Bootcamp for
Project Management
Professionals

• What traits do the best Project Managers have and how to develop these
• What should a project manager look for in developing an effective project team

Bootcamp Breakout 1: Develop your Project Team and undergo a Team Building Exercise

• Understanding the role of the project manager in business development
• Identifying the attitude of project stakeholders and how to manage them

Bootcamp Breakout 2: Introducing the Project and introducing the Customer

• Identify your Customer and understanding the different strategies in managing their expectation
• Identifying and setting project team responsibilities

Bootcamp Breakout 3: Present your team to the Customer Organisation

• Defining the keys to managing multiple projects and how to accomplish this
• How to identify and deal with difficult personality types on multiple projects
• How to deal and manage change when dealing with multiple project
• Understanding the steps in successfully delegating work on projects

Bootcamp Breakout 4: Setting up your project structure to reassure your customer on project delivery

• Defining the 10 critical elements of a good project management plan?
• Understanding the difference between planning for small versus large complex projects?

Bootcamp Breakout 5: Developing a Project Plan for your Project and Breaking the Project into parts which can be assigned to Team Members

• Understanding the 11 elements that make a good schedule … what are they and how to manage them
• Understanding the common pitfalls to avoid when making a project schedule

Bootcamp Breakout 6: Develop a schedule that your sponsor can understand

• How to identify and manage risk in any projects
• Understanding when and where project contracts need to be used and how they should be managed

Bootcamp Breakout 7: Present the risk back to your sponsor and understand financial implications

• Understand how to develop the project financial budget
• Understand what critical project elements that constantly need monitoring

Bootcamp Breakout 8: Setting up the project control system

• Understand how to be proactive in managing change
• Understand what to do if the project is behind schedule or over budget
• What is the proper way to manage a customer when change requires extra budget or time

Bootcamp Breakout 9: Deal with the Change

• Understand the best way of interfacing with your stakeholders during meetings

Bootcamp Breakout 10: It is time to meet with the customer and tell them about the change

• Actions, Issues and Change … how to report on them

Bootcamp Breakout 11: Compile the Actions, Issues and Change

• Understand the right way to complete a project
• Identify the best method of transitioning projects to the customer
• Understand how to make the best use of lesson learnt
• Understand how can to turn a complicated project into a major success
• How well should the project manager know the customer and understanding why it matters
• Understanding strategies on how project managers can improve the relationship with their customers

Bootcamp Breakout 12: It is time to Build a Bridge between you and the Customer - Can you do it and show how successful the project is?