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Ten Keys to Making Projects Successful:
 10 Common Causes of Project Failure,
And What You Can Do About Them

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In just two hours, you will review techniques, tips and approaches that will help you to make your projects successful.

Here's a sampling of what we'll cover:

  • Understand the two most frequent causes of project problems, and what you can do about them.
  • 8 questions you should always ask when starting on a project
  • The critical secret to getting the attention (and support) of the executives whose support you’ll need to be successful
  • Why important things “fall through the cracks”, and how to prevent it from happening on your projects.
  • How to prevent team members from missing deliverable commitments.
  • How to make project change requests work for you instead of against you.
  • The five “links in the chain of human performance” that drive both individual and project team success.

Schedule Details:
August 12, 2010
 Time: 1 PM EDT

The typical project manager has lots of responsibility and very little authority. To make things even more challenging, the typical project plan bears little resemblance to reality. Achieving successful outcomes under these conditions is not easy. Using the key techniques covered in this webinar will significantly increase your odds for success.

 
Past Participant Comments:
  • “Best course I have taken. I will use everything I learned.”
  • “ Exceeded my expectations. I learned a lot more than I thought I would.”
  • “Well organized and delivered, Nice job!”
  • “Pace and facilitation were great. Held interest. Reviewed relevant information”
  • “Outstanding content and group participation”
  • “Enjoyable, engaging. Two Thumbs Up!”
How You Will Benefit:
During the webinar, participants will develop a personal application plan to:

  1. Keep unidentified project constraints from throwing you off schedule

  2. Stop untested assumptions from derailing your project.

  3. Get strong influence stakeholders to support your efforts

  4. Ensure commitment of all project stakeholders by engaging them in the planning process

  5. Keep important tasks from falling through the cracks

  6. Build a scoreboard for your project that ensure that the right things are being measured

  7. Use critical communication channels to ensure that project stakeholders get the information they need- when they need it

  8. Manage project changes in a way that works

  9. Prevent “Murphy” from causing havoc on your projects

  10. Manage team performance so that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

Key Take-Away: You will have the opportunity to develop an individual application plan that addresses your specific project needs and priorities.
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Webinar Outline:

  1. Find the deal-breakers up front: How to keep unidentified project constraints from killing your project

  2. Surface and test assumptions early and often: How to prevent untested assumptions from derailing your project.

  3. Find and feed the gorillas: How to get the strong influence stakeholders to support your efforts

  4. Make the team own the plan: How to ensure commitment of all project stakeholders by engaging them in the planning process

  5. Get everyone on the team to think "sideways.": How to keep important hand-offs from falling through the cracks

  6. Build the right scoreboard: How to set up metrics for your project that ensure that the right things are being measured

  7. Communicate, communicate, communicate: How to use the right communication channels to ensure that project stakeholders get the information they need- when they need it

  8. Manage project changes: Just say YES! : How to manage project changes in a way that works

  9. Watch out for Murphy: How to prevent unexpected problems from causing havoc on your projects

  10. Set people up for success: How to manage team performance so that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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If you have questions about this webinar or other services offered by Cambridge Consulting, please give us a call at 401-782-9222, or visit our web site at www.cambridgeconsult.com

Sincerely,

Cyndi Lagasse
Cambridge Consulting, Inc.
401-782-9222

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August 12, 2010

Time: 1 PM EDT

Length: 2 hours

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Presenter Biography:
Dave Po-Chedley, PMP

Dave Po-Chedley has been actively involved in project management for over 30 years. During this time, he has worked on and managed projects, and helped others to manage projects effectively through consulting and training. He is a Principal at Cambridge Consulting, a firm dedicated to enhancing project effectiveness for clients around the world.

Thousands of people from organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America have benefited from workshops and consulting services provided by Mr. Po-Chedley. They include General Dynamics, The U.S. Navy, MITRE Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, General Motors, US Airways, IBM, Motorola, Oppenheimer Funds, AT&T, the U.S. Department of Education, United Airlines and General Electric.

In his work at Cambridge Consulting, Dave has worked with in virtually every industry to support their project performance development efforts in the following areas:

  • Project management process development
  • Project governance protocols and workshops
  • Project environment assessments
  • Project audits and diagnostics
  • Systemic issue resolution efforts
  • Working with intact project teams to define, plan and implement projects
  • Training (e.g., Project Management Fundamentals, Client Relationship Management, etc.)

Dave is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMIŽ (The Project Management Institute). He is also an adjunct faculty member for the PMI SeminarsWorld program. He has delivered numerous presentations at PMI international, regional and local conferences.

Dave has written several books that have been used to support client workshops and consulting services. Topics include Project Management, e-Projects, Coaching, Customer Service, Managing Problems/Decisions, Quality Improvement, Achieving Results and Leadership.

His most recent book, Client Relationship Management (published by HRD Press, 2001) is included in the Project Client Relationship Management workshop delivered as part of the PMI SeminarsWorld Program.