Planning for Modern Projects

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)