A key challenge for organizations in today’s world is to succeed in balancing two parallel, competing imperatives:

Maintain current business operations such as profitability, service quality, customer relationships, brand loyalty, productivity, market confidence etc. What we term “business as usual’.

To transform business operations in ordert o survive and compete in the future-looking forward to survive and deciding how business change can be introduced to best effect for the organization.

Audience

At the end of this course, the participant will:

• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of Project Management principles and philosophies and their application and context on business projects. – Understand how projects are conceptualized and initiated in support of the strategy and business plans of the organization.
• Be introduced to the concepts of “early stage” planning to obtain commitment and buy-in through the application of a Project Definition Workshop.