Begin your projects with the focus on success

Project managers are constantly challenged by difficult requirements, impossible schedules, and inadequate budgets. However, project managers may not realize that some of the challenges they face may be created by their own inaction early in the project development cycle. Discovering the dynamics of project initiation will help you increase your personal success rate on projects. You will learn how to act in a proactive manner that will enable you to be successful when beginning a project, as well as how to align your projects with corporate goals to enhance your ability to influence others to assist you in their completion.

Following this course you will be able to:

• Define the organizational context for project managers
• Understand what is expected from you
• Learn how to succeed as a project manager and how to get your people to work for you
• Determine team alignment and focus
• Identify how your project fits into the organization's strategy