This workshop is intended for associate project managers, project managers,
IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders,
team leaders and project team members who want to improve resource management
through best practice techniques and processes. Resource management is a
leading contributor to the failure of IT projects. This workshop focuses on
practical things professionals can do to manage resources across projects
more effectively.
This workshop is presented via lecture with numerous real world examples
and interactive exercises to enhance understanding and application.
The instructor for this course will be a project specialist with extensive
project management experience, such as Bruce McGraw. This ensures that the
audience for this course, professionals responsible for managing and/or
staffing projects and project management offices, learn practical skills to
implement project time and resource management in a positive way. Each participant
also receives a supporting notebook with tips, exercises and references.
For maximum learning, preferred class size is 10 or fewer.
Key topics for this 2-day workshop include:
- What is project resource management?
- Resource planning
- Categorizing project members by skill type and function
- Finding the right skills for your project
- Time management as a foundation for effective resource management
- Benefits of a project time management
- Processes and policies for project time management
- How to procure and implement tools
- Implementing project time management in your organization
- Implementing resource management policies and processes
- Allocating resources issues across projects
- Using data analysis to improve project resource management
- Avoiding pitfalls
Contact us for more information about this workshop or to schedule it at your site.