Course DescriptionMost enterprise projects reflect strategic perspective and demands a strong sponsorship commitment to succeed. While most of the sponsors are executives or leaders with significant experience, at time, the project management teams long for guidance, direction, decision and active participation. Apart from experience, a limited quantum of training and coaching can help sponsors play their role more effectively. Sponsorship by definition and in spirit requires active partnership with the project management team providing a strong enabler role. This course spread over 5 hours provides an excellent opportunity to understand the roles of sponsorship and to learn proven methods to effectively playing the sponsorship role. |
Main TopicsThe course topics are based on the good practices of project management as per international standards and leading publications/journals that have researched on the subject.
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Learning Objectives
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*Note: This course is for manager/director level & above
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Course Description
Most enterprise projects reflect strategic perspective and demands a strong sponsorship commitment to succeed. While most of the sponsors are executives or leaders with significant experience, at time, the project management teams long for guidance, direction, decision and active participation. Apart from experience, a limited quantum of training and coaching can help sponsors play their role more effectively. Sponsorship by definition and in spirit requires active partnership with the project management team providing a strong enabler role. This course spread over 5 hours provides an excellent opportunity to understand the roles of sponsorship and to learn proven methods to effectively playing the sponsorship role.
Main Topics
The course topics are based on the good practices of project management as per international standards and leading publications/journals that have researched on the subject.
- Project construct and competing objectives
- Project leadership construct
- Introduction to sponsor and sponsorship
- Role of the project across life cycle (partnering approach)
- Approach to deliver on sponsorship (time and engagement model)
- Qualities of good sponsor
- ROI for playing an effective sponsor role
- Conflict management & teaming
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of sponsorship
- Learn to differentiate the role from managers and project executives
- Recognise the role across project life cycle
- Appreciate the competing objectives while playing the leadership role
- Understand the challenges
- List the qualities of a good sponsor
- Perform a self-assessment of your sponsoring style
*Note: This course is for manager/director level & above
If you have never recommended canceling a project, you haven’t been an effective project sponsor
Key Details
Trainer: Ilango Vasudevan
Start Date: 17/11/2016
End Date: 17/11/2016
Timings: 8:30AM - 1:30PM
No. of Hours: 5
PDUs: 5
Fees: BD 150/-
Trainer
Ilango Vasudevan PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSCP (APICS), TOGAF,
MBCI (BCI), CISA (ISACA)
Consultant l Trainer l Coach l Mentor
Mr. Ilango leads a highly influential career in programme/project management domains spanning two decades of international engagements. Ilango has worked for the two largest international consulting firms having led the PMO services and strategic projects. Ilango has authored a number of publications in the PMO Global and has made a number of presentations in the PMI global conference summits in the Gulf Region. Moreover, Mr.Ilango has led large scale international business and IT transformation projects with vast complexity and heavy budgets. These projects include PMO operations of high visibility government projects in India, Africa & USA.
Mr. Ilango has overall 5000 training hours in strategic project management, PMO coaching, and PMI examination preparation training. He is well known for his extensive knowledge in project management making him one of the best trainers in this field.
He delivered many of PMI credentials preparatory courses for leading international IT & consultancy firms with highly successful examination passing rates in PMI credentials in Bahrain and in the region. In addition, Ilango designed and delivered a number of PMI PDU courses focusing on specific project/program management strategy, performance and operations.
Trainer
Ilango Vasudevan PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSCP (APICS), TOGAF,
MBCI (BCI), CISA (ISACA)
Consultant l Trainer l Coach l Mentor
Mr. Ilango leads a highly influential career in programme/project management domains spanning two decades of international engagements. Ilango has worked for the two largest international consulting firms having led the PMO services and strategic projects. Ilango has authored a number of publications in the PMO Global and has made a number of presentations in the PMI global conference summits in the Gulf Region. Moreover, Mr.Ilango has led large scale international business and IT transformation projects with vast complexity and heavy budgets. These projects include PMO operations of high visibility government projects in India, Africa & USA.
Mr. Ilango has overall 5000 training hours in strategic project management, PMO coaching, and PMI examination preparation training. He is well known for his extensive knowledge in project management making him one of the best trainers in this field.
He delivered many of PMI credentials preparatory courses for leading international IT & consultancy firms with highly successful examination passing rates in PMI credentials in Bahrain and in the region. In addition, Ilango designed and delivered a number of PMI PDU courses focusing on specific project/program management strategy, performance and operations.
