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Project Manager Acceptance Case Study |
| Day: Thursday |
Time: 6:30 PM |
Length: 60 min. |
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Content
This module is designed to reinforce the
techniques of instilling the passion for Quality in the Project Manager and
the Team. It begins with a short Case Study dealing with a PM with Quality
problems. This leads to break out groups that will work on “Activities that
make Quality slip”, “Activities that increase Quality” and a final break out
group to design a “check list” of activities dealing with Quality for the
Project Manager implement.
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Managing a Small vs. a Large Project |
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Day: Friday |
Time: 9:15
AM |
Length: 30
min. |
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Content
This is a short module that is
intended to highlight the need for efficiency as responsibility, number of
people, and geography grow. It is designed as a break out group module with
the students being given the assignment of coming up with the Obvious and
the Insidious differences. The Instructor should be able to share what they
expected and what reality turned out to be in their experience. The focus
should be on efficiency and how easily things slip through the cracks.
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Mentoring |
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Day: Friday |
Time: 10:00
AM |
Length: 45
min. |
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Content
The Mentoring and Developing Future Managers
module is designed to review the responsibilities of the Mentor and to
discuss the PM responsibilities to develop their own people. There is an
initial explanation of the difference between formal and natural Mentoring.
Secondly a discussion of the Responsibilities of a Mentor, and how they need
to interact with the subject. The last element deals with the development
of future managers, i.e. delegation, KASH, Hiring, motivation.
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A.B.C.'s |
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Day:
Saturday |
Time: 10:45
AM |
Length: 60
min. |
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Content
The Activator, Behavior, Consequence Module
directs the students to the need for inspection and response. It is an
interactive discussion of how we can “train” our people to ever decreasing
levels of performance by benign neglect. It has a direct tie to Power and
Motivation and leads into the break out groups tasked with designing a
consequence Tool Box. It also ties to the PM’s KASH responsibility of
helping develop habits through inspection.
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Presenting |
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Day:
Saturday |
Time: 12:15
PM |
Length: 45
min. |
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Content
Presenting is the final input module of
Class III. It leaves the students with a participatory activity after lunch
and a very specific Check List for use prior to any presentation. It is
designed to get their attention by talking frankly about the “unfair” weight
given to presentation skills. Break out groups will come up with the
specific skill sets used by Professional Speakers. A check list will be
designed and distributed. There will be an opportunity to put the knowledge
into practice.
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