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Project Management Training (ASTD Trainers Workshop)

ISBN: 1562863649
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 111

Authors: Bill Shackelford

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Project Management Training
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction - How to Use This Book Effectively
• Everyone s a Project Manager
• 12 Common Myths about Project Management
• How to Make the Most of This Workbook
• What s in This Workbook and on the CD?
• Elements in This Workbook
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 2: Project Management for Everyone
• The Accidental Project Manager
• The No Time for Planning Trap
• The Project-Oriented Organization
• Common Tools, Common Vocabulary, Exceptional Results
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 3: Getting a Reading on Your Project Management Training Needs
• Avoiding Analysis Paralysis
• Identifying Real Needs
• The Project Office: Its Important Role (and What to Do if You Don t Have One)
• Defining the Scope of Your Project Management Training Effort
• Identifying Your Project Management Angels
• Defining Absolute and Relative Project Management Training Success Factors
• Short-Term and Long-Term Training Goals
• Planning Ahead to Demonstrate ROI
• Methods of Information Gathering
• Reporting Your Findings and Getting Approval
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 4: Designing Your Project Management Training
• Targeting a Wide Audience
• Applied Learning Theory 101: Matching Delivery to Learning Preferences
• Revisiting Short-Term and Long-Term Training Goals
• Crafting an Effective Project Management Curriculum
• Scaling the Training to Accommodate Hectic Schedules
• Project Management Training at the Speed of Light: Creating a Project Management E-Course
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 5: Facilitating Your Project Management Training
• Facilitation: Making the Difficult Seem Easy
• Why Facilitation Is So Important in Project Management Training
• Collaborative Learning in Project Management Training
• Facilitation Times Three: Three Platforms for Facilitating Project Management Workshops
• Anticipating and Addressing Problem Situations and Problem Participants
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 6: Evaluating Your Project Management Training
• What Should Evaluation Measure?
• An Important Evaluation Model You Should Know
• Using and Adapting the Sample Evaluation Forms Provided in this Workbook
• Evaluation Do s and Don ts
• Using the Evaluation Process for Continuous Improvement in Your Project Management Training Effort
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 7: Half-Day Session - Project Management Overview
• Training Objectives
• Materials
• CD Resources
• Sample Agenda: Half-Day Session
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 8: Full-Day Session - Project Management Jump-Start
• Training Objectives
• Materials
• CD Resources
• Sample Agenda: Full-Day Session
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 9: Two-Day Session - Project Management Essentials
• Training Objectives
• Materials
• CD Resources
• Sample Agenda: Two-Day Session
• What to Do Next
• Chapter 10: Topic Modules
• CD Resources
• Adapting Modules
• Adding Modules
• What To Do Next
• Chapter 11: Learning Activities and Training Instruments
• CD Resources
• What to Do Next
• Learning Activity 11-1: Ice-Breaker Mini-Project for One- and Two-Day Session
• Learning Activity 11-2: Defining Project Management
• Learning Activity 11-3: Using the Nine Project Management Knowledge Areas
• Learning Activity 11-4: Post-Project Review Preview
• Learning Activity 11-5: Weighted and Unweighted Selection Criteria
• Learning Activity 11-6: Using Forced-Pair Comparisons
• Learning Activity 11-7: Case Study Introduction - Beginning the Project Charter
• Learning Activity 11-8: Writing SMART Objectives
• Learning Activity 11-9: Applying the Triple Constraint
• Learning Activity 11-10: Identifying Project Stakeholders
• Learning Activity 11-11: Project Stakeholder Good Twins and Evil Twins
• Learning Activity 11-12: Creating a Product or Service Context Diagram
• Learning Activity 11-13: Creating a Project Scope Diagram
• Learning Activity 11-14: Managing Project Risk
• Learning Activity 11-15: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Learning Activity 11-16: Planning Project Communications
• Learning Activity 11-17: Creating a Network Diagram and Calculating Critical Path (Party Exercise)
• Learning Activity 11-18: Creating a Network Diagram and Calculating Critical Path for Case Study
• Learning Activity 11-19: Project Execution Simulation
• Learning Activity 11-20: Creating a Personal Action Plan
• Chapter 12: Project Management Training Instruments
• CD Resources
• What to Do Next
• Appendix Using the Compact Disc
• Computer Requirements
• Printing from the CD
• Adapting the PowerPoint Slides
• Displaying the PowerPoint Presentations
• For Further Reading
• List of Slides
• List of Tables
• List of Handouts and Training Instruments
• CD Content