Although many successful project management practitioners are “accidental project managers,” successful projects should not be “accidental.”  Research studies have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success.  By utilizing major contributors to project success and avoiding the leading causes of project failure, project success should be predictable and repeatable, instead of a hit-and-miss occurrence. 

This workshop describes a recommended approach to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects.  The focus is on three major contributors to project success:

• requirements management processes
• formal methodology and standardized tools and infrastructure
• executive management support

A requirements management process, Collect Requirements, is one of two new project management processes in PMI’s PMBOK^® Guide, Fourth Edition. Requirements management is an essential part of the standard for project management. 

Executive management support can make or break a project!  And formal project management methodology, and standardized tools and infrastructure helps with making successful project delivery a repeatable process.

These critical success factors, when implemented and achieved in collaboration with stakeholders, can lead to consistent delivery of successful projects.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide) areas covered: Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Quality Management, and Project Communication Management.

Who should attend?

• Project Managers and Business Analysts who have responsibility to run projects and/or develop project management processes, requirements management processes, formal enterprise-level project development/management methodologies.
• Program Managers, Program Management Office (PMO) Managers/Directors, responsible for implementing projects,  interested in establishing standard project/program management processes for their organization. 
• PM Consultants interested in understanding the benefits and challenges in delivering successful projects consistently, utilizing Requirements Management Processes in improving customer satisfaction, project performance and the organizational performance.
• Project management practitioners interested in developing project management strategies and in utilizing project management process inputs, tools, techniques and outputs in a project environment.

What will my seminar experience cover?
Delivering Successful Projects … Every Time – Seminar Outline

•    Module 1:  Introduction
• Is your project successful?
• Definition of Project Success
• Reasons for Project Success / Failure
•     Module 2: Requirements Management Processes
• Requirements Planning
• Requirements Development
• Requirements Gathering and Elicitation
• Requirements Definition
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Verification
• Requirements Change Management
•     Module 3: Standard Project Management Methodology
• Project Development Life Cycle
• Project Management Life Cycle
• Standardized Tools and Infrastructure
• Standardized Project Management Methodology
•     Module 4: Implementing Projects through a PMO
•     Module 5: Executive Management Support and Sustained Executive Commitment
•     Module 6: Summary: Consistent Delivery of Project Success

How will I benefit?
Participants will be able to develop and enhance their contributions to their  organization by being able to:

• Identify the major causes for project failures and understand the reasons for project success
• Learn how Requirement Processes can be utilized to address project failures/problems and improve project success
• Implement Requirement Management processes and improve organizational performance
• Utilize formal project management methodology, standardized tools and infrastructure
• Utilize the PMO to implement standard enterprise-level program/project management
• Gain executive management support
• Get sustained executive commitment
• Learn an approach for consistent delivery of successful projects
  

What instructional materials will be used?

• Case Studies
• Individual Exercises
• Group Exercises