Chapter 3: Getting a Reading on Your Project Management Training Needs

What ‚ s in This Chapter?

• Ways to avoid ‚“analysis paralysis ‚½

• Ways to identify real project management training needs

• How to partner with the project office; what to do if you don ‚ t have one

• How to define and manage the scope of your project management training effort

• How to find your project management ‚“angels ‚½

• How to identify absolute versus relative success factors

• How to set short-term and long- term training goals

• How to plan ahead to demonstrate return-on-investment

• Ways to gather information

• How to report your findings

By now it may be clear that project management training can be of great benefit to your organization. Establishing common tools, practices, and terminology can help everyone involved in projects communicate better, work more efficiently , and apply lessons learned to future projects. A program of project management training can help prepare everyone who works on projects to use the same tools, apply the same practices, and communicate in a common language. How you define this program will determine its scope and help you draw a blueprint for your organization ‚ s training effort ‚ for now and for the future.