Managing Multiple Projects - Online - School of Continuing Education, University Of Wisconsin

	Managing Multiple Projects
	Managing multiple projects is essentially managing resources, time, costs, quality, scope and risk in a continually changing environment. Each individual project will face similar challenges at different stages of the project life cycle. The process can be easy to manage in a single project environment but as businesses react to changes in the market the number of projects that team member, stakeholders and project managers can be assigned to work on in any given time period. The work expands to include the management of multiple scope statements, multiple budgets, multiple schedules, multiple risks, multiple issues, multiple functional members and multiple stakeholders. You learn the skills required to develop a structure for integrating individual projects into a single project portfolio. Value to You • Understand the importance of developing project standards • Learn how to create a resource management plan for managing staff and material resources consistently across projects. • Learn how to manage inter-project task dependencies • Lean how to balance the workload, personally or for your team members
	Value to the Organization A framework for managing multiple projects Consistent approach to managing resources assigned to multiple projects Master schedules for viewing departmental and organizational projects Consistent resource assignments and skills-based resource forecasting A standard reporting structure based on stakeholder needs and expectations
	Value to the Participant Understand the importance of developing project standards Learn how to create a resource management plan for managing staff and material resources consistently across projects. Learn how to manage inter-project task dependencies Learn how create and use a master schedule Lean how to balance the workload, personally or for your team members
More ▼ Seminar Outline An Introduction Identifying the challenges in managing multiple projects Identifying your personal workload Managing projects in a single versus multiple project environment Aligning multiple projects against the business goals Managing multiple projects without priorities Defining what is meant by a program, subproject, and portfolio Bringing a new project into the mix Creating a project charter Inventorying the resources requirement Identifying the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders Creating a resource management matrix of resources vs projects Reviewing project priorities Creating a master project listby priority and stakeholder Integrating a new project into your workload Rolling wave planning and multiple projects Creating a project management plan Analyzing the resource capacity and availability Assessing stakeholder capacity on existing projects Assessing stakeholder availability for the new project Building and creating a master resource plan Building a master project schedule Identifying inter-project dependencies Analyzing a master/program schedule to reconcile resources and interdependencies Standardizing stakeholder reporting across projects Developing Building a master/program schedule Balancing the workload and managing the resource capacity Managing stakeholder relationships and expectations Assigning work to team members in a multiple project environment Leveling the workload for resources across projects Building the case to increase a resource's availability to the project Transitioning team members from one project to another Managing change across multiple projects Managing risks across multiple projects Tracking performance to date and schedule impact Reconciling projects to the program Reconciling progress across multiple projects Reconciling the team's performance to date Reconciling the performance to schedule Assessing the impact of delay on inter-dependent projects Keeping the team focused on their specific work Identifying opportunities to collaborate across project Ensuring the use of a project repository for knowledge management Intervening on underperforming projects Forecasting project requirements for time, cost and resources based on a regular cycle Managing project variances for time and cost Closing Projects - One at a Time Transitioning lessons-learned to other projects Ensuring project stakeholders complete the last work Creating a final closure document Close ▲ Benefits and Learning Outcomes ▼ A framework for managing multiple projects Consistent approach to managing resources assigned to multiple projects Master schedules for viewing departmental and organizational projects Consistent resource assignments and skills-based resource forecasting A standard reporting structure based on stakeholder needs and expectations Close ▲


	Dates and locations to be announced. Fee: $845

	Email us with your interest, contact:
		Business & Management General Information, sce-bus@uwm.edu, 414-227-3220 Maribeth Sacho, Program Associate, msacho@uwm.edu, 414-227-3337

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