Project Management Leadership Series

Key points of discussion:

• How to have an effective early trigger mechanism?
• How to ensure that all key issues during project execution are captured & mitigated?
• How important is Stakeholder Analysis especially in context of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)?
• Is Change Management integral part of Project Execution Plan?
• How is sub-contractor & vendor management in EPC projects defined in Project Execution Plan?
• Which Monitoring & Controlling metrics are defined in Project Execution Plan? 

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Key points of discussion:

• What are the key challenges in Agile adoption?
• What are the roles and responsibilities for a Manager or Leader of an organization transitioning to Agile?
• What skills need to be adopted by the Leader to establish true Agile environment?
• What characteristics should be avoided by the Leaders to strengthen true Agile environment?
• Difference between Agile Leader and Traditional Leader?

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Key points of discussion:

• Why do Most Projects Fail?
• What is Project Management?
• What is Business Analysis?
• What is the Role of Project Manager v/s Business Analyst?
• How to have one winning formula for the success of project?

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Key points of discussion:

• PM as a key success factor in Indian IT.
• What separates us from the Global scenario 
• Next step towards building global capability
• Introduction to Program Management
• What does it take scale up?

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Description:

More often, we see project managers asking what should I improve on to become a leader. Well, not all can become a leader. However, Leadership is a practice, similar to project management. The practice requires the person to wear various hats and think differently, in different perspectives. What are those areas, what are those roles a leader has to switch to, what should a project manager do to start practicing leadership along with project management. Lets discuss some areas during this Webinar.  

“PMPs can earn 1 PDU under Category B for attending this webinar session.” To know more about how to claim PDU's Please refer the link below: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wURgsCVGpy37gC1YcDoiLRxDjujx7XtV-EwTWSXZc8/edit  

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Description:

Gone are those days when monolithic IT systems were developed and maintained by exclusive communities of IT professionals confined to technology-savvy regions of the world. The challenges of software engineering during the 21st century are quite different and multifold because of factors such as globalization and technology evolution. In order to face these challenges, 21st-century IT professionals will need to transform successful practices into habits so that these practices become second nature. 

In this webinar, I am going to discuss the seven habits that are essential for today’s IT professionals. These seven habits empower IT professionals to prepare, act, collaborate, optimize, and influence effectively in their career. This webinar will help Project Managers in understanding the importance of leadership skills and building high-performance teams.

“PMPs can earn 1 PDU under Category B for attending this webinar session.” To know more about how to claim PDU's Please refer the link below: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wURgsCVGpy37gC1YcDoiLRxDjujx7XtV-EwTWSXZc8/edit  

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Key points of discussion:

• What makes agile projects deliver superlative results?
• What are the charateristics of an Agile team?
• What is self-organizing team?
• What does cross-functional team mean?
• What are the charatersitics of self-organizing teams?
• What are the challenges in bulidng self-organizing teams?
• How to build a self-organizing teams?
• What are some of the good practices in solving people-performance issues? 

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Description:

Agile project management is an iterative and incremental way of rapid delivery of high-quality software that generates business value and aligns exactly to the needs of the customer. Market survey has shown that 75% of the organizations implementing Agile will not succeed in getting the benefits that they hope from their Agile adoption. This webinar, through practical and real life examples, explores the challenges organizations typically face that make their Agile implementation turn fragile.

The key learning of this session are the warning signs to watch out for during Agile adoption. 

“PMPs can earn 1 PDU under Category B for attending this webinar session.” To know more about how to claim PDU's Please refer the link below: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wURgsCVGpy37gC1YcDoiLRxDjujx7XtV-EwTWSXZc8/edit

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Key points of discussion:

• Essence of e-Governance
• Expectations from an e-Governance Project
• e-Governance Project Life Cycle
• Project management complexities
•  Issues and challenges
• Need for Capacity Building 

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Key points of discussion:

• Understanding the difference between strategic and execution risks
• Risk identification and management techniques
• Creation of risk index linked project assessment models

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Key points of discussion:

• Common misunderstandings when it comes to communications especially the cultural sensitivity
• Criticality of communications in ensuring success of projects
• Subtle aspects that the PM team may not consider critical during the Project Planning and execution phases

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Key points of discussion:

• Does a PM need to be a leader?
• What we can learn from other leaders?
• What can we learn from our success and failures?
• What can be done to grow as a leader?

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Key points of discussion:

• The challenges in the current healthcare delivery and need of the hour?
• How can we compare project management principles to patient care activities and visualize patient care as a project?
• What is the derived value of this concept to the stakeholders in healthcare
• How does this concept help achieving coordinated patient care?
• Discuss challenges and solutions in the application of such a concept

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Key points of discussion:

• How ''government'' looks at projects and how the entire process of project planning is organized
• Scarce resource allocation vs. some sense of expediency
• Various components of government projects such as Government’s own Missions and projects, public sector projects, joint venture projects, Public private partnerships etc
• Different levels of governance such as central/state/local bodies and their implication
• Lack of clear cut accountability and related issues
• Why proper project management is not high on the agenda of governments
• Why projects fail
• Why time/cost overruns
• How government process of budgeting impacts
• How important is Plan process vs projects
• Suggested improvements
• How to bring in accountability

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Key points of discussion:

•  Understand difference between in house executed project and project work with service provider          
•  What aspects of project change when service provider is used? 

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Key points of discussion:

• What are the Project Management Trends to watch out for in 2012?
• What differentiates high performing organizations from their low performing counterparts?
• Understanding the value of project, program and portfolio management

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Key points of discussion:

• Why is project team motivation crucial for project success?
• What are the unique motivation challenges in projects?
• What are the key challenges in motivating project team members of different generations?
• What are some innovative techniques we can use to motivate the project team?
• Pointers to developing your own motivation techniques.

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Key points of discussion:

• What is the role of project management in deriving competitive advantage?
• As a project manager, how can I articulate the business value of a project success?
• How can I think beyond the tools and processes of managing projects?
• Can Project Managers move up in their career and become business leaders?
• How can I help my stakeholders to recognize the value of project success and get their buy-in
• How can I improve the PM maturity in my teams?

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Key points of discussion:

• Is there any impact on Global Delivery Model (GDM) due to cloud computing?
• Does cloud computing trigger the emergence of any new IT projects?
• What would be impact of cloud computing on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of different type of projects?
• What new skills the project managers have to acquire to successfully manage projects in cloud computing environment?
• What are the risks in managing cloud computing projects?
• What India has to do to re-innovate Global Delivery Model (GDM) by leveraging cloud computing and become world’s leader?
• What are the business benefits from cloud computing which is beyond IT solution?

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