Advanced Project Leadership - Organization, Strategy and Business Needs


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Advanced Project Leadership: Organization, Strategy and Business Needs teaches project managers how to be successful managing high profile projects in large corporations by learning how to navigate different organization types, and what role project management plays in the different organization types. You will acquire the skills necessary to determine company strategy and the process to use that knowledge to determine whether or not the project supports company strategy. Lastly, you will learn what questions to use when preparing a Project Charter that is consistent with company strategy.

Target Audience
Project managers who are responsible for managing all aspects of a project from start to finish, for managing multiple projects, and for maximizing utilization of resources to achieve the project goals. There are no prerequisites required for this course.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Advanced Project Leadership - Organization, Strategy and Business Needs

  • Identify the different types of organizations
  • Identify major characteristics of each type of organization
  • Identify potential strengths and weaknesses in project management of each organization type
  • Identify the project team composition in different types of organizations
  • Identify the roles of project team composition in different types of organizations
  • Identify the approach to be used by an internal and an external project manager in each type of organization
  • Identify key elements of a company strategy
  • Identify the strategies that companies use
  • Identify internal and external resources to determine company strategy
  • Identify the process of determining company strategies
  • Identify the need for a project charter
  • Identify the key questions to ask when preparing a strategic project charter
  • Identify the need for a Statement of Work
  • Identify the method for analyzing and matching business needs to strategy
  • Identify the process for linking high-level deliverables to strategy
  • Identify how the type of organization could cause risk
  • Course Number:
    en_US_41524_ng