Project Management Seminar for Engineers and Technical Professionals

Project Management for Engineers and Technical Professionals

Project engineer leading with confidence

Summary

Develop the know how to effectively manage projects. Acquire the hands-on skills that will enable you to rapidly drive projects to achieve outstanding results. Assemble, guide, and motivate project teams.

How You Will Benefit

Thoroughly understand project management
Manage projects successfully
Screen competing project concepts
Collect project input from a broad spectrum of shareholders
Develop a clear and comprehensive project scope
Obtain charter and funding approvals
Define project deliverables
Effectively enlist the help of others and build strong performing teams
Define and enroll necessary resources
Evaluate and mitigate risks
Rapidly develop work breakdown structures (WBS)
Establish schedules that provide an executive view of the work to be accomplished while still capturing the details
Understand the importance of positive control
Establish effective project controls
Conduct effective kick-off meetings
Set expectations and align team members and stakeholders
Establish procurement processes and negotiate key contracts
Execute work effectively
Proactively allocate resources
Manage key relationships
Monitor and report progress
Measure and maintain quality
Manage change
Resolve conflicts
Ensure performance through testing, inspections, and controls
Take corrective actions
Effectively handle performance testing
Formalize final acceptance and hand-off
Obtain financial and administrative closure
Document results and lessons learned
Prepare effective final project reports and archive records

What You Will Learn

The 5 process groups and 9 knowledge areas of project management
The essential elements for chartering a new project
Methods to evaluate competing project concepts
Methods to gain shareholder buy-in
Techniques for defining project scope
Method to define project deliverables
Scheduling tools
Tools to create work breakdown structures (WBS)
Cost estimating techniques
Quality management techniques
Positive control tools
The importance of rhythm to establishing accountability
How cycles of learning impacts performance
How to allocate scarce resources
Tools to communicate expectations and gain feed-back
How to quantify risks
Ways to ensure quality through standards, monitoring, checking, inspections, and testing
How to manage change and minimize scope, cost, and schedule creep
How to develop work-arounds to mitigate risk
Steps to build winning teams through leading, training, and motivating
Tools to monitor progress, identify variances, and correct deficiencies
Processes to manage change
The importance of obtaining formal acceptance to provide financial, legal, and administrative closure
Criteria to communicate lessons learned and capture best practices
Documentation and writing guidelines

Course Format

The Project Management seminar will include instructor led training and student exercises. Students will learn and apply the key principles that drive project success.

The course presents, in an engaging and entertaining manner, the essential elements of the Project Management Institute's standard A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK® Guide). The material provides a foundation to basic and advanced project management.

Who Should Attend

Engineers, technical professionals, and managers seeking to rapidly and effectively manage projects. Professionals seeking a hands-on workshop to learn how to plan and execute projects. Engineers wanting to enhance their confidence in assembling teams and contributing to all aspects of successful projects..

Schedule

Accelerated Learning

Towering Skills combines a full suite of modern learning tools to accelerate your learning. We present the material using visual, audio, and kinesthetic elements so you see, hear, and experience the ideas and concepts. Our teacher’s toolbox includes the Socratic method, problem solving, simulations, role playing, debriefings, storytelling, music, ritual, imagination, and more.

You will enjoy the energy, knowledge, and wit of our instructors. They possess the towering command of their disciplines so they can personalize the instruction to fit your needs.

Each course includes a pre-class and post-class assessment. You also enjoy the support of on-line resources that support your application of the material when you return to your office or jobsite.

What People Say about This Instructor

"Very good project engineer. Possesses a powerful analytical ability and perhaps the greatest gift for putting ideas down in writing of anyone I have worked with."
—— Chris Hartman, retired VP for Parsons Corporation, California

"I witnessed Charles’ work on projects involving a great deal of complexity and large capital requirements... I can honestly say I have never heard or seen of his work being anything but top rate, and that his intellect and professional skills are respected by his staff, his peers, and his division leadership."
—— Raemond L. Beebe, MBA and Entrepreneur, Maryland

Instructor

Charles Maxwell has worked on major engineering and construction projects for 35 years. Beginning as a laborer and iron worker, he rose to manage millions of dollars worth of projects as an engineer and engineering manager. His 30-year engineering career includes work in operations, maintenance, research and development, business development, quality management, project management, and organizational development. His employers have included Brown & Root, Conoco, Universal Oil Products, US Borax and Chemicals, Phelps Dodge, and Freeport-McMoRan Mining. He presents high-energy, entertaining courses that provide the leading-edge techniques and tips that you can immediately apply to your work.