Virtual Project Management Training
The need for managing projects professionally is widespread amongst organisations and roles. You don’t need to have the title project manager in your role to need these skills.
Background
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors and was established in 1949. They have an overarching objective of leading legal excellence, and strive to excel and to be a world-class professional body, understanding and serving the needs of members and the public. As part of their regulatory duties, we set and uphold standards to ensure the provision of excellent legal services and ensure the public can have confidence in Scotland’s legal profession.
The Law Society also has a statutory duty to work in the public interest, a duty which they are strongly committed to achieving through work to promote a strong, varied and effective legal profession working in the interests of the public and protecting and promoting the rule of law. They seek to influence the creation of a fairer and more just society through active engagement with the Scottish and United Kingdom governments, parliaments, wider stakeholders and our membership.
Need
The need was to offer their members professional project management training. The participants would include both legal and business professionals working for law firms or working in-house at other organisations.
Activity
This virtual workshop programme reviews both the processes & people aspects of successful project management. It aimed to develop the methodical skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for a successful result. The session introduces the ITD Project Planning tool, and applies this to the projects of the participants. This gives them the opportunity to review their project management skills within the context of their own work, resulting in a very practical workshop with participants learning from the trainer and other participants.
This workshop lends itself perfectly as a virtual training session. Participants use our online planning tool and apply it to their projects. Ideas and principles of project management are introduced, explained and then the participants apply these to their individual projects.
Agenda
Part 1 - Planning
What is a project?
Challenges with project management.
How treating work as a project can impact the outcome.
Role of AI in project planning & management.
Mission.
Objective.
Success criteria.
Assumptions.
Terms of Reference.
Part 2 - People
Challenges with people in project management
The impact of work styles.
Our own work styles.
Other people’s work styles.
How to mirror and adapt to different work styles.
Challenging situations.
Part 3 - Process
Milestones.
Tasks.
Budgets
Communication
Plan.
What to do ifs?
Final thoughts.
Actions.
Summary.
Outcomes
Each participant was able to apply the ideas and strategies to their own projects. They asked questions and were able to learn how to develop and improve their approach. Everyone completed the programme by sharing their actions for project management moving forward.
Participant Feedback
“Excellent series of workshops.”
“I really liked the workshop style.”
“Very thorough approach.”
Client Comment
“The whole programme was expertly and professionally planned and delivered.”
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