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Overview: Learn the basics of how to initiate, plan, and manage Projects within the corporate environment. This webinar is aligned with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) process framework, but translates the theoretical into a practical "how-to" approach that can be immediately applied to smaller corporate projects.

Why should you attend: Aside from routine day-to-day tasks, nearly everything that gets done in organizations today is via a Project. If you need to develop a new process, update an SOP, rollout a new benefits program, create a communications campaign, design a new product, change the department workflow, provide training on an IT system, etc., then you're running a Project.

Can you (and your career) really afford to just "wing it" any longer? The value of Project Management has been demonstrated across industries and it has subsequently evolved into its own separate discipline and career path in recent years. While not everyone is cutout to be a full-time project manager, all professionals need to understand the fundamentals of how to take an organized and efficient approach to managing Projects if they want to remain competitive in this day and age.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Core Project Management definitions and terminology
• The Project Triangle
• Understanding the Business Case for the project
• Using a Project Charter to start your project off right
• Documenting customer requirements
• Defining project scope
• Building a timeline/schedule
• Assessing and managing risk
• Driving project execution
• Status reporting
• Closing out the project

Who Will Benefit:

• Individual Contributors assigned to manage corporate projects
• Functional Managers overseeing project managers
• Senior Managers