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Consensus Consulting Group can help business leadership and team leaders facilitate meetings reaching consensus through effective management tools such as brainstorming, storyboarding, and other group processes. Consensus Consulting Group can help business leadership and team leaders facilitate meetings reaching consensus through effective management tools such as brainstorming, storyboarding, and other group processes.

TITLE: “Get Better Results with a Project Management Mindset”

SUB-TITLE:  “Good Project Management Skills Aren’t Just for Tasks of Mammoth Proportions!”

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn to:

  • View all non-routine work as ‘projects’…having a wide variety of scopes and objectives.

  • Identify each project’s objectives, scope of work, resource requirements, plan-to-completion, schedule/milestones, follow-up’s, and deliverables.

  • Develop the characterization of the project into a full-blown tactical plan for completing the project at hand.

  • Apply project management as the ‘tool-of-choice’ for future work planning and execution.

DESCRIPTION:
This course is appropriate for anyone who must regularly perform non-routine, non-repetitive work assignments. All such work has an element of uncertainty…possibly having never been performed before, or never performed under the prevailing circumstances. Every assignment like these shares a set of common features: a beginning, an objective(s), resource requirements, players/spectators, a schedule, outcomes, and an end. The path to successful outcomes may not be clear at the outset. There may even be lack of clarity or agreement about definition of the problem, the objectives, or the tactics to be used. No matter how large or small the packet of work may seem…if it has these characteristics…it is a ‘project’. As such, the work will respond well to project management tools. This is exactly the set of demands that project management techniques were developed to address. So, why not use project management for better results…“…even if one is not building pyramids for Pharaoh? The course includes a workbook (approximately 50 pages in length) for note-taking and reference. The format of the course is based upon:

  • Informal Lecture with Participation by Attendees

  • Support by PowerPoint Slide Presentation

  • Ample Time for Questions, Answers, and Working Examples


Three principal benefits one could expect to result from participating are:

  1. Predictable, on-time delivery of expected outcomes for non-routine work assignments.

  2. Effective utilization of human, material, and financial resources committed to projects.

  3. Improved levels of participation and sense of ‘ownership’ by individuals…even across a variety of functions…who are contributing to the project outcomes.

There are no requirements or prerequisites for participation in the workshop.

Workshop Syllabus

Workshop Objective Provide participants with a new perspective on non-routine work assignments and arm them with the basic tools for applying time-tested project management tools to achieve more impactful results.

Workshop Format
(Compressed Session, 2 - 3 Hours)

 • Informal Lecture with Participation by Attendees
• Supported by PowerPoint Presentation
• Ample Time Allowed for Q/A
• Workbook of Presentation Slides and Forms Provided

Workshop Format
(Full Session, 5 - 6 Hours)

 • Integrates a Working Example into the Session Above
• Applies StoryBoard Techniques to a Hypothetical Project
• Participants Explore Group Processes for Project Teams
• Uses Role-Playing by Participants
 
Topics Covered "Take-Away" From Each Topic
"Project” Defined What characteristics does a packet of work need to have, in order to qualify as being a ‘project’?
The Project Management Template The classic elements of the project management process are presented and discussed.
Getting Everyone
‘On the Same Page’		 Failure to build consensus on the issues and the tactics before beginning is the #1 cause of perceived failure.  Most projects are matters of ‘team’ collaboration.  A tool for facilitating group processes is essential.  StoryBoarding is presented as an ideal choice for facilitation.
Setting SMART Objectives –
Defining ‘Success’ Up Front		 It is essential to reach agreement amongst stakeholders on what needs to be accomplished, what can be accomplished, and how to measure the impact of project outcomes.
Identifying Resource Needs If resources can’t be articulated and justified…they probably can’t be secured.
Setting Realistic Schedules ‘Stretch’ is good, but don’t let a project team lead itself to unattainable expectations.
Plan the Work There is no substitute for a good plan.
Work the Plan Even the best plan is doomed, if improperly executed.
Follow-Up The consensus plan becomes a management tool for checking items off the ‘To-Do’ list.  Accountability must be built into the project milestones.
After Action Reviews –
Closing the Loop		 Always pause at the conclusion of a project to examine the path the project took…both the good and the bad…to capture any learning that has taken place.

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