Project Management at the Frederick National Lab

As we try to take risks intelligently, we find ourselves in the awkward position of trying to deal with the challenges of situational concerns in an environment where we are supposed to apply consistency. Ethics are, by their nature, consistent. Risks are situational. Part of our role should be to intelligently reconcile the two in ways that make sense to ourselves our team members, and our management. And by doing so, we build the opportunity to set better project expectations and actually relieve some of the stress of risk management and project management. Carl Pritchard brings us together for a discussion on the challenges of integrating risk and ethics.

Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP is a risk management guru, trainer and speaker, and has authored six texts in project management. His latest, The Risk Management Memory Jogger (Goal/QPC) is slated for release this spring. Carl presents around the world on risk management and project management and served as lead chapter author of the risk management chapter of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 4th Edition. He's a member of PMI Baltimore and a resident of Frederick, MD.

*After the presentation, Carl will collect names and e-mail addresses and will e-mail you a certificate including one PDU for students who are either PMPs or who are in pursuit of the PMP credentials. You should receive your PDU certificate (as a PDF) within one week of the presentation.

Seating is limited to 30. Please email your interest in attending this seminar to Teresa Stitely at teresa.stitely@nih.gov. The next seminar in the series is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Noon. Additional information will be provided.

This course will prove to those attending why the PMBOK®, the world standard for project management, has added its first new Knowledge Area in many years (Project Stakeholder Management). This new Knowledge Area process documents how to analyze the current and desired levels of stakeholder engagement and highlights the fact that levels of stakeholder engagement may change according to the project situation and timeframe. In addition to the levels of stakeholder engagement, this new process also identifies the interrelations between stakeholders, including a process that ensures comprehensive identification and listing of new stakeholders, reassessment of current stakeholders and removal of stakeholders no longer involved in the project. The above information was taken from "Comparing PMBOK® Guide 4th Edition, PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition, and ISO21500" by STS Sauter Training & Simulation, S.A.
http://www.sts.ch/documents/english/Doc_7037E_Comparing_PMBOK_and_ISO_v1-1.pdf

This workshop will hit on all of these new hot buttons! The project execution environment is a communications mine field and for projects to be successful all participants must learn to weave their way through the myriad challenges posed by dozens of project stakeholders. Stakeholders come in all shapes and sizes. Some are obvious and easily recognized, others are not! This course will teach project professionals how to identify all of the stakeholders, classify them according to the respective stakes and, most importantly, prepare a tailored project communication plan that provides timely and focused project information to the appropriate stakeholders. This new approach will lead to significant improvements in stakeholder communications and result in needed improvement in managing stakeholder expectations.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the course attendees will be able to:

• Identify specific project stakeholders based on "stake" and "power type"
• Classify project stakeholders into one of three specific categories
• Evaluate stakeholder expectations—determine "What’s in it for them?"
• Use a special Stakeholder Identification template to facilitate stakeholder analysis
• Develop a comprehensive stakeholder communication plan as an aid to managing stakeholder expectations
• Capitalize on stakeholder alignment and the synergy of integrated, cross-functional communications
• Overcome problems traditionally associated with failed Stakeholder communication/management
• Recognize the impact (positive and/or negative) stakeholders can have on the project - assess impact from many angles/perspectives
• Transition Lessons Learned through stakeholder communication to the benefit of future projects

Finally there is a hands-on class that provides an opportunity for project management professionals at every level to hone his/her PM skills without having to deal with the burden of complicated and costly systems, tools and procedures. This unique and exclusive workshop will be facilitated by two of the PM Profession’s recognized thought leaders. These two instructors bring expansive real world knowledge to the students experience while delivering the material in a fun, entertaining, interactive and easy-to-learn style. Students will work in competing teams to execute specific project exercises to demonstrate the power of the basic PM techniques—especially when they are combined with the simplicity of using Post-It Notes as the proven conduit to a high quality finished product or outcome.

During the course of this workshop students will learn, via working examples, of how to capitalize on the Post-It Note and benefit from the role it can play in enhancing the a PM Professional’s performance.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course a student should see significant improvement in their ability to use Post-It Notes to:

• Define Scope/Requirements
• Build a WBS from the Ground up
• Identify and Categorize Project Stakeholders
• Specify Project Interface Relationships/Communications
• Identify and Analyze Risk/Handling Techniques
• Develop an Integrated Logic Network Schedule
• Provide NOTES for Project Plan (Assumptions, Resources, WBS Dictionary)
• Retain Critical Close-Out Information