Project Management For Executives

This course will provide an overall understanding of the executive direction of project management processes.  It will cover what executives should expect from competent project management, what executives should be prepared to provide to project managers and their teams, and a set of tools for efficiently measuring both the progress of individual projects and the growth of project management competence in their organizations.

Upon completing this course students should be able to: 

• Understand project scope definition and the requirements gathering process.
• Understand project estimating techniques and their strengths and weaknesses.
• Establish and participate effectively in a project authorization system.
• Establish and participate effectively in a project change control system.
• Clearly define useful project progress reporting requirements.
• Conduct effective project gate reviews.
• Deal effectively with project resource constraints.
• Manage project risks across an entire project portfolio.
• Integrate a project portfolio to corporate strategic intent.
• Manage the organizational impacts of a product development focused enterprise.