C2 Project Problems Diagnosis and Solution
Course Introduction
Studies show that project failure rates greatly supersede success rates. This is especially true in business investment projects and product RD projects, where average success rates are no higher than 30%. Investigation attempts into the reasons for this have been fraught with difficulty, because these types of projects exist in internal and external environments that are unstable and full of disturbances. Besides, traditional functional organizations often impede cross-departmental operations and communications efficiency. And the lack of common project management language, process and control methods, cause many problems in project execution.
Enterprises who want to improve project success rates, not only carry out internal review meetings, but often hire external experts to give objective, third party diagnoses and solutions. However, looking at past cases, experts may be able to help discover problems and recommend solutions, but often cannot get project team members' unanimous agreement, or enterprise top managers' acceptance and buy-in. The main reason is because these experts often neglect the importance of participation by the parties involved; in defining problems, analyzing causes, and developing solutions.
This course is a practical workshop based on enterprise project problems improvement needs. It is targeted at enterprise project managers' 5 main processes' 5 main problems. Through teams discussions and using effective problems analysis tools, problems are systematically analyzed for actual causes and assessed for actual impacts. Scientific assessment methods are used to compare problems, solutions and their related importance. Lastly, team members' opinions are integrated into a unanimously agreed 'Enterprise Project Problems Solution Proposal', in order to obtain top managers approval and support of the improvement plan.
Course Contents
| Day | No | Unit | Contents | Hours |
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| Day 1 | 1 | Project Management Failure Reasons and Success KPI |
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| 2 | Project Management 5 Main Problems Diagnosis |
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| 3 | Project Management Problems Diagnosis Methods and Tools Exercise |
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| 4 | Case Study (1): Project Problems Root Causes Analysis and Discussion |
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| 5 | Case Study (2): Project Problems Solutions Generation and Discussion |
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| 6 | Project Problems Impacts Assessment and Action Plan |
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| 7 | Teams Presentations and Discussions |
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(In order to improve course quality, we reserve the right to modify course contents in part or in whole)
Course Benefits
- Familiarize with project management total knowledge, framework, process and methodology.
- Understand enterprise project management's strategic role and importance.
- Understand enterprise project management success and failure core problems and causes.
- Learn how to use enterprise problems diagnosis procedures, methods and tools.
- Via teams discussions and exercises, produce an 'Enterprise Project Problems Core Causes and Impacts Assessment Form'.
- Learn how to use Fishbone to analyze problems and generate solutions.
- Learn how to use Kris Modified FMEA to assess problems-solutions importance levels.
- Through teams discussions and case studies, produce an 'Enterprise Project Problems Solutions Proposal'.
Course Targets and Execution
| Target | Enterprise different levels of managers, project managers, project team members, training planners, or those currently involved in project management related work. |
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| Emphasis | Teams collective problems diagnosis and solutions, management problems diagnosis tools, techniques, methods, practice and application. |
| Method | Case studies, templates, teams exercises and presentations |
| Time | 09:00-12:00.13:00-17:00, 7 hours, 1 day |
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