The Online Workshop
The three sessions
This online event invites you to bring your own experiences and management challenges into play using a set of structured learning events, Zoom-mediated interactions, and personal reflections.
Each session is 90 minutes long with the opportunity between sessions to try out the lessons learned back in the workplace.
Session 1: Plans and planning
- The basis of a project plan: the ‘Mission’ model
- Structure and function of a project plan
- The basic planning process
- Using the nine logs
Exercise 1: Creating a project plan (Using your own or another’s project)
Session 2: Planning for success
- Constraints and critical success factors
- Planning when cost or resource is the real constraint
- When time is of the essence
- Planning in an Agile environment
Exercise 2: Determining the hierarchy of constraints for a project
Session 3: When planning is hard
- Planning stakeholder-intensive projects
- Setting up a project whose purpose is innovation
- Planning when failure is not an option
- The role of risks in planning projects
Exercise 3: Developing effective project logs (using your own or another’s project)