Course Description
Leading Complex Projects (APPEL-LCP)
Audience
This course is designed for experienced project managers who are subsystem leads or managers of small projects and are preparing to perform as a project manager of a more complex project (multiple distinct subsystems, or other defined services, capabilities, or products) with associated interfaces.
Goal
This three-day course provides participants with key project management concepts, tools, and techniques used to manage complex projects successfully. It also provides insights and tools to measure project complexity and adopt the best techniques for ensuring control of a project and all of its associated elements.
When asked what participants learned that would be most beneficial to their work, they said…
"The difference between leadership and management and how to energize a project and keep it at the edge of chaos."
—Ohio Aerospace Institute, 2007
Learning Methods
This course is a progressive, integrated case study that gives you hands-on experience in determining the true level of project complexity, governing the use of complexity to assist rather than hinder progress, and to lead the project team from a new perspective.
Specific Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Clearly understand how to address variables involved in dealing with complex projects.
- Master techniques for accurate work estimating and risk analysis in complex situations.
- Develop a plan that provides the right level of control and flexibility for success in complex projects.
- Integrate strategic planning techniques to meet NASA requirements for complex projects.
- Develop techniques for coping with multiple stakeholders, complex approval situations and teams drawn from across the Agency’s organizational boundaries.
Notes
This course is registered by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for 23 Professional Development Units (PDUs). PMI Course ID: LCP015
