Leading Federal Government Project Managers (FPM 314)

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  • Discuss the leader’s role in each phase of the project life cycle
  • Support project managers and project teams through coaching, mentoring and rewarding success
  • Apply the concepts of complex­ity science to project manage­ment
  • Ensure project credibility by aligning the project with the organization’s goals, objectives and strategies
  • Communicate the strategy and vision to the project team, the customer, and other project stakeholders
  • Formulate strategies to keep up-to-date on local, national, and international policies and trends that affect the organization and shape stakeholders’ views
  • Employ business acumen to achieve improved program results

One of the challenges of managing federal programs is integrating the efforts of individual stakeholders who often focus on performance metrics within their own functions.  In order to overcome a stove-piped organization, senior-level federal program/project managers must be able to rally their various constituents around a unified vision in order to implement project/program objectives and ensure they align with their agency’s mission and long-term interests. 

Leading Federal Government Project Managers helps you take a nimble approach to leading project managers, managing direct reports, and managing the expectations of senior audiences.  You’ll take a deep dive into managing relationships, communication filters and conflict management with an eye to building and maintaining a high-performance team.  Dynamic simulations will let you apply theories and tools to lead project managers through the opportunities and pitfalls of complex projects.  A detailed examination of managing multiple projects from a program level will build your mastery of setting project priorities and aligning them with organizational strategy, while addressing the impact of policies and trends.  Finally, you’ll learn how to use portfolio management to identify opportunities and take calculated risks in order to position your organization for short- and long-term success.

  • The Leader Of Project Managers (LPM) Role In The Project Life Cycle
  • Leading and Managing Project Managers
    • Challenges of leading and managing project managers
    • Identifying, developing, evaluating and retaining project managers
    • Rewarding success
  • Managing Relationships
    • Managing expectations
    • Mentoring/coaching
    • Conflict resolution
  • Leading Complex Projects
    • Leadership levels
    • Clear vision
    • Principles and disciplines for leading complex projects
  • Understanding Complexity In Projects
    • Elements of complexity theory
    • Leadership approaches and techniques
    • Complex project model and process
  • Strategic Thinking
    • Organizational strategy in context
    • Approaches and techniques
    • Portfolio management
    • Strategic project management
  • External Awareness
    • Identify and analyze stakeholders
    • Communicating across organizations
    • Political, social, economic, infrastructure, legal and industry-specific considerations
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Developing a business mindset

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Leading Fed Gov Project Managers (FPM 314)
$1445.00 (USD)
Detailed Schedule Information Nov 13 - 15, 2012 Public Classroom Washington, DC
** All times are local to where the class is held unless otherwise noted.