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Recovering a Troubled Project
(Half-day, 4 PDUs)
Course Overview
Every Project Manager at some point in his or her career has or will be confronted with a project that is in trouble of was in trouble when they got it. The following are those indicators that will let you know that : “Houston, we have a problem”.
a) Behind schedule and no visible way to get back on.
b) Over budget and like the schedule, no end in sight.
c) Moral on the project has cratered.
d) The Sponsor(s) and stakeholders are restless and have lost confidence.
The first action is to understand how much more tolerance the sponsors and stakeholders will tolerate.
- The second action is to assess the survivability of the project.
- The third action is to create a renovated Statement of Work – priced.
- The fourth is to pitch it to the stakeholders.
- And, more importantly, the PM must survive.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion and referencing the course material, the student should be able to:
- Determine if a project is in “trouble”.
- How to assess, if you have the choice, if you want to tackle the restoration.
- How to keep the “troubled project” on a respirator while an assessment is made as to what is fundamentally wrong with the project.
- How to make fundamental changes to the project in order to improve the prospects of success.
- How to work with management to accurately portray the prospects.
- How to be the stern, unemotional, executioner required for this job!
Course Agenda:
- What Happened Here?
- Do You Really Want to Join This Party?
- If You Do or Don’t – What Do You Do?
- What Are The Attributes Of A Recovery Manager?
- How Do You Know There is A Problem?
- Now What Do You Do?
- Now that you know there is a problem…
- The two SOWs…
- Auditing – What is that you need to know
- In the Interim…Stemming the bleeding
- Analyzing the data
- Pre-negotiating with the Stakeholders
- Negotiating with the stakeholders
- Do you have a “go” or not?
Who Should Attend:
This course is for Project Managers, Program Managers and professionals at all levels who are eager to gain added insight into how to better position themselves for moving into a leadership role or want to refine and improve their overall leadership demeanor.
Those who should attend this course include:
- Project Managers
- Program Managers
- People Managers
- Consultants
- Directors
- IT Professionals
- Educators
- Professionals and Managers in small, medium and large organizations.
Instructor(s) Who Lead this Course:
