2018 PMI NEFL Professional Development Day – March 23rd (7 PDU's)

Techniques and Processes for Practicing “Business-Savvy” Project Management (7 PDU's)

Presented by Gary Heerkens, CBM, PMP, CPC, MPM, CIPM, CPM, MMC, CIPA, PEng, MBA.  President, Management Solutions Group, Inc.

In some organizations, the project management discipline is under ever-increasing pressure to demonstrate its value and contribution to the “bottom line”. And in most organizations, project practitioners ask how they can contribute greater value to their organizations from a more personal perspective.

By far, the most effect response to either case is to learn and understand how to apply a variety of methods and tools for “connecting the dots” between projects, project management practices, widely accepted business practices, and their own organizations practices. Project practitioners must develop their project business-savvy competency in addition to their technical knowledge and leadership capabilities.

Who should attend?

Project Managers, Program Managers, PMO Directors, Portfolio Managers, Project Directors, Strategic Managers, Business Unit Managers, IS/IT Managers, Functional Department Managers, Project Coordinators, Project Team Leaders, Key Project Team Members

How will You benefit?

Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:

• Make better project decisions, based on a solid understanding of the interface and interaction between the business world and the project world
• Enhance your contribution, by anticipating what organizations can (or should) expect from projects in terms of business results
• Develop a personal self-development road map for becoming project business-savvy
• Calculate key “return on investment” metrics for projects
• Perform a business-based project risk assessment
• Prepare a comprehensive and thorough business case document
• Work with other organizations (such as Business Units) to construct project portfolios

Course Learning Objectives: 

• Project Portfolio Categorization
• Project Business Case Preparation and Management
• Project Financial Analysis and Financial Justification
• Integration of Risk and Uncertainty Into a Financial Analysis
• Proper Treatment of “Soft” (nonfinancial) Benefits
• Project Prioritization and Ranking
• Managing the Management Interfaces (behavioral)

Participants will be given the opportunity to receive these useful takeaways:

•  Business-Savvy Project Management Learning Map
•  Project Business Case Guidelines
•  Basic Template for Project Financial Analysis
•  Strategic Project Management Maturity Model

Date: March 23^rd 2018

Location:  Nova Southeastern University | Jacksonville Campus - Room 223

6675 Corporate Center Parkway, Suite 115, Jacksonville, FL 32216

Agenda
​8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Business Session
​12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
​1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Business Session