Complex IT Project Management

Course Content:

Complex PM – A definition
o Do you have the basics nailed?
o Managing large/complex and or multiple projects – differences
o Coordinating multiple stakeholders

Managing in a rapidly changing business environment
o Scope changes
o Schedule changes
o Time constraints
o Bleeding edge approach/technology

Resource Issues
o Handling large teams
o Virtual teams
o Part-time team members
o International teams
o Keeping the focus

Managing project managers and team leaders
o Being supportive, but not micro managing
o Situational leadership
o Knowing YOUR weaknesses

Control techniques
o What processes to establish
o Realizing you’re in trouble EARLY
o Knowing when/how to kill a project

Advanced Risk Management

Contract management
o Writing a good Request For Proposal (RFP)
o Responding to a RFP
o Writing a Statement of Work

Implementation Techniques

Recovering troubled projects

Audits
o Preparing for an audit
o Surviving an audit
o Post-audit procedures
o Performing an audit