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Successful Project Teams
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For Project
Team Members and Project Managers
Introduction
Media Tek will be hosting a course in ‘Successful Project Teams'. This course will be
presented by a PMI R.E.P (Project Management Institute Registered
Education Provider) and is suitable for
Project Team Members and Project Managers.
This
workshop will be held at Suite Solutions
conference facilities, 3 Mill Creek Road, Pembroke.
The course price includes
lunch and refreshments each day.
Overview
Project teams are different today. In
addition to accomplishing the work of the
project, teams members must now frequently
cooperate and communicate across functions,
distance, and cultures. This two-day
workshop isolates the core skills project
team members need to succeed in this
challenging environment. Upon completion,
participants are awarded 14 PMI PDU's.
Here's what participants said about previous courses:
"The entire team benefited from this. Great
course!".
"The course instructor was outstanding!".
"Every team member and manager should do
this".
"Will enable me to better understand the
different types of character each member brings to
the team". "Thoroughly enjoyed. Very effective".
"Enjoyed the team work". |
Audience
All project team players, including team members,
current and aspiring project managers and internal project clients, sponsors, and
other stakeholders. |
Length
Two days: TBA.
Price
$1495 (includes courseware, materials and lunch each
day). |
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn how to:
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Identify the critical success factors
for project teams today
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Clarify team and project goals, roles,
and norms
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Understand the typical development
stages of a project team and their
impact on group dynamics
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Enhance communication effectiveness
within the project team and between the
core team and project stakeholder groups
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Anticipate probable conflicts and
respond with a range of strategies
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Acquire insight, skills, and techniques
to deal with the challenges posed by the
cross-functional, distributed, virtual,
and cross-cultural nature of most
project teams
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Instructional Strategies
This workshop utilizes short lecture, guided
discussion, individual reflective and
self-assessment exercises, role plays and
small group activities. The DISC Personal
Profile Instrument is used as the
centerpiece of several discussions. |
Prerequisites
None. |
Content Outline
Module 1¾
The Challenge for Project Team Members
How teams differ from groups
How teams today differ from traditional project
teams
What team members need in order to succeed in
this new world
Module 2
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Clear Goals, Roles, and Norms
Establish clear project goals through the use of
the project definition document
Use the team operating agreement and team
charter to clarify team goals, roles, and norms
Detect ambiguity and cultural bias in these
documents
Achieve clarity across the miles, time zones,
and various functions
Module 3
¾
Team Dynamics, Development, and Accountability
Identify the various roles each team member
plays
Develop an awareness of the typical development
stages of project teams and assess their
influence of the group’s dynamics
Foster mutual accountability within a project
team environment
Provide feedback to team members to improve
collective performance
Module 4
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Intentional and Effective Communication
Create an internal and external communication
plan
Develop or refine the skills of interactive
questioning and reflective listening
Examine the opportunities and challenges arising
from the proliferation of communication
technologies
Strive for consistency between verbal and
nonverbal communication
Module 5
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Coping with Conflict, Change, and Stress on Project
Teams
Typical kinds and sources of project conflict
Expand your range of conflict response
strategies
Identify the change resistance syndrome
Break the connection between change, stress, and
conflict
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