Strategic Project Management: Optimizing Resources and Navigating Risks

Advance your project management skills by diving deep into some of the critical components of managing a project. Building teams and helping them perform effectively has dividends for both the project and the organization. Effective resource management is a critical piece of project budget management and plays a role in enterprise-level resource optimization. Making sure that there is a comprehensive risk register that's appropriately weighted allows for better control of the impacts on a project's progress and creates a higher margin of safety leading to greater confidence in the delivery plan. Going beyond the basics of project management creates a culture of learning, accountability, transparency, high performance and successful delivery.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the importance of resource and risk management within the project management framework.

2. Identify tools to plan, acquire, and manage high-performing project teams.

3. Evaluate best practices and develop strategies to manage internal and external project resources effectively.

4. Determine potential project risks and design comprehensive risk mitigation plans to ensure project success.