Administrative professionals now handle work that used to go to specialists, and much of it is really a project. Because these assignments often aren't recognized as projects, few admins get the training or tools to manage them well. This 90-minute project management webinar fills that gap.
You'll adapt widely used project management approaches to your role: defining the business problem, analyzing stakeholders, gathering requirements, building a work breakdown structure and managing the critical path. The session also covers budgets, risk, communication and monitoring scope, schedule, cost and quality.
You don't need the title to be a successful project manager, and these skills carry into every assignment and prepare you for more advanced work.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
A large new assignment with no team, decisions made elsewhere and an already full schedule can shake anyone's confidence, especially when roadblocks appear or risks come true. The fundamentals of project management, used on projects around the world, give you proven techniques to get results on time and on budget.
The session suits administrative professionals, executive assistants, office managers, supervisors and small business owners.
AREA COVERED
The context for project management
- What projects are and where they fit
- Project success factors and pitfalls
Project initiation
- Stating the project's business problem
- Stakeholder analysis
Planning and scheduling
- Discovering requirements
- Analyzing scope, constraints and assumptions
- Creating a work breakdown structure and tactical plan
- Managing the critical path
- Scheduling, assigning responsibility and tracking
Cost management
- Managing your budget
Risk management
- Defining risks in a risk impact matrix
- Tracking, managing and escalating risk proactively
Human resource and communication plan
- Managing people and communicating effectively
Execution, monitoring and control
- Managing and monitoring scope, schedule, cost and quality
Project closure
- Applying lessons learned for continuous improvement
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- State the business problem your project will solve
- Replace a to-do list with tasks organized into logical groups in a plan
- Manage your project team of key stakeholders
- Track progress and recover quickly when things slip
- Show that a project was completed successfully
- Apply lessons learned to the next project
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Administrative Professionals
- Executive Assistants
- Office Managers
- Supervisors
- Small Business Owners
A large new assignment with no team, decisions made elsewhere and an already full schedule can shake anyone's confidence, especially when roadblocks appear or risks come true. The fundamentals of project management, used on projects around the world, give you proven techniques to get results on time and on budget.
The session suits administrative professionals, executive assistants, office managers, supervisors and small business owners.
The context for project management
- What projects are and where they fit
- Project success factors and pitfalls
Project initiation
- Stating the project's business problem
- Stakeholder analysis
Planning and scheduling
- Discovering requirements
- Analyzing scope, constraints and assumptions
- Creating a work breakdown structure and tactical plan
- Managing the critical path
- Scheduling, assigning responsibility and tracking
Cost management
- Managing your budget
Risk management
- Defining risks in a risk impact matrix
- Tracking, managing and escalating risk proactively
Human resource and communication plan
- Managing people and communicating effectively
Execution, monitoring and control
- Managing and monitoring scope, schedule, cost and quality
Project closure
- Applying lessons learned for continuous improvement
- State the business problem your project will solve
- Replace a to-do list with tasks organized into logical groups in a plan
- Manage your project team of key stakeholders
- Track progress and recover quickly when things slip
- Show that a project was completed successfully
- Apply lessons learned to the next project
- Administrative Professionals
- Executive Assistants
- Office Managers
- Supervisors
- Small Business Owners
Speaker Profile
Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
Rebecca Staton-Reinstein, Ph.D., and President of Advantage Leadership, Inc. works with leaders and their organizations to Increase your bottom-line results through strategic leadership, engaged employees, and delighted customers in all economic sectors. Draw on her proven ability to mentor you through major change, customizing successful solutions to your complex issues. For over 25 years, Rebecca has contributed value as an executive, manager, educator, and consultant, honored on four continents. She is a Ph.D. in organizational development, a National Speakers Association Legacy Professional Member, and St. Petersburg Engineering Academy Foreign Member and author of books on strategic leadership and planning.
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