3-day Virtual Seminar

Project Management for Administrative Professionals

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Overview

Faced with a large new assignment and no experience of working on this type of activity or anything this large, it is easy to lose confidence. As you move forward and hit roadblocks or potential risks become reality, you may be ready to quit.

Mastering the c, used by millions of people on millions of projects throughout the world, you will be in a strong position to prevail and prosper. Banish your doubts with proven techniques that help you get the successful results you need.

Why you should Attend

As a result of this webinar, Administrative Professionals will be able to:

• Articulate the crucial "business problem" you will solve
• Throw out your "to-do" list and organize tasks easily into logical groups in a plan
• "Manage" your project "team" of critical stakeholders
• Track progress and get back on track quickly when things slip
• Demonstrate successful project completion
• Apply lessons learned to the next project

Areas Covered in the Session

• Context for project management
  • What are projects and where do they fit?
  • Project success factors and pitfalls
• Project Initiation
  • Articulate project business problem
  • Perform stakeholder analysis
• Planning and scheduling
  • Discover requirements
  • Analyze scope, constraints, assumptions
  • Create work breakdown structure and tactical plan
  • Manage the critical path
  • Schedule, assign responsibility and track
• Cost Management
• Manage your budget
• Risk Management
  • Define risks in a risk impact matrix
  • Track and manage risk; escalate risk proactively
• Human Resource and Communication Plan
  • Manage people and communication effectively
• Project execution, monitoring, and control
  • Manage and monitor scope, schedule, cost, quality
• Project closure
  • Apply Lessons learned for continuous improvement

Who Will Benefit

• Administrative Professionals
• Executive Assistants
• Office Managers
• Supervisors
• Small Business Owners