Project Management Basics

With the increasing demand for efficient project delivery, mastering the art of project management has become a critical skill for both businesses and individuals. Yet according to the Project Management Institute, 75% of projects fail to meet at least one of their stated baseline objectives. The most common reasons for failure include running over budget, falling behind schedule, and failing to meet deliverables.

Factors that have been shown to increase success rates as high as 80% include employee training, solid project planning, and management commitment.

While the tools of an effective Project Management program are universal, implementing them successfully within a manufacturing environment requires additional sensitivity to critical functions including Safety.

This course is designed and delivered by DVIRC Strategic Partner Melissa TK Hess, PMP. With more than 25 years of experience managing projects in steel manufacturing, high-volume production and assembly, and automated pick/pack/ship, she is uniquely qualified to understand your organization.

Course Design developed by Melissa TK Hess, Founder & Principal, Executive Lift LLC
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Participants will gain an understanding of value delivery, project management principles, and performance domains that are important for final delivery outcomes. Participants will learn to:

• Influence and engage key stakeholders to gain alignment on a clear project scope, with defined deliverables and an effective risk management strategy.
• Build a communication plan that encourages participation and support.
• Detail a project schedule and define roles & responsibilities.
• Follow a consistent process designed to deliver high-impact projects on time and within budget.
• Build high-performance teams and manage team dynamics.

Project managers can build confidence to lead high-value projects and engage teams in a way that inspires them to deliver their best efforts. Melissa’s signature approach is to focus on the intersection of people and process. She has a reputation for building high-performance teams that routinely exceeded profitability, capacity, and efficiency targets.

Everyone within an organization manages projects! Establishing a uniform process with a common language dramatically increases the likelihood of success.

With innovation happening more than ever, the new agile project economy requires more and more people across organizations to manage projects successfully. The problem is very few people receive formal training in how to do it.