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SIX SIGMA (2-Day Workshop)
1. Project Management
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About the Program:
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Robust Design This workshop is designed for professionals committed to 3. Overview (2-3)
learning professional level project management. It will
Taguchi Methods give you hands-on experience with PM and its Register Now!
SPC implementation, using personal project examples.
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Project Management
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● Serve as a springboard for more advanced project History of ASI
8D Problem Solving and program management concepts. Help you
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decide whether to pursue additional personal
development and certification as a Project
VA/VE Management Professional.
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For organizations:
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● Emphasize the proven value of investing in upfront
project planning, through evaluation of success and
failure at the project level
● Encourage use of common language as a
prerequisite to improvement and effectiveness.
● Introduce elements of a defined, capable, repeatable
project management process to complement
technical methodologies and processes. Recognize
the difference between project-oriented processes
and product-oriented processes.
● Identify and highlight selected best practices in
project and program management.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop will be especially valuable for anyone

interested in agility – quickly and effectively responding to
the unique demands of clients. PM is a key integrating
mechanism for projects." It will be extremely valuable for

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those involved in the following areas: Engineering,

Manufacturing, R & D, Marketing, Sales, and Production.
Teams are encouraged to attend for maximum benefit.

Features & Benefits:

● Common Language: What is a Project? Program? *

DO IT ! * Managing Project Expectations * The
"Triple Constraint" Model * Individuals and
Organizations * What is a Project Acceleration
Workshop? * Workshop Goals * Project Launch
Book* The Integrated Project Management Plan
● Project Selection * Project Life Cycle * The Five
Process Groups * Projects Are...... * Programs
Are...... * Uniqueness * Types of Projects *
Stakeholders (clients/Users/Others) * Setting
Boundaries * Objectives * Product Description *
People Issues * Team Building *What Does
Commitment Mean? * Triangular Contracting
● Project Failure * Does Product Failure = Project
Failures?* A Few Common Causes of Project Failure
* Project Risk Elements * The Structure of a Risk
Analysis * Response to Threats * Balancing Risk
With Investment in Planning and Control * Investing
in Project Planning * Good Project Risk Management
Practices * Creating a R.A.I.D. List * Prospective
Hindsight
● Project Scope: A Misunderstood Term * Work
Breakdown Structures (WBS) * Work Package
Definition * Exercise: WBS Development * Five High
Level Strategies for WBS Construction * Time
Phased * Functional or Departmental * Product/
System Breakdown Structure * Benefits of the
"Sticky Tags" Approach * Rolling Wave Planning
● Process of Developing a Plan * Gantt Chart Example
* Milestone Chart Example * Network Logic Diagram
Example * Key Terms * Finding Project Duration by
Finding the Critical Path * Logical Task Sequencing *
Key Points on the Critical Path * More Task
Sequencing Tactics * Getting More Detail From the
Network * Forward Pass and Backward Pass *
Schedule Logically, then Improve Systematically *
Automating the Schedule * Entering Basic Project
Data * Program Scheduling
● Resource Planning * Responsibility Assignment *
Assumptions * Effort, Duration, & Elapsed Time *
Transforming a LOE to a Duration * Factors
Affecting Productivity * Task Durations with PERT
Weighted Average Estimates * Measuring Variation
* Resource Leveling * Commonsense Rules
● The Soft Art of Project Control * The Control Process
* Build Control into Your Project Plan * Visibility as a
Control Technique * Project Walkthroughs and
Evaluation * The Rut of 90% Complete * Earned
Value * Three Important Parameters * Variances *
Lessons Learned * Project Closing
● Building PM Capability * Bottom Line Performance *
Good Project Management Process Owners* Project

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Sponsors & Champions* Good Project Leaders *

Good Project Followers * The Power of One

Project and Program Management Basics

This popular "blocking and tackling" course will introduce

you to fundamental principles, processes, and tools good
of project and program management.

How to Capture client Requirements and

Develop Project Scope

This course provides participants with the critical skills

build a complete model of requirements. Emphasis is on
defining problems in order to correctly specify designs.
Projects don't fail at the end, they fail at the beginning!
Organizations can build on this course with our Advanced
Requirements Workshop.

How to Assess and Manage Project Risk

Project Risk Management is one of the most desired skills

of project management. We designed this interactive,
practical workshop to look at some of the critical
challenges in the project environment and develop
powerful strategies to bring a practical, actionable risk
mitigation strategy to the project. This is one of the most
popular of Catalyst's workshops. Past attendees say that
they can immediately put the knowledge to work in their
organizations. This is an advanced project management
workshop.

Executive Briefings

Catalyst's executive briefings are rapid-pace interactive

sessions geared for time-constrained executives and
senior managers. We offer several tailored sessions
including Designing and Supporting Effective Project
Organizations, Creating Effective Sponsorship, and New
Product Development Excellence. We typically customize
briefings extensively for the client organization.

Rapid Project Development

This workshop presents the fundamental project principles

of speed-based product development. You will learn to
isolate important performance drivers in the product
management and product development environment, so
that you can select and apply the right technique.

Project Integration, Performance, and Metrics

This workshop addresses important processes like pricing

project services, profit planning, resource planning, cost
estimating, and cost budgeting. Through a case study

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analysis, you will gain insights to the issues of creating

project management offices and pricing services.

PMP Exam Preparation

Prepare for the PMI certification exam with a diagnostic

approach that will help you understand your knowledge
deficiencies and increase your chances of passing the
exam on the first try.

Project Acceleration Workshop

This is a facilitated hands-on workshop focused on

creating an executable project plan for an organization's
project. As a result, you will develop a realistic baseline
and secure the buy in of the project participants. This is
not a training class, although past participants have
gained considerable knowledge in project planning
fundamentals.

Basics of Project Scheduling

The workshop objective is to help individuals construct

accurate time schedules (e.g., Gantt Charts). The
workshop is first delivered to senior managers, then to
pilot teams. We emphasize a strong learning,
developmental application of the techniques to real
projects.

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