 What
is Agile Project Management?
So
often, teams deliver on the technical issues of a project but loose sight
of the business value the project originally promised to achieve.
The team can claim success in that the deliverable meets time,
scope, and budget requirements.
But who’s making sure that the deliverable adds value to the
organization?
And who’s measuring that value against the original business
objective? To be really successful, project managers need to understand
that the business and technical environment surrounding their project is
in a constant state of change, often causing business and project
objectives to diverge.
Agile Project Management equips project leaders and managers to
recognize, understand, and manage the changes that are critical to
delivering real value to an organization through projects.
 This
2.5-day course helps overcome organizational challenges by providing a new
perspective that takes project management to the next level – an agile one!
By integrating core PM mechanics, organizational strategy, and
change management, as well as, looking at the basic infrastructure
necessary to get you started, Agile
Project Management delivers fresh ideas that will reenergize your PM
efforts and arguably provide you with a competitive advantage in today’s
fast-paced world.
 Light
on theory and heavy on practical applications, Agile Project Management explores the most valuable and applicable
elements of PM, how they work together in the real world, and how you can
immediately apply them to advance your business objectives.
The facilitators will use materials from the books that they have
authored along with additional handout resource material.
Each participant will have a unique opportunity to demonstrate
agile project management skills by managing a simulated project team using
a golf course as the venue.
Who
Should Attend an Agile Project Management Program?
- Individuals
who understand the project management basics.
- Individuals
who have some experience with project management, but are looking for
the bigger picture view of how PM can add value to their organization.
- Individuals
and managers who are frustrated that projects aren’t delivering all
that they could or are expected to.
- Individuals
and managers who operate in a dynamic environment and want to take PM
to the next level.
Outcomes
- The
core PM duties and skills necessary to integrate PM into the business
environment.
- The
core management duties and responsibilities of agile organizations
- The
basics of portfolio management.
- How
to build a basic (manual) Project Management Office (PMO) that is not
dependent on an enterprise software implementation.
- How
to achieve your business objectives through project management.
- Self-discovery
of project leadership competencies through multiple forms of online
assessment.
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We
enable participants to achieve focused, fast and flexible
project results by applying the OODA Loop (FAST COMPANY,
June, 2002), concentrating on an accelerated transfer of project
management agility from discovery in the training session to
implementation in the workplace.
Special
Features
- Self
discovery through assessment
- Feedback
from facilitators and peers
- Action-learning
to speed the transfer of learning to the work setting (Some of the
action-learning formats have incorporated golf and orienteering)
- Coaching
to help refine the skills
Program
Offerings
Call
Nick Horney at 336-286-7250 for more information.
Program
Facilitators
 Nick
Horney, Ph.D. - Principal of Agility Consulting and Training, LLC.
Nick's 30 years of international experience as a Naval Diving Officer,
organizational psychologist, author, consultant and business leader have
enabled clients to discover the personal and organizational benefits of
becoming more agile. Nick is the co-author of Project Change
Management, McGraw-Hill, 2000. Nick recently helped develop the criteria for CIO
Magazine's 17th Annual CIO 100 Awards on Agility.
 Gary Chin - Gary is founder and principal of Cross Organizational Consulting
which specializes in increasing organizational performance through the
creation and tuning of business planning, project management, and
operational processes. Gary
is the author of Agile Project Management which provides
concrete strategies and tactics for managing projects in today's
dynamic environment. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in
Marketing from Bentley College.
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