15. Increasing PM Competence

Are you the weakest link? Projects succeed or fail based on how well each of the key stakeholders performs their assigned and assumed roles. And yet, especially in larger projects, just one person who fails to embrace and deliver their results can void the efforts of the rest of the team.

This Learning experience uses ProjectExperts’ innovative PM CompModel^SM to identify key project roles, then to assess the Competences participants need to succeed in those roles. As a result, participants develop an action plan to fill the gaps, and follow through to evaluate the impact on project success.

The 1-day version uses our automated PM CompModel (requires a notebook or desktop computer for each one or two persons) or a paper worksheet (that simulates many of the CompModel features) in the .5-day version. The .5 day version suggests Development Planning as a post-class exercise.

Learning Objectives

	Identify the roles participants fill in projects, and the most important Competences to demonstrate, to improve PM Performance and project success.
	Perform self-assessment against the key role Competences, and identify your areas of greatest strengths, and greatest gaps.
	For the greatest strengths, identify ways to leverage them in your projects and your organization.
	For the greatest gaps, identify action plans to overcome them, and develop a timetable for re-evaluation, and identifying the benefits of your improvements.
	For key project stakeholders, identify ongoing ways to further improve project Competences.
	For Project Managers, identify the different types and levels of Project Manager Certification, the primary criteria that differentiates one from another, and examples of projects where each level is a minimum Competence requirement.

Audience
This module is perfect for intact project teams, including Sponsor, Resource Managers, Project Office Staff, Project Manager, Team Leaders and Team Members. It is great for Managers of Project Managers and Teams, who realize that increased project competence results in improved performance. It will also benefit individual Managers, Project Managers, and Project Office Staff.

Learning, Education or Training Managers who attend can help your organization apply a targeted improvement approach to project management competences, rather than relying on Just Too Late or random public class attendance across a variety of PM vendors with inconsistent methods.

This module is a key resource for those who are improving Training Management processes as part of Project Management maturity improvement or in their Capability Maturity Model quest.

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