Avoiding Project Failure | Project Management Training Course

In a down economy, failed projects can lead to failed organizations. Learn how to avoid project failure, and reduce project risk.

Who should take this course?

This course is for anyone involved in managing projects - particularly those without formal project management training, including project managers, project team members, functional managers, contracting officers, and senior managers.

Where is this work offered?

The course is being offered as a special open-enrollment event at our Project Management Education Center in Tucson, AZ, which also serves the Greater Phoenix, Oro Valley, and Sierra Vista areas in Southern Arizona.

Course Objectives

Ensure you, your management, and your client are all on the same page, right from the start.
Verify you’ve captured all the tasks that need to be completed as part of the project.
Track project issues so they don’t “fall through the cracks”..
Capture the complexity of your projects.
Waste less time and money fighting fires.
Develop a schedule you can actually meet.
Identify, prioritize, and mitigate things might go wrong on your project - project risks.

Course Details

Length: 4 hours
Style: Instructor-led, using PowerPoint presentations, facilitated discussions, individual and group exercises.
Format: Classroom – no computers required.
Prerequisites: None.

Instructor

Kevin Archbold, PMP has 20 years of project management experience with large and small organizations in a variety of industries, including automotive, nuclear, telecoms, trucking, IT, recruiting, biotech, engineering, and government. He has presented at both the local and national level within the Project Management Institute (PMI), and has been providing project management consulting and training services through Key Consulting since 1999.