Description

This interactive, participant-driven workshop helps students tackle the next level of proficiency required to become an effective manager of multiple, simultaneous projects, programs, or portfolios. Overall, the skills needed to manage multiple projects, programs, or portfolios successfully are quite similar. Since many organizations operate with a matrix structure, project managers must focus on completing the project deliverables under the constraints of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and others. A program manager must coordinate a group of related projects to provide the desired benefits to the organization. A portfolio manager must focus on prioritizing a mix of project and programs to achieve the organization’s strategic objectives. This workshop addresses management issues in each of these realms. In this workshop, participants will explore the challenges facing anyone who manages multiple activities. They will learn techniques for personal time management and for prioritizing activities and projects. They will discover the benefits and uses of a project or program management office (PMO). Participants will develop an understanding of the role of the program manager and portfolio manager.