Implement’s Project Management Programme, part 2 – IPMA®

Main content - the programme covers the following main topics:

• Benefits realisation and managing the project to create value for the organisation
• Behaviour associated with projects and how to handle change processes
• Project conflicts upwards, downwards and outwards
• Follow-up concerning accuracy, progress, risks, economy, quality and impact
• Active use of the project’s business case
• Power and influence in the project’s decision-making processes and implementation phase
• Developing followship in the project (how do you get people to join you)
• Your strengths in the role as project manager and your personal development areas
• How to make use of your personal preferences for tasks such as organising, change, analysis and co-operation in projects
• Effective communication between you, your project participants and project stakeholders to avoid talking at cross-purposes
• ”Storytelling” as a means to strengthen project progress and commitment of the project team

Takeaways - after the programme, you will be able to:

• Increase the likelihood that the desired impact of the project is realised
• Resolve conflicts in a constructive and proactive manner
• Succeed better in the negotiating situations you encounter as project manager
• Understand power games in and around your project and increase your influence on the decisions and development of the project
• Strengthen your relationships with stakeholders, project participants and steering committee even further
• Target your communication about the project so that your messages “stick” and promote commitment
• Understand and make use of both your own and your project participants’ different work styles when working under pressure
• Create stories that make it meaningful for project participants and stakeholders to commit to the project