Workshop on Managing Projects in Crisis: (A Practical Approach for Rescuing Projects in Crisis)

Program Overview:

Managing projects in crisis can be extremely stressful and demanding. This course is designed to help project managers apply availably tools and techniques to successfully take over a project in crisis. Managers managing projects in crisis must understand why such project is having problem and the underlying symptoms and contributing factors.

Attention must be paid to challenges of problem detection, team disintegration, communication issues, loss of project control, management complexity caused by client and internal management. This training will be beneficial to all business managers who wish to reverse the fortunes of a problem project to deliver to clients’ goals and expectations.

For Whom:

Project managers, project team members, sponsors and others stakeholders interested in the project management process that deliver results.

Learning Objectives:

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

• scale the actual project complexity level;

• select the right tools and techniques to help refocus stakeholders and project teams to achieve project objectives and goals;
• take action for project in crisis that will stabilize the project management process;
• use team dynamic to rebuild project team;
• prepare a revised business case and planning for project recovery;
• develop steps for problem analysis, decision making and recovery strategies;
• make winning a habit and create success out of despairing situations;

• motivate and manage the team during the stressful periods; and
• manage emerging risks and implement contingency actions.

Course Outline:

Day 1: Managing Project in Crisis: Overview

• Why projects get in trouble
• Common attitudes and practices that can lead to problem
• The symptoms of a project in trouble
• Early detection strategies

Day 2: Manager’s Challenges in Managing Project in Crisis

• Impact of being boxed in to a project
• Increased demand of the assignment
• Handling the high visibility of the project

Day 3: Recovery Step 1: Crisis Acknowledgement       

• Define the problem for the crisis
• Perspectives from sponsors, managers, and customers

       Recovery Step 2: Problem Analysis                                                    

• Review the major areas of potential problems
• Recognize potential problems associated with the

different processes

Day 4: Recovery Step 3: Corrective Action Planning

• Key steps for short term corrections
• Develop the follow-up plan for long term recovery

Rebuilding Team Dynamics

• Analyze current team dynamics that prevent

cohesiveness

• Tools and techniques that aid in rebuilding
• Establishing confidence in each individuals

Day 5: Recovery Step 4: Recovery Control

• Tools, techniques and concepts that will measure

the recovery process

• Case study:
• Proposing immediate and long-term recovery steps
• Course review and class discussion

Training Methodology

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