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Explore the Program Management Office from inception to completion in an environment that simulates the pressures under which a program manager might function. Focus on maximizing the use of available resources and ensuring delivery of the objective on time and within budget. Each evening, work in teams to practice the skills you learned during the day. In this way, you will gain a practical grasp of the key elements to a successful program. A hybrid methodology is used, drawing from advisory experience at major companies. Microsoft Project will be used as the technology tool.
| Topics include: |
• Discounted cash flow for cost-benefit
• Evaluating alternatives
• Human resource issues |
• Program Model
• Project Life Cycle
• Using GANTT charts |
| Benefits of attendance: |
• Experience the key tools necessary to manage a project
• Identify risk and issues, and methods of mitigating their potential impact
• Learn skills to manage staff at all levels and from different departments |
• Maintain program control
• Quantify the benefits of a project to enable comparative decision-making
• Understand the Project Life Cycle and accompanying documentation |
| Staff from the following areas should attend: |
• Administration
• Corporate Planning or Corporate Strategy
• Finance |
• Information Technology
• Operations
• Trading |
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