Best Practices for the Multi-Project Manager

Best Practices for the Multi-Project Manager Put the best concepts, tools and techniques available for multi-project management to work for you! Discover how to balance resources across multiple projects and minimize risks while improving performance. Find out the common characteristics of successful multi-project environments—such as ensuring communication from top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top…encouraging change…and establishing accountability. How You Will Benefit Recognize the best practices in project management and how to incorporate them into your operation Discover how to establish an environment that supports effective multi-project management  Optimize resources across projects and other business processes Support your organization’s core values and strategic direction Learn how to provide for continuous project improvement Discover the benefits of a Project Management Office,steering committee and gate review teams What You Will Cover Primary Concepts for Managing Multi-Projects Objectives of multi-project management Best practices for MPM success Establishing an Environment for Success Best practices within the industry and within the class Organizational structures that support MPM How the Program Management Office Relates to Managing Multi-Projects Managing inter-project coordination points Multi-project resource leveling Developing project managers Program/portfolio reporting Constructing a PMO The Project Management Business Process Business process basics Core concepts of improvement The project management businessprocess: gate and process reviews Management by Metrics Characteristics of successful metrics Collecting and reporting on the data Establishing a baseline and target goals Multi-project applications of earned value Applying balanced scorecard to MPM Queuing theory and basics The great project conundrum Resource utilization in a multi-project environment The theory of constraints Multi-project (program) critical path Summary: Achieving Best Practices in Multi-Project Management Consistency in project management practices Cultural characteristics needed for MPM Organizational responsibility Who Should Attend Project and program directors and managers, department heads, senior managers and anyone who is trying to balance resources across multiple projects. Extended Training Description Learning Objectives Recognize the Best Practices in Project Management and How to Incorporate Them into Your Operation Discover How to Establish an Environment That Supports Effective Multi-Project Management Optimize Resources Across Projects and Other Business Processes Support Your Organization’s Core Values and Strategic Direction Learn How to Provide for Continuous Project Improvement Discover the Benefits of a Project Management Office, Steering Committee and Gate Review Teams Primary Concepts Understand Best Practices and the Tiers That Constitute Best Practices Understand How Best Practices Are Promulgated between Industries Learn Core Concepts of Project Management That Migrate to Multi-Project Management Know Your Own Targets in Multi-Project Management Understand the Tools Necessary to Establish an Environment That Supports Multi-Project Management Establishing an Environment for Success Determine Characteristics of Successful Environments Establish an Environment for Success Implement Organizational Structures That Support MPM Establish Roles and Responsibilities of Project-Oriented Groups The Program Management Office Know the Functions of a PMO Know the Construction of a PMO Know How to Create a PMO Charter Know How to Translate Business Objectives into Project Objectives The Project Management Business Process Know the Source of Business Improvement Know How to Handle and Encourage Improvement in a Business Environment Understand the Purpose and Characteristics of Project Management Methodologies Know How to Integrate Project Management with Other Business Processes Understand the Purpose and Implementation of Gate Reviews and Other Project Management Processes Management by Fact Understand How the Best Companies Apply Metrics to a Business Environment Understand Your Skills in Applying Metrics Know How to Develop or Enhance Your Own Metrics in Your Own Environment Understand the Concepts of a Balanced Score Card Emerging Techniques Apply the Following Emerging Technologies in a Multiple-Project Environment:                 — Queuing Theory             — The Theory of Constraints             — Project Throttling Techniques             — Scatter Analysis Developing Your Own Strategy   FOCUS TRACO INDONESIA Management & Technical Training Course Seminar Provider Download 2009 FOCUS Training Catalog

Instructor Schedule July 13-15, 2009 3 days Venue Novotel Coralia Hotel Bogor Tuition Fee  Rp. 4.800.000,-   per participant, excluding accommodation & tax. Registration Send by email -or- fax to: PT. FOCUS TRACO INDONESIA Wisma Pakuan, Jl. Pakuan 12 BOGOR – 16143 (021) 7009-9943   (0251) 2169-150 (0251) 7534-984 training@focustraco.com