Management Overview:
Managing the Small Project Climate
Why This Course?
Many of your staff members perform project-related work. Often they don't
manage that work as a project — just something that needs to be done
by the end of the month (or by today!). This is typical of the small project
environment in today's organization.
Small project work requires a unique set of traits: ability to react
quickly, broader skills, and the ability to juggle multiple concurrent
"priority ones". This Manager's Overview identifies the issues
facing the manager of staff who specialize in the "need it yesterday"
small projects. It describes use of The Small Project Guide, a
customizable template approach to improving responsiveness, efficiency
and quality.
Learning Objectives
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Define small projects, and the unique
issues facing them.
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Discuss an approach to managing small
projects that improves consistency, quality and responsiveness, while
producing a documentation trail for each project.
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Identify the minimum techniques needed
for successful small project management, and the most important management
information that you should receive from your staff.
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Describe a prioritization process that
keeps staff focused on the projects with greatest business benefit,
and allows more efficient use of staff, while maximizing customer
satisfaction.
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Describe the role the effective manager
plays in the small project environment.
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Identify an action plan for maximizing
the strengths of a more consistent small project approach. |
Audience
This workshop is for first and second-level managers of small project
staff. A small project typically requires two months of effort or less,
staffed by one or more people with other high priority efforts. Customers
of small projects can also benefit from this overview.
Course Outline (4 hours)
1. Issues of the Small Project Environment
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Defining Small Projects |
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Issues of Small Project Management |
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Unique Traits of the Small Project Manager |
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Resolving Issues With The Small Project
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2. An Approach to Managing Small Projects
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The Small Project Life Cycle |
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Improved Definition and Alternatives Analysis |
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Task List Templates for Small Projects |
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Keys to Estimating of Small Projects |
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Project Prioritization |
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Scheduling and Tracking Small Projects |
3. The Manager's Role
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