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Best Practices for the Multi-Project Manager

Enhance your skills as a multi-project manager with the Best Practices for the Multi-Project Manager course at the American Management Association. Learn how to allocate resources, streamline project communications, measure project metrics, and manage stakeholders to ensure the successful projects. Increase your effectiveness and efficiency as a project manager with proven best practices.

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $2,495
  • Live, interactive online classroom
  • 46 hours & 30 minutes over 6 sessions

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  • $2,495
  • Live, interactive online classroom
  • 46 hours & 30 minutes over 6 sessions
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  • Thu, Jun 06 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Fri, Jun 07 at 10:00am - 5:30pm
  • Mon, Aug 12 at 11:00am - 7:00pm
  • Tue, Aug 13 at 11:00am - 6:30pm
  • Mon, Oct 28 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Tue, Oct 29 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
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Class Description

Description

What you'll learn in this management course:

Ace multiple-project assignments by balancing time and resources. This updated seminar provides you with examples of best practices within the profession. Learn how to develop a culture for consistent, standardized Multi-Project Management (MPM) practices, utilize proven metrics for MPM performance and implement innovative tools and techniques for successful completion of multiple projects.

What Will Be Covered

Projects and the Enterprise

  • Describe the role projects play within the organization
  • Demonstrate how projects act as change agents in the organization
  • Identify techniques to prioritize projects effectively

Project Resourcing

  • Describe how to allocate the necessary resources to projects
  • How to negotiate for the right resources to get your projects done
  • Determine the ability of the organization to take on more projects
  • Identify MPM tools and practices required for success
  • The vital importance of utilization in the context of MPM
  • How to effectively gain the resources your projects require
  • Multitasking and its effect on project outcomes

Standardizing the Approach to Project Communications

  • Using a standard communication plan across all projects
  • Running an effective meeting as a multi-project manager
  • Characteristics of successful meetings

Measuring Project Metrics

  • Identify effective project reporting techniques
  • How to reduce and streamline administrative work
  • Characteristics of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Develop and Track KPIs to assess a project’s “health”
  • How to use dashboards and other tools to measure project success

Effectively Managing Stakeholders

  • How best to maintain project expectations
  • Why stakeholder management is important
  • The different types and roles of stakeholders
  • Define the role of project communications planning
  • Describe how changes to the project impacts stakeholder expectations

Summary: Achieving Best Practices in Multi-Project Management

  • Consistency in project management practices
  • Cultural characteristics needed for MPM
  • Organizational responsibility

How You Will Benefit

  • Align work and projects with the strategic direction of the organization
  • Keep projects on track and on budget
  • Set and maintain priorities
  • Improve communication on all projects
  • Increase your effectiveness and efficiency
  • Determine your organization’s ability to conduct additional projects

Who Should attend

This seminar is designed for project managers who are working on multiple projects simultaneously and would like to learn tips and techniques to improve their effectiveness and efficiency.



Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

For Classroom, Live Online, Express Skills Courses and Webinar programs, you may transfer to a future session, send someone to take your place, or cancel for a 5% fee up to 23 days prior to your program.

If you provide AMA with less than 23 days’ notice, or fail to attend, you will be liable for the entire program fee.

Programs included in AMA On Demand offerings are not eligible for substitution, transfer, cancellation, return, or refund. We appreciate that this is an important investment for you and your company and would like to accommodate your needs the best we can.

Please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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