Project Management for the Accidental Project Manager

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Have you recently been give the role of a project manager?

When you suddenly find yourself responsible for managing an important project but are unfamiliar with the "science" of making it happen, you're an accidental project manager.

The good news is that you can achieve success without being an expert on the subtleties of project management (PM)—you just need to have some basic tools and procedures, as well as the confidence to apply them properly.

You'll find this webinar helpful as it lays out the basic elements that ALL project managers need to know, puts them into a workflow based on industry best practices, provides "how-to" examples, and explores a number of practical, no-nonsense techniques that will help you keep things running smoothly.

Good project management requires the PM to capture and track a lot of data and subsequently turn that data into information. Having the right stuff in your "toolbox" will increase your efficiency and effectiveness at every turn.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Gary Chin, PMP, MBA is a project management consultant, author, and trainer who has worked with dozens of clients over the past two decades to help them plan, execute, and govern complex projects. His pragmatic approach includes an in-depth understanding of project management (mechanics and soft skills), but it goes one step further to help clients effectively apply PM practices to their specific products and within their specific organizational environment. As a senior managing consultant for Action for Results, Inc., he helps his clients build the capabilities necessary to develop innovative products and services that respond to the needs of patients/customers worldwide.

Chin's deep expertise spans project/program management, stage gate processes and governance, portfolio and resource management, requirements gathering and implementation, and organizational change management. He is the author of Agile Project Management, speaks regularly on the above topics and has a passion for helping clients navigate the fuzzy front-end of new product development.