Rescuing Troubled Projects Training
(FW855)
2 Day Course
This seminar is designed as a graduate-level course for experienced project managers. It is designed to reinforce many of the project management “Best Practices” taught in other project management classes. It focuses specifically on how to recognize that a project is in “trouble”, and concentrates on the actions that project managers need to take to assess, and ultimately plan to recover or terminate a project that has experienced significant difficulties. Tools and templates will be presented and put into context through various exercises and scenarios and case studies.
Develop working definitions of project success, failure and trouble.Discuss how and why projects get in trouble.List and discuss the root causes of project failure. Discuss techniques for performing project reviews.Determine the type of project review requiredDevelop the Intervention Plan for fixing a troubled project.Discuss techniques and strategies for recovering a troubled project.Discuss techniques and strategies for terminating a troubled project.Discuss project closure activities
Day One Introduction - Session Overview
- Class Norms
- Resource Table -- Homework
- Key Questions
Project Success and Failure - Exercise -- Define Success and Failure
- Successful Outcomes
- Failed Project Objectives
- What About Casualties?
- Zones of Success/Failure
- Project Outcomes
- Exercise -- Identifying Trouble Indicators
- Labels for Projects in trouble
- Runaway Projects
- Crunch Mode
- Death March
- Project Disasters
- Troubled Project
- Exercise -- Root Causes of Troubled Projects
- Questions -- Root Causes
- Acceptable ranges for Variance
- Range of Problem Projects
- Team Exercise - develop a working definition of a “Troubled Project”
Project Reviews - Diagnosing Project Problems - Project Status Meetings
- When do you want to find out about problems?
- Project Audits or Delivery Review
- Objectives of Audit
- Project Delivery Report
- Planning for the Project Audit
- Exercise -- Review an Assessment Report
- Project Health Check
- Project Health Check Template
- Troubleshooting Review
- Troubleshooting Process
- Troubleshooting Review Ground Rules
- Team Exercise - Develop a template for conducting a Troubleshooting Review.
- Review Focus Areas
- Discussion - How are Quality Issues addressed on troubled projects?
Day Two Student Presentation of White Papers Project Rescue - Recovering from problems - Project Rescue Effort
- Types of Project Rescue
- Runaway Project Remedies
- Exercise -- Project Rescue Process
- Rescue Project Charter
- Turnaround Strategy
- Analyze Current Position
- Define Target Position
- Exercise - Ideal Solution Element
- Evaluate Strategic Options
- Generate Plans & Endorse Strategy
- Outcomes for Project Rescue
- Other Ramifications
- Checkpoints
- Discussion - Why is it a challenge to terminate a project?
Terminating a Troubled Project - Planning and Executing a Project Termination - Project Termination needs to be planned
- Why terminate a project?
- Making the termination decision
- Guidelines for project termination
- Lessons Learned
- Team Discussion -- Project Closure
- Final Exercise
Class Closure
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Pre-Class
- Verify your learning Objectives
During-Class
- Capture Tools, Q&A, demos and white boards
- Screen Sharing
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- Feedback on Lab work
- On-the-fly Adjustments to meet your needs
After-Class
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| Onsite Setup Instructions
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Computer Hardware and software is not required for this class. Workshops will be team based and a workbook will be provided to capture the participants work.
The instructor will require projection equipment that is capable of projecting the instructors monitor onto a screen clearly visible by all students participating. A whiteboard and at least two flip chart easels, along with dry erase and flip chart markers, should be available in the room.
Tables should be arranged in pods to accommodate teams of 3-5.
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Rescuing Troubled Projects Training is now available as a remote access course.
You can now take open enrollment courses in our Los Angeles and Boston facilities without traveling. Remote Access to our ongoing schedule of instructor-led courses will allow you to fully participate real-time in expert-level lectures, demos and labs that have made DevelopMentor a leader in software development training. We've added new collaboration tools and prepared our instructors for remote students in class so you will be fully engaged in the learning process.
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| Mentoring
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Quickly assimilate what you learn in Rescuing Troubled Projects Training and apply it to your project by taking advantage of our Mentoring services.
Our dedicated mentors facilitate your team's development. We add value to your business by enhancing the talent of your employees and maximizing their productivity. Mentors integrate the methodologies, technologies and practical experiences of the classroom through an on-the-job and on-the-project experience that produces real-world results.
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Rescuing Troubled Projects Training is also available as an onsite course.
If you have a group of people to train, an on-site course, delivered at your facility may be the most cost-effective solution for you. Our staff will work with your team to plan and produce the best possible result based on your team's size, experience levels, project needs and longer-term goals. We can structure a training course, or broader program, tailored to meet the specific needs of your organization. We'll make sure that any lab exercises run on the platform you use and we can tailor the lab exercises to be appropriate to your business. If you prefer to focus on just the pure technological principles, we can also deliver courses at your facility following the same format as our public curriculum.
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