Rescue My Project™

Course Prerequisites

Base understanding of project management principles is required, either through completion of an introductory project management course, or through experience and knowledge of the PMBOK.

Course Overview

This course can be offered in a 1 or 2 day workshop format.  This interactive, instructor led course is designed to give project managers a solid overview of the methodology necessary to effectively assess and either recover or terminate a troubled project. Through instruction, discussions of real experiences and hands on exercises, project managers will gain insight into why projects fail and recognizing symptoms of troubled projects. Participants will learn how to effectively and efficiently plan and execute the entire project rescue process, including assessment, project decision, and recovery or termination. The one day course is designed to provide a solid overview of the project rescue methodology, and an introduction to the tools and templates that are available to make project recovery efforts more streamlined. Additional course content and the complete suite of tools and templates that are normally provided with the 3 day course will be available to participants for purchase upon completion of the one day course.

Course Benefits

Any project at any organization with any team can fail. However, projects never go from being well managed, on-budget and on-schedule to outright failure overnight. There is always a transition period during which time the project is “troubled”. It is during this time that a window of opportunity exists in which the project can potentially be rescued, and is likely the last chance to save the project. Our course will give project managers the knowledge and tools needed to quickly and accurately assess the current status and root causes of problems, decide the most appropriate course of action and plan and execute that decision.

Who Should Attend

Project managers, project sponsors and other project team members who want to understand why projects fail and how to effectively and efficiently rescue projects that are in trouble.

Course Content

Course Content

• Project Rescue Overview
  • Introduction to Troubled Projects
  • Why Projects Fail
  • Symptoms of Troubled Projects
  • Difference Between Trouble and Risk
  • Introduction to the Project Rescue Process
  • Role of the Rescue Project Manager
• Assessment Phase
  • Purpose of Assessment
  • Assessment Process
  • Conducting the Assessment
  • Creating the Assessment Report
  • Project Decision Meeting
    • Purpose of the Meeting
    • Facilitating the Meeting
    • Performing Effective Business Analysis
    • Determining the Optimal Solution (Recover or Terminate?)
    • Establishing Immediate Action Plans
  • Recovery Phase
    • Purpose of Recovery
    • Recovery Process
    • Conducting the Recovery
    • Creating the Recovery Report
  • Termination Phase
    • Purpose of Termination
    • Termination Process
    • Closing Phase
      • Purpose of Closure
      • Closing Process