Macrosolutions will show you how the project complexity and crisis may be factors of competitive advantages when they are properly managed.

1. MANAGING
COMPLEX
PROJECTS AND
PROJECTS IN
CRISIS
TRAINING

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TRAINING
OBJECTIVE
To qualify students to deal with the growing need to properly
manage complex projects. The participants will understand the
dynamics involved in the project complexity and in the troubled
projects management and in the crisis management themselves.
TRAINING CONTENT
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
✓✓Scale the actual project complexity level
✓✓Measure the intangible benefits
✓✓Apply specific leadership skills to the complex projects
✓✓Identify whether the project is in crisis
✓✓Initiate the recovery actions on the project in crisis
✓✓Establish a communication plan for the crisis
✓✓Motivate and manage the team during the stressful periods
✓✓To manage emerging risks and implement contingency
actions
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TRAINING
FACT SHEET
DESCRIPTION
Course number of hours. The number of days depends
COURSE DURATION
on the daily number of hours dedicated in each course.
16 Hours.
The minimum number of students suggested to ensure
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
the training economic viability.
Minimum 20 students per class.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Project managers, project team members, sponsors and others stakeholders interested in the
project management process.
REQUIREMENTS
Advanced project management knowledge.
The language in which the training is ministered.
LANGUAGE(S)
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
LOCAL
Provided by the contractor. Worldwide attendance.
Closed classes are hired by a particular organization
CLOSED CLASSES
or group. In this case all the participants are selected/
(IN COMPANY)? chosen by the contracting organization.
Yes.
Open classes offer public access in which the
OPEN CLASSES?
registration is done by each participant, individually.
No.
Professional Development Units are the measuring
CERTIFICATION AND PDU
units issued by the Project Management Institute for
All training participants will receive a the credential holders. With these units the credential
participation certificate with 16 PMI’s PDUs. holders can maintain their certifications.
(PMI R.E.P. activity number: Macro010)
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TRAINING
STANDARDS AND
METHODOLOGIES
Project management standards and methodologies discussed
and addressed in the training.
Project Management Institute (PMI) UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
PMBOK Guide PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments)
PMI Practice Standard for Estimating — MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) —
PMI Practice Standard for Earned Value Management — M_O_R (Management of Risks) —
PMI Practice Standard for Configuration P3M3 (Portfolio, Programme, and Project
— —
Management Management Maturity Model)
PMI Practice Standard for Risk Management — P3O (Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices)
PMI Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure — MoP (Management of Portfolios)
PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling — MoV (Management of Value) —
PMI Standard for Portfolio Management
Scrum Alliance
PMI Standard for Program Management —
Scrum Methodology
PMI Project Manager Development Competency
Framework
International Project Management Association (IPMA)
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model
— ICB® IPMA Competence Baseline
(OPM3®)
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TRAINING
BASIC
PROGRAM
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COURSE OPENING
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SYSTEMS AND COMPLEXITY
›› The elements of a system
›› Balance and lack of balance in a system
›› Atratores
›› Non linear dynamics
›› Self-organization
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COMPLEX PROJECTS
›› Definition of complex projects
›› Validating “Hard” and “Soft” benefits
›› Managing multiple concerns from the stakeholders
›› Setting the priorities (Relationship Matrix)
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TRAINING
BASIC PROGRAM
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MANAGEMENT IN COMPLEX PROJECTS
›› Vital leadership abilities to manage complex projects
›› The Communication processes in complex projects
›› Communication plaform
›› Reducing risks in complex projects
›› Interpreting and analyzing project risks at the executive level
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PLANNING AND CONTROLLING COMPLEX PROJECTS
›› The 5 planning stages on complex projects
›› The 5 executing stages on complex projects
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PROBLEMATIC PROJECTS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
›› Complexity and problems have something in common
›› Continuous sequence of problematic projects
›› The perceptions about problematic projects
›› How to identify a problematic project
›› Vital Signs Model
›› Problematic Projects Evaluation Model
›› Restricting factors to recovery
›› Premature project closure
›› Decision making process
›› Developing a recovery plan
›› The 4 classical recovery options
›› Critical factors to recover a project
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DISCUSSION – MANAGING COMPLEX AND PROBLEMATIC PROJECTS
›› The change control process
›› Configuration Management
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IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES
›› Cases
›› Table participants
›› Discussion
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COURSE CLOSE-OUT
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TRAINING
DYNAMICS
As part of our methodology, in this course the following dynamics
will be used:
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CASE STUDIES
› Ricardo Vargas and the Macrosolutions’ team have selected a relevant set of case studies and
exercises that allow the participants to associate real and fictional cases the to daily work.
› All case studies are appropriate to the nature of the client and the training audience.
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VIDEOS SELECTION
› In order to facilitate the student learning, videos that cover various parts of movies,
commercials, home videos, etc. are used in the classroom environment to fix concepts and
associate technical issues with the reality of work and also to introduce new concepts.
› They are short videos with direct focus on specific topics, tools and cases.
[
GROUP WORK
› Several studies and exercises will be proposed by the instructor in order to present a particular
topic or discuss a particular approach to project management.
› Throughout the training the teamwork will be encouraged and strengthened as a mean for the
group to learn.
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SIMULATORS
› To discuss some mathematical and statistical approaches, the instructor will perform specific
mathematical simulations to estimate the expected results for the risks, schedules, costs,
among others. They are computational methods that use mathematical concepts, operational
research and statistics as a conceptual basis.
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COMPUTER BASED EXERCISES
› To facilitate the learning on the digital tools, students practice exercises in a computer using
softwares such as Microsoft Project, MindManager Professional and others.
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TRAINING
EXCLUSIVE STUDENT
ACCESS AREA
In addition to the exclusive printed material,
all participants will have access to the
courseware’s electronic version, to the files
of exercises and to the work done in the
classroom.
The access is given through the restricted
site that is available and prepared by the
Macrosolutions team considering each
course that we provide. This initiative is a
pioneer in the educational market and also
anticipates trends related to the documents’
electronic management
Student Area’s on the website macrosolutions.com.br
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9. [
TRAINING
REQUIRED
EQUIPMENT
The equipment required for the proper realization of the course is:
[ HIGH RESOLUTION PROJECTOR (1024X768)
[ SOUND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO DISPLAY
[ INTERNET ACCESS
[ VARIABLE ILLUMINATION INSIDE THE CLASSROOM
[ 01 TABLE FOR EACH GROUP OF FIVE STUDENTS
[ 01 FLIP CHART FOR EACH GROUP OF FIVE STUDENTS
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TRAINING
FURTHER
INFORMATION
For further information about this course, please contact:
Phone: +55 31 3024-3003
Fax: +55 31 3024-3005
email: info@macrosolutions.com.br
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