Project Management Plus
(The Human Side of Project Management)
(Two Day Workshop)
Faculty: Steve Bender

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Research over a 10-year period found that technical factors were listed rarely out of hundreds of reasons. All other times the, people and behavioral factors were the principal cause of failure.
This intensive training on ‘Managing Projects Well’ is based on the expert’s research and the research conducted by both The Project Management Institute (PMI) and The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), two leading, professional associations of project managers and software quality masters.

Workshop Overview

This intensive workshop on PM Plus teaches you “what you need to know” to either lead or be members of a project team.
Well known around the world for its pragmatic, interactive approach, this intensive seminar experience is a favorite of project managers and team members alike, as well as for those just starting their journey.
It is possible to become PMP certified and still not have the real-world experience needed to navigate today's projects. However, many of the principles, teachings, and experiences required to become a PMP are intrinsic to this seminar.
Based on the famous book and taught by the author, Steve Bender, this powerful hands-on seminar teaches you how to effectively run projects and to staff them as a team member.
90% of a PM's job is communication- Project Management Institute (PMI)*, which is almost 90% of this seminar.
Since this seminar is based on the real world of projects, real reasons for project success and failure are discussed, with practical solutions. You are taught specific powerful Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques to rapidly change your own methods and behaviors in the way you choose.

Workshop Objectives

This course on PM Plus teaches what you "need to know" to either lead or be members of a project team. It discusses the "real world" of projects.
This course is based on intensive research conducted by both The Project Management Institute (PMI) and The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), two leading edge, professional associations of project managers and software quality masters. Our findings indicate that a few things such as communication, relationship building, time management, meeting management, teamwork and requirements gathering, account for not a little, but a full 95 percent of project success.

*This seminar is not specifically designed as an examination prep course for the PMI certified project manager PMP exam. It is possible to become certified and still not have the real-world actual experience needed to navigate today's projects. However, many of the principles, teachings, and experiences required to become a PMP are intrinsic to this seminar.

Workshop Contents

• Definition of projects-What is and what is not a project
• Creativity Techniques and Requirements gathering
  Role of creativity in technical areas. Detect, Test and Remove ambiguities in project requirements, How to elicit requirements correctly
• Team Building
• Roles of Team members and Project Managers
• Conflict Management and dealing with criticism
  Methods and self-assessment, Being immune to criticism- there is no failure, only feedback
• Stress Management
  Changing micro-management, Alternative quick anti-stress method, Drill and practice, Initiatives taken by team to get the job done
• Project Quality
  Technical TQM overview- Why projects fail, Why is quality squeezed, Cost of (poor) quality, Analysis of Quality
• Technical and Behavioral Project Pressures
  Limited role of tools, Technical overview, Steps we skip and What makes the difference
• Technical Project Management Review
  Critical path diagraming- The best people are on the critical path & the trainees are off the critical path
• Work Planning
  Personal strengths and needs, Time wasters, Changing bad habits right away, How to restructure your day and Double the productivity
• Effective staffing, Working and Motivation
• Communication Quality
  Biggest offenders and Antidotes
• Presentation and team effectiveness
  The power of metaphors, Team dynamics, Dysfunctions and remedies, Importance of problem definition and Voicing assumptions
• Change Management
  Key allies, Critical mass of support, Dealing with reactions and Making improvement
  

Take Aways

• Detailed surveying and interviewing of participants for course tailoring
  > A copy of the author's book, “Managing Projects Well” ($42), available for sale
• Free audio CD: Stress Prevention Technique, ($30)
• Global web log website access for information sharing among past participants
  

Who should Attend

This is an advanced course recommended for

• Project Managers and Team Members with 5 6 years of experience
• Process Group Members
• Trainers
• Professionals willing to try unique and unsual methods to change things now with lasting results (This course teaches advanced NLP techniques.)
• Professionals who want to make the difference using the 5 essential “key ingredients” of project success
  

Meet Steve Bender

• Steve Bender has been active in Projects, Requirements, and Quality for over 3 decades across 4 continents.
• He is Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA), and Certified Quality Examiner (CQE).
• He has been a leading speaker on Project Management and advises some of the world’s largest companies.
• The average productivity gain people have found using his project productivity techniques is a factor of two, with triple and quadruple effectiveness not uncommon.
• He is author of “How to Achieve a Total Quality Life”, a nationally advertised Audio Tape series on the quality of personal and professional life (seen on CNN, Lifetime, and Channel America).
• He also authored the highly successful book “Managing Projects Well”, on "What they don't teach you in project management school.”
  

Meet Theresa Morris

She has participated in numerous areas in instructional design, training evaluation, including the management of front-end, formative, and summative course evaluation, training certification, web-based training, and computer-based testing, including submitting materials for the successful ACE Certification for the Management Certification Program, for the Western Management Development Center (WMDC).

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