Best practices in planning and monitoring projects

MANILA, Philippines - With many simultaneous projects, the great challenge for leaders, decision-makers, and managers is how to plan, schedule, monitor and track the portfolio of projects effectively and efficiently. 

To help solve these issues, the Center for Global Best Practices is launching a pioneering two-day program entitled, Best Practices in Planning, Scheduling and Monitoring Project Implementation on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, 2013 at the Peninsula Hotel, Makati City, Philippines. (For registration or more details check www.cgbp.org or call Manila lines 842-7148/ 59 or 556-8968/ 69; Cebu lines (032) 512-3106/ 07 or Baguio (074) 423-5148).

Learn the best practices in applying the cutting-edge and world-class project management tools to be presented to you in a simplified and practical format by project management guru and course director Dr. Ken Smith, PMP, SM, DPA. He has over 40 years experience designing, scheduling, implementing, monitoring and evaluating social, economic, and business development projects in many countries and technical sectors. 

Dr. Smith has been tapped by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank group, UN agencies, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to teach project management as part of capacity building for many governments around the world.  Attendees in this seminar will get a free project management toolkit with a compilation of best practices tools and techniques for quick and easy use.  This software includes 83 project management templates that are very useful to track and monitor projects. 

On day one of the lecture, participants in the learning event will have the opportunity to learn the Critical Path Method (CPM) which is an internationally-recognized “Best Practice” technique for project planning and scheduling.  One can enjoy an executive implementation simulation game-developed by Dr. Smith to reinforce participants’ decision-making understanding and practices utilizing CPM.

On the second day, he will teach the “Best Practice” system for monitoring and managing project implementation and managing the “Triple Threat” (TT) during project implementation – i.e. actual elapsed time, incurred expenditure and cost obligations and technical performance vs. the planned schedule, budget-to-date, as well as life-of-project budget.  This is known as the Earned Value Method (EVM). Without it, most project managers and management systems monitor each TT aspect separately; but with EVM the dynamic interaction of these elements is measured, providing a more complete perspective, for timely management decision-making and corrective action.

The “Better Practice” EVM innovations introduced in this seminar also facilitates effective portfolio management.  Managers applying EVM will have a competitive advantage over their peers who adhere to traditional project management methods.

This is a limited seats only program with pre-registration required.  Attend and improve your productivity!