Essential Skills for Sponsoring Projects

Workshop Description

This one-day workshop provides sponsors with the information and skills they need to oversee projects effectively. In the first half of the workshop sponsors will learn the seven keys to project success, how to structure projects, the role of the project office, skill requirements for project leaders, how to effectively empower a project team, how business processes relate to projects, and the role of the sponsor and functional manager.

In the second half of the workshop, sponsors create a charter, review real-life project plans and status reports, and identify problems and solutions to problems they have experienced with projects. At the end of the program, sponsors will have a clear understanding of what their role requires, and how to provide the oversight needed for any project they might encounter.
This workshop is led by specially trained and certified GTG Trainers. Includes participant workbook and a copy of the best selling book, The Project Management Memory Jogger - a Pocket Guide for Project Teams.

Optional materials
Essential Skills for Managing Projects CBT
Five hours of computer based training in streaming video with over 500 slides, and scrolling transcript on CD-ROM in over 30 short lecturettes.

What You Will Learn

• The five stages of project effectiveness
• The seven keys to project success
• The role of the project office
• The role of the sponsor
• How to write a charter
• How to review a project plan
• How to assess status
• How to empower a project team

What You Will Be Able To Do

• Improve project results
• Be an effective sponsor
• Standardize the way projects are done
• Reduce project cycle time

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Who should attend

• Project Managers
• Project Leaders
• Project Team Members
• Project Stakeholders

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