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In a safe and confidential environment, Improving Project Performance
includes project management simulations that will have you lurching from
enthusiasm to panic to disillusionment to hope, praise and honour – It’s a
bumpy ride, just as Project Managers experience everyday worldwide!
DURATION
FEES
8 or 4 + 4 days residential
PROGRAMME DATES
8 Day Course:
6-13 Feb 2016
4-11 Jun 2016
10-17 Sep 2016
19-26 Nov 2016
4 + 4 Day Course:
Module 1: 6-9 Feb 2016
Module 2: 7-11 Jun 2016
£5,500 + VAT
Fees include tuition,
course materials, full board
accommodation and lifelong
access to Alumni Membership
Benefits.
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Module 1: 4-7 Jun 2016
Module 2: 13-17 Sep 2016
Module 1: 10-13 Sep 2016
Module 2: 22-26 Nov 2016
Module 1: 19-22 Nov 2016
Module 2: 2017 Dates TBC
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/impp
KEY BENEFITS
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Grow into a more confident and successful project manager
Take control of your role in projects
Realise greater self awareness
Effectively manage yourself, team members and stakeholders
regardless of your role in a project team
Develop communication and presentation skills
Improve the project planning process
Understand the importance of cash flow to you, the team and your
organisation
Be more aware of different contract styles their loopholes and pitfalls
Become skilled at applying the latest in project management
methodology and tools honed from years of Cranfield research.
DELEGATE PROFILE
• All executives involved in projects of any type across a wide range of
industries. This programme is appropriate regardless of your role in the
organisation.
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TAKING YOU BEYOND A
WORLD OF METHODOLOGY
We like to compare project management to flying a plane. You get
into a thin metal tube with wings filled with highly explosive fuel.
You accelerate down the concrete runway at 150mph. Then you are
thrown into the air, accelerated to 550mph and taken to 30,000 feet above
planet Earth.
You then get thrown downwards towards another piece of concrete and
hopefully arrive at your destination in one piece and without incident. The
Pilot has taken you on a project.
Methodologies constitute the project checklist. Yet if you boarded a plane
and the Pilot told you that he knows the checklist backwards but he’s never
flown before you’d hop off the plane!
That’s why you need more than just a methodology to become a successful
Project Manager. You need to hone your people management skills and the
latest research in order to succeed.”
Stephen Carver, John Algar, Bill Johnson
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$135 MILLION LOST
Research by PMI suggests less than
33% of all projects meet their goals
and business purpose and 17% fail
completely. Failed projects cost your
organisation dearly – for every $1
billion invested in failed projects $135
million is irretrievably lost.
The research shows how
organisations that consistently
perform badly against Time, Budget
and Performance measures put 14
times more capital at risk.
The message is simple; organisations
who develop project management
skills and put in place appropriate
processes and systems are much
more likely to achieve the results they
need.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU
AND YOUR ORGANISATION:
• Take control of your role in
projects
• Prepare for a volatile future
• Learn tried and tested project
management tools
• Become more effective at
stakeholder management
• Build and nurture your people
skills
• Are decisive under pressure and
clear in stressful situations.
All these and more are covered in
this important course.
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TIMETABLE
DAY 1
DAY 6
• Registration & Project Overview
• Simulation Exercise - Can you run a
simple project?
• Who is involved in your project and
why you should care
• Group Work
DAY 2
• Collaborative Techniques
• The way you and those around you
learn
• About Teams and your Preferences
• Practical Simulation
• Group Work
DAY 3
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Why we do Projects?
Project Planning and Scheduling
Estimating Simulation
Simulation Project Briefing
Group Work
DAY 4
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Budgets and Cash flow
Monitoring and Control
Execution and Planning
Group Work
DAY 5
• Contracts and Their Relevance to
Project Managers
• Negotiations in Practice
• The Importance of a Research
Capability to Project Managers
• Case Study Research
• Case Study Preparation
DAY 7
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Improving Your Presentation Skills
Case Study Presentation Rehearsal
Dealing with a Crisis
Crisis Management Team
Preparation
• Dealing with the Press using the TV
Studio
DAY 8
• Case Study Presentation Practice
• Case Study Presentations to
Sponsors
• Action Planning & Close
Note: The timetable for the modular
course is split over the 2 modules, 4
+ 4 days.
• Presenting Your Plan to Your
Sponsors
• Simulation Period
• Project Health Checks
• Simulation Continues
• Simulation Post Project Presentations
to Sponsors
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THE ECITB IMPROVING PROJECT PERFORMANCE COURSE HAS
BEEN A KEY DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR MANY OF AIR PRODUCTS’
PROJECT PROFESSIONALS. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
THEORY TAUGHT AND PRACTICED DURING THIS COURSE, ALIGNS
WELL WITH AIR PRODUCTS’ FOCUS ON EFFECTIVE PROJECT CONTROL.
