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Project Sponsor Coaching: Course data Sheet
| Course Overview: |
This session will demonstrate the role of sponsor and the aspects of a project management process that sponsor's need to be aware of to discharge their responsibilities.
It is typically delivered in small groups or on a one-to-one coaching basis. |
| Duration: |
0.5 - 1.0 day |
| Intended for: |
Project Sponsors, Executives and Senior Managers of businesses which regularly engage in projects. |
| Course Objectives: |
- To communicate the strategic elements of project management organisation and process
- To communicate the role of project sponsor
- To coach sponsors in conducting project reviews both during definition and delivery phases
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| Agenda: |
Session: |
| Overview: |
- Objectives of session
- Difference between project and operations
- Why projects typically fail
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| Organisation at the Strategic level |
- Importance of project organisation and its impact
- Risks and issues
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| Role of the Sponsor |
- Executive champion
- Executive interface and management
- Benefits Realisation
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| Interfacing with project managers |
- How to interface with project managers - key questions to always ask!
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| Governance of Projects |
- Governance of Projects
- Governance Structures
- Conducting Business Reviews of Projects
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| Stage Gate Process |
- Purpose of stage gates
- Preparing for gate reviews
- Conducting Gate Reviews
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| Sponsor and the Project Management Process |
- Strategic decision making; criticality of early stages and sponsor's role
- Communicating objectives on projects
- Sponsor's role in managing change
- Critical success factors
- Conducting project reviews
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| Project Risk |
- What to look for and expect
- Danger signals to look for
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| Useful tools |
- Online Guidance on being a Sponsor
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| Following this course: |
you will be better prepared to conduct the role of a project sponsor |
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