Seminar:
The Project-oriented Organization:
Key to Innovation and Competitiveness

Description

Organizational models developed during the last decade through formal research led by Dr. Roland Gareis of the University of Vienna will show how organizations are evolving to cope with increasing business complexity and dynamics. Topics include: Management by Projects strategy; Integrative organizational structures; Project culture; Process oriented project management; Management roles; Projects, programs, and networks as temporary social systems; Portfolio steering groups and PM-Office as permanent social systems. Instruments will be introduced for assessing project-oriented competencies.

Learning
objectives

Understanding the strategies, structures, processes, roles, cultures, and key management instruments of the Project-oriented Organization.

Seminar
locations

PMI Seminars World locations and in-company seminars

Length

2 day & 3 day versions

Audience

Executives, Managers, Organization Developers, Project and Program Managers desiring to accelerate the evolution of their traditional organization towards more project-orientation

Prerequisite and
Pre-work

Knowledge of basic project management concepts. Participants must prepare and share a short presentation on their project-oriented organizations

Depth of topic

Introductory

Measuring
learning
objectives

Guided group discussions, In-class exercises, Reflection periods

Seminar
lesson
plan

  • The New Management Paradigm and the Project-oriented Organization:
    strategies, structures, and cultures of the project-oriented organization
  • New Project Management Approaches:
    systemic-constructionistic project management and process oriented project management
  • Project Portfolio Management:
    methods, processes, and roles for project portfolio management:
  • The PM-Office:
    services and organization
  • Networks of Projects
  • Program Management: organization of programs
  • Strategies for Organizational Development
  • Development of project personnel and the project organization
  • Auditing and coaching of projects, progams, and project organizations

Languages

English, German

Instructional
methods

Presentations alternated with moderated group work sessions focusing on case studies drawn from participant cases and a variety of research and consulting experiences with international corporations.

Knowledge
areas

Integration, Quality, Risk, Procurement, Human Resources, Communication, Scope

Process
Groups

Initiation, Planning, Executing, Controlling, Closing

Previous
presentations
and
evaluations

PMI: Seminars World 2001: Rome, Seattle
IPMA: International Advanced Training in Project Management: 1999, 2001
EPPE (European Programme for Project Executives): 1999, 2001

Instructor
Biography

Dr. Roland Gareis
President
ROLAND GAREIS CONSULTING, Austria

Univ. Prof. Dkfm. Dr. Director of the International Project Management Program at the University of Economics and Business Administration, and at the Technical University, Vienna, Austria; Sponsor of the 1990 IPMA World Congress: "Management by Projects"; President, Roland Gareis Consulting; President, Project Management Austria; Chairman, IPMA Research Committee.

References: David Cleland, Rodney Turner, Pieter Norberg

Instructor
Biography

Mike Katagiri
President
CENTER FOR PROJECT EXCELLENCE, USA

President, Center for Project Excellence; Associate, Roland Gareis Consulting; Associate, Management Worlds; Instructor, International Institute for Learning; Past PMI Vice President Technical Activities; Past PMI Vice President Region III; Past PMI Research Committee Chairman; Past PMI Technical Activities Center member; Past President, PMI Puget Sound Chapter

References: Adesh Jain, Pieter Norberg, Larry Suda

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Assessment

Description

PROJECT-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION (PO) ASSESSMENT
A 5-day quick assessment of your organization's Project-oriented competence.
  • Day-1 Orientation session & Assessment interview sessions
  • Day-2 Assessment interview sessions
  • Day-3 Assessment report & working session start
  • Day-4 Assessment working session cont'd
  • Day-5 Assessment working session & action plan
Assessed competencies:
  • Organizational Design of the PO
  • Assignment of Projects and Programs
  • Project Management
  • Program Management
  • Coaching and Auditing of Projects and Programs
  • Project Portfolio Coordination
  • Networking between Projects
  • Personnel Management in the PO

(for info on a full assessment click here)

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Coaching

Contact

Mike Katagiri
CENTER FOR PROJECT EXCELLENCE, USA
23214 NE 10th Place
Sammamish, WA 98074-6520
+1(425) 260.8852

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