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILL-SET, BOTH HARD AND SOFT, THAT
COURSES LIKE THIS ADVOCATE ARE INTRINSIC TO AIR PRODUCTS’
PEOPLE AS SHOWN BY OUR SUCCESSFUL INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACTIVE
CUP AND OUR HIGH PERFORMING PROJECT ORGANISATIONS.
Howard Railton - DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS, AIR PRODUCTS-EUROPE
THE PROGRAMME WAS INTENSIVE AND EXCELLENT. THE
TOOLS AND SKILLS LEARNT HAVE GIVEN ME KEY BENEFITS
SUCH AS CONTROL OF MY ROLE AS A PROJECT MANAGER,
GREATER SELF-AWARENESS, IMPROVED PROJECT PLANNING
PROCESS, GREATER AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT CONTRACT STYLES
AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES AND MORE POSITIVE
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT.
Raj Savio - PERENCO WITCH FARM
THIS WAS A VERY WELL INVESTED TIME. AN INTENSIVE
JOURNEY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TEST OUR SKILLS IN A
SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
Cristian Testa - TECHNIP E & C
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ADVICE ON PRINCE2® &
IMPROVING PROJECT
PERFORMANCE
Prince2® has done much to raise the
standards of Project Management
and we support its use in the
industry. However Prince2® is only
a methodology. In broad terms
it tells you what to do to manage
your project, who should do it and
when it should be done during the
project’s life cycle.
WHAT IT DOES NOT REALLY
TELL YOU IS HOW TO DO IT
For example, how to create a
project schedule or how to prepare
a cost estimate or how to work with
stakeholders etc.
AN IDEAL SPRINGBOARD
IPP takes you through different
practices and procedures and
allows you to work out which are
the most appropriate approach for
you then lets you test them in our
simulated project environment. It
encourages you to work out how
to do it and not to just follow the
procedure.
FEATURES
Project Management Methodology
APM Accredited Centre(s)
Recognition by various industry
bodies
How to use project management tools
Practical experience through live
hands on simulations
How to use the latest research based
tools, techniques and processes
Faculty who have led high profile
complex projects
Create a balanced project team using
personality profiling
Leadership skills development
How to work with Project Sponsors
Problem Solving
Crisis Management
Live application of stakeholder
management training
Adapting to project change
Qualification
Executive accommodation, all day
refreshments, meals & gym
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/impp
Based on the article “PRINCE2 ® training - fit for purpose
- but what purpose?” by Ruth Murray-Webster & Peter
Simon, first published in Project Manager Today.
PRINCE2 ® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of
Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other
countries.
Prince2®
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PROGRAMME DIRECTORS
STEPHEN CARVER
Stephen is repeatedly rated as one of the top
lecturers at Cranfield. He has a reputation of
taking complex management concepts and
being able to distil them into highly informative
and fun lectures - often using storytelling
techniques.
His attitude is ‘if you haven’t done it - you
shouldn’t be teaching it!’
JOHN ALGAR
John is the Director of the MBA Core
Project Management Programme and is an
internationally recognised teacher. Delegates
report that his lectures are “where the magic
happens!”
John has led large complex projects around
the world and at one time managed 2000
employees for a major oil company.
BILL JOHNSON
Bill’s deep insight and knowledge into sectors
such as automotive, finance, health, telecoms,
oil and gas has enabled him to focus on helping
others develop effective levels of project
management competence.
Bill also designed and is Course Director for
Cranfield’s highly successful APMP course.
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/impp
CRANFIELD MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Our Open Executive Programmes
are held at the Cranfield
Management Development Centre
(CMDC). Full board accommodation
(where applicable) and all sessions
are usually held at this specifically
designed conference centre which
has an established reputation for
being one of the best centres in the
country.
Located in a rural, tranquil setting on
the Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire
border, CMDC is conveniently
situated by the M1 motorway, railway
stations and major airports. We even
have an airport on site!
TAKING CARE OF YOUR
EVERY NEED
We understand that development
doesn’t only happen in the lecture
room. That is why the CMDC
provides inviting lounge areas
where you can network with your
colleagues, restaurants that allow
conversation to flow easily as
you enjoy the excellent cuisine,
and fitness facilities, including a
swimming pool, sauna and exercise
room, to relax and invigorate you at
the end of the day.
A HOME FROM HOME
After a hard day’s learning, lie back
and relax in one of the 186 modern
en-suite bedrooms, all of which are
designed to make you feel at home.
The amenities include free Wi-Fi,
freeview television, a great working
area with appropriate light and desk
space and a music centre to help
you unwind.
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London
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Gatwick
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