Programme Content
Module 1: The essence of projects
Understand the management approaches required for different projects and their goals.
Recognise the mistakes companies make when they do not differentiate projects from other organisational activities.
Module 2: Managing complexity
Manage complex issues and diverse, conflicting requirements.
Learn to navigate a high degree of uncertainty when faced with difficult external environments.
Module 3: Stakeholder management simulation
Develop effective stakeholder consultation strategies.
Create a communication plan that reflects individual preferences.
Map and use influence networks to balance conflicting stakeholder interests.
Module 4: Stakeholder management: frameworks and integration
Identify key stakeholders and diagnose their networks.
Profile stakeholders on where they stand and how they affect the project.
Define rational trade-offs and compromises to execute your stakeholder management plan.
Module 5: Managing novel projects
Identify the managerial challenges of breakthrough innovation projects in large organisations.
Assess the limitations of traditional risk mitigation frameworks.
Apply selectionism and learn to manage a novel project.
Module 6: Strategy and projects
Align projects with strategy.
Articulate a project’s strategic contribution successfully.
