Refine your organizational skills to keep your projects on time, on budget, and target. You've learned the basic techniques of project management. You've mastered the planning, executing, reviewing, and revising skills making the difference between success and absolute failure. You are good at getting the different players and stakeholders to provide information or direction and to show up for important milestones along the way. Now you're ready to hone your organizational skills, communicate even more effectively, avoid major project pitfalls, and work well with others to meet project deadlines and objectives. Build on your fundamental knowledge and expand your capacity to balance day-to-day work and these special PM assignments. (You should have completed a basic Project Management course and been a project manager on a few projects.)Areas CoveredAs a result of this webinar, you will be able to: Build on your fundamental project management knowledge Hone organizational skillsCommunicate even more effectivelyAvoid major project pitfallsMeet project objectives Bring in projects on time, on budget, and Target1. Build on Your Fundamental Knowledge What Are Your Strengths and Challenges Managing Projects as a Non-Project Manager Now?What is a Project?Where do PM Standards Come From?How Does Something Become a Best Practice?Project Life Cycle2. Hone Organizational SkillsSkills to Lead Project SuccessfullySkills to Manage Project Successfully Managing Time Proactively3. Communicate Even More EffectivelyWhat is Your Most Effective Communication Zone?Using Active Assertive CommunicationMastering Active ListeningManaging Project Communication Through RACIMeeting Challenges with Stakeholders, Dispersed Teams, and Virtual Teams4. Avoid Major Project PitfallsCommon Pitfalls and Their RemediesAnalyzing RiskEstablishing an Early Warning SystemEscalating Risk ProactivelyExpecting the Unexpected5. Meet Project ObjectivesEstablishing and Clarifying Concrete ObjectivesDeveloping More Detailed Plans to Reach Objectives6. Bring in Projects on Time, on Budget, and TargetExecuting Detailed Project Plans Managing Exceptions and Deviations from PlansWhat Management Wants to Hear in Your Reports7. Continuous Improvement as a Way of LifeImplementing Lessons Learned Throughout ProjectGoing Beyond Lessons LearnedKeeping Project Data; Key MeasurementsWho Should AttendHR professionals who have taken a basic project management courseExperienced HR Project ManagersManagers of HR Professionals who manage projects HR professionals charged with improving project managementWhy Should You Attend Once you have begun using the basic project management skills and tools, you should be getting better results. However, these basics are not enough for continued success. You must now continually improve your existing skills in project management, communication, understanding human nature, and working across organizational lines. You will have new challenges the more you lead successful projects. You will need to take a deeper dive into current project management standards and learn to use more sophisticated tools. All of this can be overwhelming on top of your many responsibilities and priorities. You will develop a plan to integrate new skills and tools systematically and use references for your continuous improvement. Topic BackgroundThis program assumes you have taken a basic project management course and applied the fundamental processes and procedures.