201 Program and Portfolio Management

Multiple Projects

Master advanced techniques for managing, conceiving, planning and controlling multiple and cross-departmental projects.

Communication Skills

Gain new techniques for communication with and building consensus and support among executives.

Methodology

Learn a methodology that your project managers can apply to all projects

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Build Your Career with Personal Mentoring

You build professional skills by actually managing a project and receiving guidance and coaching from an experienced pro. You don't master these techniques sitting in a class of 100 people listening to an academic talk about theory.

How Training with a Mentor Works

You study when it fits your schedule and your mentor is available by phone or email whenever you have questions about applying a technique. Your mentor gives you written feedback on all your assignments.  You also practice techniques in live meetings over the web.  Your mentor plays the role of the project executives and asks you the kind of questions executives ask about project prioritization, planning and status.

Hands-on Learning

In each of the modules of this advanced course you have reading and lectures where you learn advanced program techniques. Then you apply it to a real case study in a project simulation with your mentor who gives you feedback on all your work and will ask you to redo it if it's not correct.

Give Live Presentations & Get Feedback

In live presentations made privately to your mentor via webcam, you will practice presenting ideas and proposals to executives and answering their questions.

You Set the Schedule: Study When You Wish

Start the course whenever you wish and work as your schedule permits. There are no rigid time schedules and you may take up to 1 year to complete the course.

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Advanced Techniques

1. Analyze a struggling organization's portfolio of projects and develop recommendations for improvement.

2. Review a project progress report and use the information to develop a plan to resolve resource utilization problems, conflicting priorities and executive turf wars.

3. Do a high level design of a major strategic initiative to address a crisis within the organization.

4. Work through high-level estimating and risk management for the new program.

5. Apply advanced motivational and incentive reward techniques for the project managers in the organization.

5. Analyze the portfolio of projects and lead the executives in a priority setting process that will free resources.

	Lectures, Textbook & Case Studies by Dick Billows, PMP