Workshop on Managing Multiple Projects: (Prioritizing and Keeping Your Projects on Track and on Budgets)

Program Overview:

Managing cost in today’s business environment require that we embark on a number of projects simultaneously. Project managers these days have to contend with multiple projects all at once. These projects exist in three dimensions:

• Task oriented projects
• Independent projects
• Interdependent projects

This program is designed to give leverage to project managers saddled with managing multiple projects at the same time.

For Whom:

Project managers at all levels handling multiple projects or preparing to manage multiple projects. A good knowledge in project management is a necessary pre-requisite to participate in this program.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to;

• analyze multiple projects situations;
• prioritize among projects for effective project time scale;
• create realistic schedules using project management tools;
• manage through organizational problems; and
• develop measures in managing project crisis.

Course Outline:

Day 1: Multiple Projects Situation: Overview

• Benefits of managing multiple projects
• Categorizing project portfolio
• Building on Project management for single projects
• Requirements for task oriented and independent projects

Day 2: Challenges with Multiple Projects

• What are your individual project objectives?
• Priorities?
• Project sponsor?
• Corporate project management methodology
• Realistic project scheduling: Mission impossible

Day 3: Resource Management with Multiple Projects

• Getting organized
• Control management system
• Effective delegation
• Resource availability
• Matrix organization

Day 4: Success Strategies for Managing Multiple Projects

• How to analyze multiple project situations
• Clear project priorities
• Active project sponsors
• Project management methodology for multiple projects
• Designing realistic schedules
• Effective delegation

Day 5: Productivity Improvement strategy for

Managing Multiple Projects

• Increase productivity: Learn the tools of PM
• Solve organizational problems
• Automate your PM tools
• Getting out of crisis
• Evaluate your strategies for results.

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, and case studies will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.