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What you don't know will cost you.
in cooperation with
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
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Wkshp I
Workshop I: Managing International Projects
International Project Managers face dazzling challenges. To be successful, they must understand critical cultural differences
and best project management practices, as well as their implications on the design and execution of international projects.
Successful project managers tailor team communication to expectations and preferences, initiate international projects effectively,
master the virtual team challenges of distance, culture, and languages, and execute the right strategies to anticipate, prevent,
and/or resolve conflicts.
If you manage or contribute to an international project or program, Managing International Projects will teach you the
skills for success. Taught by instructors with extensive project and program management experience, this interactive workshop
includes explanations, tools sets, and practice using case examples from a variety of industries and project settings.
Key Learning Areas
Topics Covered
Structure
PMBOK® Knowledge Areas
Target Audience
Registration
Project Management Professionals® receive 24 PDU credits for the full three days, 16 PDUs for the two-day version
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Next Dates:
Dec 1-3, 2008, UTD campus in Richardson, TX
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Key Learning Areas:
Cultural differences that matter in an international project environment
Effective communication across cultures and ways to obtain information and feedback
Leveraging specific cultural characteristics in order to speed up international projects
and achieve high rates of success
Effective ways to initiate, plan, kick-off, execute, monitor & control, and close
international projects, apply cross-cultural virtual team protocols and best practices, and prevent or resolve conflict
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Topics Covered
1. Culture and Project Management
2. The Successful International Project Manager
The Assumption Pitfall Influencing stakeholder decisions Qualities of outstanding International Project Managers Adjusting leadership style to cultural context Managing upward and leading projects in matrix organizations Strategies, best practices and effective tools for virtual team managers Effective versus efficient behaviors and practices
3. Initiating International Projects
Objectives of Project Initiation Special requirements of the international project environment Effects of distance, language, and culture on charter and scope definitions
4. Planning International Projects
Managing bosses and other stakeholders Critical differences in domestic and international project planning requirements: WBS; activity definition & sequencing; resource estimating HR planning: roles and responsibilities; cross-cultural factors in team motivation and rewards Communications planning: best practices; face-to-face versus virtual; responsibility matrix; escalation paths; effective tools Risk management planning: identification; analysis; response planning Planning and delivering the international project kick-off meeting
5. Executing, Monitoring and Controlling International Projects
HR management: international team assembly; development and maintenance requirements Communications management: plan/scope updates; information distribution; work performance information Conflict management: sources of conflict; risks; effective prevention strategies Change management: change requests; decision making; escalation
6. Closing International Projects
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Structure:
Day 1: Effective Collaboration in International Settings
Focus: Cultural Dimensions, cross-cultural communication,
best practices in international project work
Day 2: Initiating International Projects
Focus: Project initiation, project planning, effective kick-off
meetings, managing key stakeholders
Day 3: Managing Remotely and Preventing/Resolving Cross-
Cultural Conflicts
Focus: Project execution, project monitoring & controlling,
conflict prevention and intervention
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PMBOK® Knowledge Areas:
Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Quality Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Risk Management Project Human Resource Management Project Procurement Management Project Communications Management
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Target Audience:
Project managers working with international project teams
Project managers working with foreign collaborative development or outsourcing partners
Team members assigned to international projects
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Registration:
Click the link to go to
UTD's secure online registration page.
To register for individual workshops, or to inquire about in-house offerings, please call the UTD project management
office at 972-883-5802 or e-mail us at
info@managingprojectsacrossborders.com
Workshop fee: $1,595, $1,095 for abbreviated two-day version
( Company and UTD Student discounts available )
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