About this course
Course Overview
Project Managers are asked to do more with less faster than ever before. In this short course, you'll learn techniques to help you avoid spending your day in a whirlwind of activity that leaves you exhausted, yet with very little accomplished. You'll learn how to manage priorities, organize your activities, execute without delay, and take back control of your day.
Target Audience
PMP®-certified project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, project sponsors, and project team members who want to continue to develop their skills and renew their PMP certification.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course delegates will be able to;
- How to focus
- Discover your real priorities
- Set goals related to those priorities
- Track your progress
- Key stress management techniques
- Return productivity and efficiency to your day
Course Content
Is there really anything new?
- Dr. Samuel Johnson: People "more frequently require to be reminded than informed."
Can you really keep up?
Dealing with procrastination - Do it now!
- "The now habit"
Conflicting advice - why so many choices?
How to discover your real priorities
How to make time for your priorities
- ABC analysis
- Pareto analysis
- Fit
How to set goals - self management
Tools and techniques for planning and scheduling time
Tracking techniques - activity logs
Ignore the noise!
- How to manage your e-mail
- Empty your Inbox or keep the count near zero
- It's all about three folders: Action, Archive, and Hold
- Telephone techniques
- One-on-one encounters
- Step away from the computer!
- Focus on the present
- Pay attention! (Ignore all the beeps and blats)
To-do lists that work! (task list vs. priority list)
- Getting things done - the four criteria model
Setting deadlines
Purge, simplify, and organize
Dealing with change
How to deal with interruptions
How to carve out your "me time"
How to say "no" and still live to work another day
Delegation techniques
How to "decompose" your work into achievable, actionable byte-sized pieces (action plans)
Understanding when you are at your best
When to use technology and when not to
How to work with other people to achieve common goals
Set aside time for. nothing (catching the brain-rain)
Get enough: sleep, exercise, food, rest, play (It's all about balance!)
Overwork (burnout bound!)
Course Prerequisites
Before attending this course delegates must thave the following skills or knowledge before attending this course;
- PMP® certification
- Introduction to Project Management
- IT Risk Management
- Applied Project Management
- PMP® Exam Prep Boot Camp
PMP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
