Monitor and Control Project and Program Execution
- Close Projects and Programs
Training Methodology
This Managing Multiple Projects training course will incorporate both theory and skill training components, applying hands-on exercises, facilitated group discussions, practical case studies and real-life examples.
Organisational Impact
Organizations will benefit from this course through the more effective initiation, planning and control of multiple projects, with a key focus on enhancing their combined long-term value.
- A more balanced Portfolio of Project, Program and Operational work
- Project and Program objectives well aligned with organizational goals
- Focus on maximizing value
- Improved clarity of Project and Program plans and co-ordination across Projects
- Increasing their Project Management knowledge-based
Personal Impact
This Managing Multiple Projects training course will enable you to contribute more effectively to any Projects and Programs with which you are involved and prepare you for more significant Project Management roles.
- Increase your contribution to meeting organizational goals
- Improve your effectiveness on Projects and Programs
- Have more confidence in your engagement with multiple Projects
- Be calmer and less stressed when working on multiple Projects
- Develop key attributes required of a Project Management Professional
Who Should Attend?
This Managing Multiple Projects training course will greatly benefit anyone whose work includes involvement with multiple projects. This includes people who influence projects as well as those with specific roles.
This 5-day Oxford Management Centre training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:
- Project and Program Sponsors
- Project and Program Managers
- Project and Program Management Team members
- Technical specialists and others involved in multiple projects
- Project Planners
- Project Management Office members
Course Outline
Day 1
Project Management Overview
- What are Projects, Programs and Portfolios?
- What is Project Management?
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Project and Program Life Cycles and Process Groups
- Project Management Processes
- Program Management Processes
- Portfolio Management Processes
Day 2
Project and Program Selection and justification
- Defining and Aligning the organization’s Portfolio
- Selecting and prioritizing Projects
- Feasibility Studies
- Project and Program justification
- Payback Period
- Discounted Cash Flow techniques – NPV and IRR
Day 3
Project Initiation and Risk Management
- Initiating Programs
- Identifying and prioritizing Stakeholders
- Developing the Project Charter
- Communication Management
- Project, Program, and Portfolio Risk Management
- Risk Identification, Analysis, and Response Planning
Day 4
Project and Program Planning
- Determining Scope and Quality
- Work Breakdown Structures and their uses
- Developing the Project Network Diagram
- Project and Program Scheduling
- Planning Resources across multiple projects
- Base-lining and Preparing for Execution
Day 5
Project and Program Control, Closure, and Benefits Realization
- Monitoring and Control Processes
- Managing Change
- Project and Program Reporting
- Project and Program Handover and Acceptance
- Realizing Project and Program Benefits
- Learning Lessons
Certificate
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.
Accreditation
In association with
