Project Management for Human Resources: Three Day Seminar - New York, United States - May 29th-31st, 2019

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DUBLIN, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Project Management for Human Resources" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

HR Managers are asked to juggle a wide variety of assignments and add on special ones as needed. In many companies, the people, who formerly performed specialized tasks, are gone, along with their expertise. The work still needs to be done and HR Managers are called on to take on this work as a project. Most HR folks are not trained as project managers and may struggle with getting everything done effectively and efficiently.

The basics of project management are universal and many of the tools are easy to use. Get the results your organization expects applying these fundamental approaches to tackle special assignments and integrate your work into a large project, you manage productively and systematically.

Why Should You Attend?

You are already doing more than you thought possible and here comes this "extra" assignment. Instead of being overwhelmed, you will set the work up as a project, manage it using an approach with a track record of success, and get the results your management requires. You'll hone your existing skills and build on them. You'll apply what you learn to rest of your assignment, becoming more productive, and still have time to think about how to improve the overall performance of your area of responsibility.

Learning Objectives:

As a result of this program, HR professionals will be able to:

Recognize the business problem before the project begins
Organize tasks easily into logical groups of activities
Create a project plan to guide all your efforts
Manage your project team even if you don't have one
Keep critical stakeholders informed and involved
Track progress and recognize quickly when things are slipping
Lead effective project meetings
Demonstrate successful project completion
Apply lessons learned to the next project.

Areas Covered:

Context for HR Project Management
What are projects and where do they fit?
Project success factors and pitfalls
Project Initiation
Articulate HR project Business Problem
Perform Stakeholder analysis
Planning and Scheduling
Elicit Requirements
Analyze scope, constraints, assumptions
Create Work Breakdown Structure and tactical plan
Sequence activities optimally with Logic Diagram
Manage the Critical Path
Schedule, assign responsibility, and track.
Cost Management
Estimate Costs
Define budget and tracking
Risk Management
Define risks, qualitatively and quantitatively
Develop Risk Impact Matrix
Track and manage Risk; Escalate Risk Proactively
Human Resource and Communication Plan
Develop Role and Responsibility Plan; Create RACI diagram
Develop Management Communications Plan
Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control
Define What and How to monitor; scope, schedule, cost, quality
Capture actual results for scope, schedule, cost, quality
Project Closure
Apply Lessons Learned for continuous improvement

Key Topics Covered:

Day 1

INTRO TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT

What is a project;
Where does project fit in organizational structure; constraints & stakeholders workshop; project team workshop
Project Lifecycle; stakeholder influence; changing projects
Project challenges workshop
Success factors and pitfalls discussion

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS

Introduction to Process
Process Model, Chain of Process; define your work process workshop
Introduction to Project Management Lifecycle
PMBOK Knowledge Areas; Project phases; function, roles of each phase
Project v Operations workshop
Why use project management workshop

PROJECT INITIATION

How do your projects arise? Discussion
Where it fits? What is the Business Problem?
Developing the Business Case; ROI; Break even, Go/No Go
Introduction to CASE STUDY
Business Problem workshop
Stakeholders Analysis
Case Study Stakeholders; Workshop and Debrief
Conflict Management; Bridges Model of Conflict Resolution
Case Study: Stakeholder Conflict Management workshop
Communication; stakeholder workshop
Influence strategies; workshop
Problem solving; workshop
Project Charter
Case Study: Business Problem workshop

PLANNING & SCHEDULING

How to plan; Pros & Cons of planning workshop
Requirements elicitation
Communication; Body language; Active Listening
Case Study: Applying communications skills to Requirements workshop
Scope, Constraints, Assumptions
Case Study: Constraints, Assumptions, Scope Statement workshop

END - Write up all Lessons Learned for beginning of Day 2

Day 2

Most interesting lessons learned/insights from Day 1

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Case Study: WBS workshop
Sequencing; Logic Diagram; Relation among WBS tasks
Case Study: Logic Diagram workshop
Estimating activity duration
Creating a PERT diagram based on estimates and logic diagram
Case Study: PERT Workshop
Defining roles: responsibility accountability, consultation & information - RACI diagram
Case Study: Stakeholder RACI workshop
Critical Path Method to develop project schedule
Case Study: CPM workshop
Critical Path and Risk
Calculations; Scheduling; Human behavior; presentation of schedule
Case Study: Scheduling workshop
Aligned Assertive Communication and workshop

COST MANAGEMENT

Cost management, estimating, budgeting, baseline
Basic budgeting workshop

RISK MANAGEMENT

What is Risk management?
HR projects typical risks workshop
Risk identification techniques: Brainstorming; SWOT ; Impact matrix calculation
Risk management and decision making
Case Study: SWOT; Impact matrix workshop
Qualitative, Quantitative analysis
Risk strategies; risk register; risk management
Case Study: Add risk task and time to WBS workshop
Risk management practices; HR-oriented escalation workshop
Delivering risk related messages and bad news workshop

END - Write up Lessons Learned for beginning of Day 3

Program (or Project) Evaluation and Review Technique
Chart of who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed for each task
Analysis of internal Strengths and Weaknesses and external Opportunities and Threats

Day 3

Most interesting lessons learned/insights from days 1 & 2

PROCUREMENT

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Quality Management Plan; Cost Of Quality
COQ Workshop
Case Study: Quality Plan Workshop

HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING

Human resources Planning
Review Case Study RACI
Staff and team management
Communication plan
Case Study: Communication planning workshop
Training planning
Calculating communication complexity workshop
Technology; Management plan; document control

PROJECT EXECUTION

Managing all project processes, people, issues

MONITORING AND CONTROLLING

Workshop: What can go wrong
Case Study: Risks workshop
What to monitor; checklist
Measuring Actuals: Scope, Schedule, Cost; Quality Control
Change Control for projects
Managing Change Control challenges

CLOSURE

How to close the project
What have you learned about project management? Workshop
Review Do's Don'ts
What are specific challenges for HR projects? Managing these challenges
HR challenges and solutions workshop
What are the well-developed skills you need as a successful HR project manager
Final workshop: Applying everything you have learned; What to do "Monday morning"
Class Closure
Evaluations

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