Program Agenda:
1. Introduction
?? Goals of Multi-Project Management
?? Multi-Project Management Across the Organization
?? Multi-Project Management Environments
?? Strategic Planning
2. Prioritizing Projects and Constraints
?? Understanding Stakeholder Expectations
?? Prioritizing Goals
?? Qualitative Analysis
o Nominal Group Technique
o Interrelationship Diagrams
o Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
?? Quantitative Analysis
o Financial Analysis, including IRR, NPV, Payback
o Benefits/Cost Ratios
?? Organizational Effects on Priorities
?? Balancing Program Constraints
3. Design and Develop Multiple Project Plans
?? Making Time Your Ally
o Delegation
o Background Projects and Activities
o Balancing Time and Resources
?? Defining Inter-Project Coordination Points
?? Using Inter-Project Float
?? Multi-Project Resource Balancing
?? Balancing Resources in a Matrix Environment
?? Balancing Inter-Project Dependencies
4. Balancing Risks across Multiple Projects
?? Program Risk Management
?? Balancing Risks Across Multiple Projects
?? Advanced Risk Management
o Delphi Technique
o Nominal Group Technique
o Monte-Carlo Analysis
?? Human Resource-Related Risk Management
?? Establishing Contingencies and Reserves
?? Ranking Risks
?? Network Effects of Risk
5. Monitoring Multiple Projects
?? Reporting and Monitoring Techniques
?? Typical Review Meeting Agenda
?? Work and Time Management Reporting
?? Change Management in a Multi-Project Environment
?? Tracking Projects with Earned Value
?? Root Cause Analysis in Multiple Projects
6. Advanced Multi-Project Resource Management Techniques
?? Integrating Project Work with Operations and Other Functional Duties
?? A Scatter-Factor Model for Long-Range Resource Planning
?? Project Throttling Techniques and Project Synchronizers
7. Summary and Review
ARC provides this program in association with Ally Business Developers. All Ally Business Developers programs are PMBOK?? aligned. All instructors are AMA certified. PMBOK is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute. |