Classroom Sessions:
MODULES
This training course is split into two modules:
MODULE I - Stakeholder Management
MODULE II - Project Performance Measurement and Management
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Module 1: Stakeholder Management
DAY 1
First Principles, Identifying and Defining Stakeholder Audiences
- Overview of stakeholder engagement and management
- The stakeholder engagement process and key documents
- Identifying stakeholders
- Producing the stakeholder register
- Creating and analyzing stakeholder profiles
- Assessing interests, positive and negative
- Analyzing the gap between current stakeholder and required perceptions
- Selecting a suitable stakeholder management strategy
DAY 2
Planning Stakeholder Communications and Measuring Effectiveness
- Planning stakeholder engagement communications
- Identifying and delivering the key messages
- Creating stakeholder communications
- Planning and managing stakeholder meetings
- Dealing with stakeholder objections
- Escalating stakeholder issues for resolution by senior management
DAY 3
Interpersonal Skills in Stakeholder Management
- Empathy and how it can assist in managing stakeholder relationships
- Trust – the foundation of on which relationships are built
- Influencing, persuading and manipulating – why they are different and the impact they have
- Personality factors affecting stakeholder management (including feedback on a personality type questionnaire, to be taken in class)
- Behaviors, their relationship to personality and how to read them
- Influencing without authority – how to do it
- Emotional intelligence, what it involves and benefits
DAY 4
Negotiating for Success
- The negotiating environment and backdrop
- Reservation points, zones of potential agreement and best alternatives to a negotiated agreement
- Differences between ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ negotiation techniques and why they are important
- Principled negotiation, hardball tactics and important choices
- Negotiation protocols and processes
- Managing a negotiation
DAY 5
How Culture Affects Stakeholder Engagement and Management
- What do we mean by culture?
- National culture
- Regional culture
- Organizational culture
- Business unit or division culture
- Communicating to different cultures
- Negotiating with different cultures
- Review of course/presentation of certificates
Module 2: Project Performance Measurement and Management
DAY 6
Building Projects for Success
- Project Definitions and Characteristics
- The Fundamentals of Project Management
- The Importance of Understanding Project Context and Environment
- Defining Project Scope
- Establishing Project Commercial Viability
DAY 7
Planning Projects for Effective Performance Measurement and Management
- The Project Planning, Organising, Implementing, and Controlling Sequence
- Developing Work and Cost Breakdown Structures
- Project Management Roles and Responsibilities
- Project Time and Cost Estimating Techniques
- Project Schedule Development and Analysis
DAY 8
Monitoring, Measuring, and Managing Project Performance
- Setting up Project Control Systems
- Selecting Appropriate Key Performance Indicators
- Monitoring Performance through Earned Value Management
- Project Progress Measurement and Analysis
- Controlling Project Handover to Operations
DAY 9
Maintaining Project Performance through Effective Risk Management
- Risk Management Planning
- Risk Identification
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Response Planning
- Risk Control and Closure
DAY 10
Project Team Building and Stakeholder Management
- The Team Development Cycle
- Building Effective Project Teams
- The Difference between Leadership and Management
- The Keys to Effective Influence
- Managing Stakeholders and Stakeholder Expectations
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Endorsed Education Provider
GLOMACS is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org
In Association With
The Energy Training Centre
Our collaboration with Energy Training Centre aims to provide the best training services and benefits for our valued clients
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