Focus – Working ON the Project:

Certain Not-For-Profit-Organisations (NFPs) face a number of special difficulties such as very limited budgets and an action-oriented, rapid response culture to respective incidents in the outside world. Therefore, the attitudes that emerge what projects success means include among others doing what’s possible within organisational constraints and the preservation of the quality of personal relationships. These attitudes often go along with a very flexible approach to targets and objectives, and grudging compliance with the implemented project management processes.

Thus, there is a risk to a training initiative that is focussed primarily on compliance with a standard method or with delivery on time and within budget that the initiative may not receive the expected type of support, neither from those in governance positions nor from those in project teams.

We have been working together with international NFPs in the field of project management since the early 1990s. Therefore, our training and project management approach is tailor-made to the needs of NFP-cultures and, in addition, to the respective organisation we work with. In our understanding competence arises from doing, e.g. understanding why scope planning is critical to effective scheduling:  During the three days basic training we develop the project management plans for real projects, we simulate a real planning process including the core team members. 

By doing so we not only focus on the tools to be used but also have an eye on mission-critical approaches, workshop facilitation processes and group dynamics as well as communication and leadership issues.

Content:

Concepts, methods and planning tools tailor made for the needs of your NFP

Target group:

Project managers and leaders in Not-for-Profit Organisations, experts who are about to lead projects, project team members.

Duration:

3 days

Prerequisite:

Bring your own project, best case: bring your project team