Ensure Success From Start to Finish
Many organizations face out-of-control costs brought on by projects that are full of changes, past deadline, over budget and that require more resources than originally projected. After learning and applying FranklinCovey's Project Management process, participants will feel better prepared to effectively start, manage and complete their projects, regardless of size, scope, budget, or previous project management experience.
Our unique approach encourages attendees to bring real projects for a truly hands-on experience. We invite whole teams to attend together, creating opportunities to unite and to learn solutions for specific challenges.
FranklinCovey's Project Management workshop involves four-steps: visualizing, planning, implementing and closing. This proven approach helps project managers and their teams create, plan, implement, and complete successful projects on time and within budget.
- Decrease costs through better planning and less rework
- Hit project deadlines through smarter workload management
- Reduce time and money spent backtracking and redoing a plan
- Strengthen cooperation and buy-in from team members and stakeholders
- Gain greater control over a project's progress
- Focus on the right project at the right time
- Improve early recognition of potential problems and issues
What You learn
When attending the two-day training:
- Learn to implement the simple four-step project management process of visualize, plan, implement, and close.
- Learn interview tips for key stakeholders
- Create clear vision statements that reflect key stakeholder buy-in
- Discover how to break a project into manageable pieces to create a plan and a timeline
- Ensure that appropriate "go" or "no-go" decisions are made during that process
- Coordinate a project's workload into weekly and daily schedules
- Close projects by evaluating success and identifying future improvements
- Spend more classroom time with hands on exercises
- Take a more in-depth look at managing complex projects using additional tools such as Gantt charts and project initiation tools
- Dive deep into balancing constraints (time, schedule, and resources)
- Identify ways to control and track communication
- Spend time working and being coached on the actual project you bring to the training
- Take a closer look at risk analysis and hotspot plans
Core Competencies
- Visualize the project scope
- Plan for a successful outcome
- Implement a valid project plan
- Close the project and evaluate for improvement
Two-day Workshop Includes:
- A Comprehensive Guidebook
- To Do Doing Done Book
- World-class Facilitator
- Money-back Guarantee
Workshop Tuition
| 1 Person | $995 |
| 2-5 People | $895 each |
| 6+ People | $850 each |
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Agenda
Get the most out of every project
Foundation
Learn the four-step Project Management Process and apply proven principles of value-based productivity.
The Project Management Process: Visualize
Apply Stephen R. Covey's timeless habit, "Begin with the End in Mind" as you discover strategies and tools, including the Key Stakeholder Interview Tool and the Project Vision Statement, to get every project started right.
The Project Management Process: Plan
Get acquainted with the 7 Steps of Planning and explore essential performance factors for every project.
The Project Management Process: Implement
Integrating projects with other daily work and into your monthly calendar are important project management strategies covered in this section. Learn effective communication strategies, understand the importance of delegation, and much more.
The Project Management Process: Close
Project evaluation and problem analyses are essential to the success of present and future projects. Develop methods for reviewing and refining project priorities.