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Engineering Project Planning and Leadership Workshop
This workshop can be customized to meet your needs, and is delivered at most locations internationally.
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"Good coverage on a wide variety of topics." - Mark Blankers, Engineer, Yamaha Motor Corp.
"I'll use the tools from this course immediately to create project schedules, improve my influence skills and especially for influencing team members to make commitments." - Rene Valenzuela, Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Mitsubishi Digital
"Directed to our needs and well presented in order and content. Wouldn't change anything!” - Rick Berry, Engineer, Yamaha Motor Corp.
"Valuable discussion of real-world issues and interaction with class members.” - Jon Hayden, Project Engineer, Sulzer Pumps
Workshop Description
Engineers involved in product development face many difficult challenges above and beyond solving technical problems. Engineering projects require skills such as leadership, planning, estimating, scheduling, collaboration and communication skills. All individual contributors need these skills, and for those who lead projects and teams of any size – these skills are critical. This seminar educates project leaders and individual contributors about the fundamentals and some advanced project leadership and planning topics, and enables them to complete projects more successfully.
Case studies and real-life examples are used to illustrate success and failure. Each participant leaves with an action plan that will benefit their respective organizations.
Benefits
This course enables participants to:
Who should attend:
Instructor: Gary C. Hinkle
Workshop Content
Introduction to Project Leadership What leadership is – and what it isn’t Differences between leadership and management skills Necessary skills for project leadership Distributing project leadership and management responsibilities Developing trust and respect
Influence Without Authority Helping others to see your view Building rapport with business associates Influencing other leaders Teamwork, and overcoming the typical team “dysfunctions” Leadership self-assessment
Managing Many Priorities The challenges inherent in several top priorities Invisibility of the problem Unpredictability and lack of control The four “Productivity Pillagers” and how to keep them in check Separating real priorities from everyday fire drills Organizing skills: Eliminating your time-wasters Prioritization exercises
Engineering Project Planning: Big Picture Overview of project lifecycle Pros and cons of standard lifecycle models Which lifecycle model is best? Project documentation Examples of good planning and poor planning How much planning is the right amount? Dealing with ambiguity and uncertain resource availability
Project Culture Creating a successful project environment vs. completing successful projects Elements of project culture Prioritization of company projects Meeting culture: avoiding the traps that waste people’s time
Project Estimating Estimation challenges Prerequisites for estimation Comparison of estimation methods Estimation steps Estimation exercise
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) QFD process and document mechanics Flexibility matrix Tailoring the QFD process to meet varying project objectives Hands-on QFD practice
Scheduling Practices Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Iterative estimating and scheduling Scheduling tools Gantt and PERT charts Commitment based scheduling Project status communication Cost of delay
Detailed Design Plans Planning steps Defining roles and responsibilities “Success” criteria Project plan template Planning exercise Balancing planning with prototyping
Design Review Practices Critical design reviews and milestones Formal and informal design reviews Preparation for reviews and accountability Effective design review meetings Making tough decisions related to design review findings Engaging experts from outside the team Third party reviewers Injecting fun and urgency
Wrap-up Summary of key points Discussion of action steps Follow-up plan
Our Guarantee If for any reason you are not satisfied, write to us within 30 days after attending the workshop and return the course materials and we'll arrange for you to receive a full refund - hassle-free!
Fee includes a comprehensive workbook and email/phone follow-up with the instructor after the workshop to assist with implementation. This workshop can be customized to meet your needs, and is delivered at most locations internationally.
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