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Improve Organizational Performance with Project Audits |
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Overview |
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The outcome of project failure is a significant amount of wasted dollars that steal investor profits and have a negative impact on the organization's bottom-line. A project audit provides an opportunity to uncover the issues, concerns and challenges encountered throughout a project's execution. It affords those responsible for the project with an interim view of what has gone well and what needs to be improved within the project to successfully complete it. If done at the close of a project, a project audit can be used to develop success criteria for future projects by providing a forensic review.
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Session Focus |
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This training will teach you how to conduct a Project Audit or Project Health Check. It provides powerful tools and techniques for conducting project audits that will help your organization get work done more effectively, efficiently and productively. The outcome will be a positive impact on your bottom-line. This is why many organizations are investing in project audits at this time.
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Who Should Attend? |
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| Vice Presidents and Directors of Project Management, Project Sponsors, Project Management Offices, Senior Project Managers, Internal Auditors, Programme Managers, as well as management who are responsible to ensure the successful execution of projects. |
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What You Will Learn |
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- Manage the challenges of not having enough time and not having a clear guideline on how to get your project audited.
- Ensure that your projects are aligned with the organization's strategic goals.
- Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunites and threats in all projects.
- Make sure that consistent quality is achieved throughout the project, from initiation to exeuction and close.
- Learn and apply the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for project audits.
- Anticipate and identifiy potential project problems before they occur?
- Develop a clearer definition of what is being audited.
- Identify why projects are not being completed on time and/or within budget.
- Uncover the reasons why there is a lack of controls in projects.
- Review the project's quality processes, tools and templates to ensure they align with industry standards.
- Apply a consistent process for assessing project risk.
- Use the risk management process to uncover the root causes of problems on projects.
- Understand how to complete a project health check or audit from beginning to end.
- Develop an effective and feasible project tracking plan.
- Effectively analyze project schedules, budgets and quality performance.
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Course Duration: |
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2 Days
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PDUs: |
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This course qualifies for 14.0 Professional Development Units towards the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.
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