PMP: Strategic Project Management

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  • Course Content
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Overview

PMP: Strategic Project Management

Course Description

The Strategic Project Management course provides the foundational understanding of project management according to the standard Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) published by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Emerging leaders will gain a practical framework of Project Management along with tools and techniques.

This course will enhance the ability to link a project to an organization’s strategy and ultimately sustain Business Value Delivery. This course’s main expected learning outcome is the ability to author project charters. Other key learning outcomes include how to tailor projects accordingly to match an organization’s culture and practices and manage change in order to maintain outcomes.

Course Content

PROJECTS TODAY

  • Defining projects and characteristics
  • Real world examples

BUSINESS VALUE CREATION

  • Defining Project Management process
  • Project life cycles
  • Enabling business value

ORGANIZATION STRATEGY

  • Introduction to business environments and organization structure
  • Defining organizational project management

THE PROJECT CHARTER

  • Defining and the how-to of authoring project charters

ROLE OF THE PROJECT MANAGER

  • Defining the project manager’s roles and responsivities

PROJECT COMPLIANCE

  • Aligning to org strategy

BUSINESS VALUE DELIVERY

  • Introduction to project benefits management
  • Sustaining strategic benefits

MANAGING CHANGE

  • Introduction to the project manager as a change agent and change manager
Requirements & Materials
Materials

Provided

  • Class notes
  • PMBOK

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for project managers, professionals preparing to transition into a new career in project management, business analysts working with project managers and project teams, technical team leaders, and managers.

Management professionals collaborating on project

What You Will Learn

  • PMI’s framework of Project Management
  • The ability to link a project to an organization’s strategy
  • Business Value Delivery
  • How to tailor projects accordingly to match an organization’s culture and practices
  • Author Project Charters
Project management professional leading business meeting

How You Will Benefit

  • Become a strategically focused project leader in the performing organization.
  • Learn about modern views of the role(s) of the project manager.
  • Gain practical tools & techniques in Project initiation, especially project charter development.
  • Gain deeper understanding of how the project charter describes strategic benefits.
  • Perform at an organizational leader level with spheres of influence.
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I am thinking more strategically and doing things with more insight about the people I work with in order to meet goals that improve overall results, provide quality service, and produce better products.

- Howard Dickens
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