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Provider:
ESI International
Topic(s):
Leadership & Management > Project Management
Who Should Attend?
Project managers
Full Seminar Description
Learn how to systematically approach complex global management issues as well as how to minimize the risks inherent in doing business in the worldwide marketplace. Through an interactive case study based upon real world scenarios, you'll experience what it really takes to manage a typical global project. 3 days. 22.5 PDUs. Fee per person: $1995.Knowledge and Competency Area:
Advanced Knowledge
Class Length: 3 Days
Class Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Learn How To
- Distinguish the unique characteristics of a borderless or global project effort
- Identify the elements of a global project plan needed to lay the foundation for success in dealing with the challenges inherent in global projects
- Incorporate global project environmental factors into your risk management plan
- Systematically approach and address the unique issues surrounding the management of global projects
Course Synopsis
Global trends are reshaping the competitive dimensions in the world and are driving the need for increased use of borderless, or global, project management. The management of the global projects cuts across organizational and national borders. To be successful, project managers must be prepared to overcome a unique set of obstacles. Special challenges arise from differences in cultures, mores, tradition, values, philosophies and languages of the project partners. In addition, attitudes of the project team in each of the partner organizations take on added importance. The financial risks and implications of the project can be immense, extending far beyond the financial capabilities of any one partner operating independently. Competition in the global marketplace is becoming dependent on using consistent organizational processes throughout the global community.In Managing Global Projects, you’ll learn how to systematically approach these complex global management issues as well as how to minimize the risks inherent in doing business in the worldwide marketplace. Through an interactive case study based upon real-world scenarios, you’ll experience what it really takes to manage a typical global project. You’ll develop an understanding of the many unique problems inherent in managing a global project and explore ways to solve them. The case study and exercises provide a clear roadmap for initiating, planning, implementing, controlling and successfully closing out a global project.
You will also get numerous tips, templates and tools that you can apply to any of your global efforts.
Participants will receive a copy of Global Project Management Handbook by David Cleland and Roland Gareis.
Reminder: Participants should already have an understanding of project management tools and techniques.
Course Topics
Overview of Global Project Management- Characteristics of global projects
- Global project management challenges
- Global project manager skills
Initiating Global Projects
- Identifying global business opportunities
- Criteria for selecting a global project
- Global risks and threats
- Conducting a pre-project country study
Planning Global Projects
- Defining global project requirements and scope
- The Global Scope Management Plan
- The Staffing Management Plan and the project team
- Risk management planning for globally dispersed projects
Implementing Global Projects
- Political, social, economic, infrastructure, legal and industry-specific considerations
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Negotiation norms and styles
- Intellectual property rights and laws
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Controlling Global Projects
- Complexity factors in controlling global projects
- Characteristics of an effective project control system
- Organizational considerations for controlling projects across multiple countries
- Schedule, cost and quality control in global projects
Closing Global Projects
- Closing out a global project
- Challenges of financial and administrative closeout of a global project
- Repatriation challenges
- Documenting lessons learned
PMBOK™ knowledge areas:
- Project Integration Management
- Project Scope Management
- Project Quality Management
- Project Time Management
- Project Cost Management
- Project Risk Management
- Project Human Resource Management
- Project Procurement Management
- Project Communications Management
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 22.5
Sponsor Background:
In 1989, ESI and The George Washington University School of Business and Public Management initiated the Project Management Professional Development Program as a corporate training program for one of the world's leading telecommunications companies.As the demand for project management expertise increased, ESI began offering public courses.
To date, more than 250,000 students from 50 countries around the world have benefited from the courses. As a result, our Project Management Professional Development Program has achieved the distinction of being the world's most comprehensive education program for building project management knowledge and skills.
Discounts and Payment Policy
Receive 10 percent off your registration when you sign up for two or more classes or you register yourself and a friend for the same course at the same time. You must sign up for the courses at the same time and pay in advance. Course discounts do not apply toward The Project Advantage course, the PMP Exam Preparation course or any e-training course.
In case of a course cancellation, substitutions can be arranged. Double Deal discounts cannot be applied to any past classes and are not applicable to e-training courses, the PMP Exam Preparation course or The ProjectAdvantage.
Past Participants Include:
- Abbott Labs
- Amoco Corporation
- AMTRAK
- Bank of America
- The Boeing Company
- Dell Computers
- FedEx
- The Gillette Company
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM
- Oracle
- Shell Oil
- US Postal Service
- World Bank
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