Master Classes

Tuesday 24 August 2010, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Includes morning/afternoon tea and lunch

PLEASE NOTE: As Master Classes and Site Visits overlap please book EITHER a Master Class OR a Site Visit.

BOOK NOW to reserve one of these limited places! (If you are unable to select one or more of these options, then this will most likely be because it is alrady fully booked)

All projects are risky, and effective risk management is a key contributor to project and business success. Project risk management is well established, with an agreed process, accepted methods and proven techniques. Despite this consensus, some elements of risk management are still problematic. This intermediate level Masterclass addresses these sticking–points, presenting practical solutions to the most difficult parts of the risk process.

The one-day course covers the following main topics:

• Key concepts: relating uncertainty, risk, threat & opportunity
• Summary of the risk process
• Issues with identification: finding and describing risks
• Aspects of assessment: defining scales and understanding exposure
• Realistic responses: strategies and tactics

The course includes a number of exercises to allow delegates to practise the areas discussed, providing a safe learning environment where skills can be developed before returning to the workplace.

The course is designed for:

• Anyone involved in a project which is subject to uncertainty
• Project managers and risk practitioners who wish to extend their skills to manage risk more effectively
• Any project stakeholder with an interest in maximising the chances of project success

Prior experience of project risk management would be helpful though not essential.

Overview

Benchmark studies tell us time and time again that most projects fail due to inadequate project planning. Don’t be part of this statistic! Learn how to deliver successful project results through sound project launch activities. This workshop introduces simple techniques to effectively initiate and plan your projects. The workshop will focus on sample agenda for each type of workshop, enabling participants the ability to immediately apply what they learn.

Who Should Attend

This seminar is for project managers who are looking to improve project launch activities, ensuring successful project results.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to plan, organize, and conduct a Project Initiation Workshop (PIW)
• Receive an in-depth look at each possible sample agenda items for a PIW
• Understand different methods for project planning through a Project Planning Workshop (PPW)
• Learn how to capture activities/tasks and their relative information so a project schedule can be built
• Examine activity definition, sequencing, duration estimation and ownership associated with project planning

Tools

Participants receive an electronic toolkit containing many of the tools introduced during the workshop.

This interactive workshop is for you if you would you like to:

• Be the star and not always find yourself buried in the chorus
• Harmonise comfortably in any group
• Make you and your ideas heard
• Be memorable and in tune

Objectives

By the end of the workshop participants will have enhanced their skills in:

• Understanding their strengths and blocks to successful conversations
• Knowing how to use their body language to confidently add to their message
• Confidently working a room
• Having impact especially in meetings
• Being memorable (for all the right reasons!)

The overture

• What is positive impact and presence?
• Challenging expectations and assumptions
• Discussion
• Reducing the blocks we put up to success
• The nine things people notice (Yes first impressions matter!)
• Self audit
• Practical work

Enhancing your skills

• Working on your strengths
• Making a positive impact with your body language
• Matching others to create harmony
• Practical exercise
• Listening - the key to being memorable
• Using active listening to engage others

Making the meeting matter

• Participating confidently in meetings with PREP and body language
• Leading the meeting effectively using the ‘speech of orientation'
• Practice

Working the room

• Preparing your way
• How to interact quickly
• Confidently using your body language to break in to groups
• What to say (and not say)
• How to leave a group (or an individual)
• The all important follow up
• Practice including ‘what do I say when I've forgotten your name!'

Where to from here

• It's not over till the fat lady sings!