Four bite-size workshops will be delivered to provide participants with key practical steps to setting up and running a project based on project management methodology which is simple and easy to follow. The concepts and tools used in each workshop are handpicked from various approaches to project management in order to create the most useful process. The sessions are designed to bring real-life examples and interaction to participants, turning them into a light and engaging experience, while offering much learning.
Part 1: Getting it right versus almost right - the initial project set up and planning
“Setting oneself on a predetermined course in unknown waters is the perfect way to sail straight into an iceberg” (Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning)
This opening session will explore the principles of setting up any project, but particularly those where there is a general idea and a little- known problem, coupled with a multi-stakeholder, complex environment.
We will be looking at the first steps of setting up a discovery phase of a project – helping us to understand what the problem is, what needs to be done to address it and, most importantly, providing us with exactly the right evidence to back up our project (and potentially justifying funding it!).
This session will be practical, interactive and scenarios-based to provide real life skills and a fun learning experience.
Part 1: Getting it right versus almost right - the initial project set up and planning
“Setting oneself on a predetermined course in unknown waters is the perfect way to sail straight into an iceberg” (Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning)
This opening session will explore the principles of setting up any project, but particularly those where there is a general idea and a little- known problem, coupled with a multi-stakeholder, complex environment.
We will be looking at the first steps of setting up a discovery phase of a project – helping us to understand what the problem is, what needs to be done to address it and, most importantly, providing us with exactly the right evidence to back up our project (and potentially justifying funding it!).
This session will be practical, interactive and scenarios-based to provide real life skills and a fun learning experience.
