GROW PROJECT ROI BY GROWING YOUR SPONSORS
 
You’ve standardized your project management process, you’ve got management support of project management, but your projects still struggle.  Your project stakeholders, especially your project sponsors, do not know what they are supposed to be doing, so do nothing.  Use the templates, exercises and checklists in this interactive workshop including the “PM Sponsor Kit” to jumpstart your project sponsor and your project success.

This course is currently offered as a 1-day workshop.  Ask about our customization options.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals attending this session are involved in one or more of the following areas:

  • Communicating project status to stakeholders effectively.

  • Communicating trends and business impact to project sponsors to support strategy decisions.

  • Providing project status to project stakeholders.

  • Managing stakeholder expectation throughout the project.

  • Escalating project decisions appropriately to project sponsors.

  • Leading projects that are critical to business success.

WHAT THE SESSION PROVIDES
Our experienced facilitator will lead you through a step-by-step process to grow your project sponsor and stakeholders.  This session will improve your project success by building and maintaining strong sponsor alignment.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARN
After attending this session, the participants will be able to:

  • Adapt project communication to the preferences of the project sponsor and project stakeholders.

  • Clearly define and communicate the project roles responsibilities and accountabilities of project sponsors and stakeholders.

  • Facilitate the business decisions made by the project sponsor that impact the scope and completion of your project.

 

 

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Project Ownership Simulation

 

Managing Project Expectations: Start Well to End Well

•          Documenting Project Stakeholders

•          Building a Project Communication Plan Using Intake Styles

•          The Role of the Project Manager

•          The Role of the Project Sponsor

•          The Role of a Project Stakeholder

•          Juggling Multiple Sponsors

•          Managing the Vendor / Sponsor Relationship

•          A Stakeholder’s Checklist

•          A Sponsor’s Checklist

Rolling With the Punches: Execution

•          Facilitating Effective Business Decision Making

•          Determining When and How to Involve Stakeholders

•          Seek First to Collaborate

•          Insanity is Just a Project Constraint

Troubleshooting

•          What if your sponsor won’t be a sponsor?

•          What if your stakeholders are fighting through your project?

•          What if your project goals are irrational?

•          What if the Project Plan was never done?

 

Final Practicum

Bibliography

Exercises