The estimate for distressed project recovery that nobody challenged is usually the one that fails. Most recovery effort on this area of project and portfolio delivery is spent on problems that were visible early. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from this part of project and portfolio delivery, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. They leave able to brief senior management on distressed project recovery in terms that support a decision. The course gives participants a defensible structure for the wider project and portfolio delivery agenda and the judgement to adapt it. Organisations that document the project and portfolio delivery discipline properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. It is pitched for practitioners with responsibility for distressed project recovery, not for observers of it. What blocks progress on this aspect of project and portfolio delivery is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. The final session converts the week's work on this strand of project and portfolio delivery into commitments with owners and dates.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Manage dependencies between distressed project recovery and other initiatives.
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Set a realistic target state for distressed project recovery and a defensible route to it.
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Establish quality acceptance criteria for the deliverables of distressed project recovery.
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Build the reporting on distressed project recovery that gives early warning rather than reassurance.
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Compare the organisation's handling of distressed project recovery with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
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Build a concise delivery plan for distressed project recovery that colleagues can follow without further explanation.
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Design the governance and decision rights for distressed project recovery.
Who Should Attend
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Project managers responsible for distressed project recovery.
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Those responsible for briefing external stakeholders on distressed project recovery.
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Contract and procurement staff supporting distressed project recovery.
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Team members preparing to take on project responsibility for distressed project recovery.
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Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on distressed project recovery.
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Client and stakeholder representatives monitoring distressed project recovery.
Course Modules
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01
Distressed project recovery: change control and variation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Handing over distressed project recovery and proving the benefit
Review at each gate whether distressed project recovery should continue at all.
Rank the weaknesses in distressed project recovery by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
Hold a lessons session on distressed project recovery while memory is accurate.
Estimate distressed project recovery using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
Session 2The risks to distressed project recovery nobody wants to raise
Register the risks to distressed project recovery with owner, probability and impact.
Compare the cost of distressed project recovery with the cost of its absence.
Rehearse the briefing on distressed project recovery that would follow an incident.
Estimate the resource distressed project recovery requires to run as designed.
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Distressed project recovery: stakeholders, communication and support
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Closing distressed project recovery and capturing what was learned
Agree what will be standardised in distressed project recovery and what will not.
Close out actions on distressed project recovery rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
Write the scope statement for distressed project recovery including explicit exclusions.
Set out how exceptions to distressed project recovery are requested and approved.
Session 2Reviewing distressed project recovery when nothing has gone wrong
Check that distressed project recovery still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Identify single points of dependency in distressed project recovery and reduce them.
Distinguish symptoms from causes when distressed project recovery underperforms.
Measure progress on distressed project recovery by value earned, not tasks ticked.
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Distressed project recovery: handover, benefits and lessons
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Estimating distressed project recovery without anchoring on the answer wanted
Identify the critical path through distressed project recovery and the float elsewhere.
Identify where judgement in distressed project recovery is legitimate and where it is not.
Set the change control process for distressed project recovery and require cost and time impact.
Agree the smallest change to distressed project recovery that would be visibly useful.
Session 2Reading the current state of distressed project recovery honestly
Confirm that reporting on distressed project recovery reaches the people who can act.
Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in distressed project recovery.
Compare resource demand from distressed project recovery against other commitments.
Map stakeholders of distressed project recovery by influence and current level of support.
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Distressed project recovery: schedule, critical path and realistic duration
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Recovering distressed project recovery when it is behind
Define acceptance criteria for distressed project recovery in advance.
Prepare the recovery plan for distressed project recovery before it is needed.
Define the decision gates for distressed project recovery and what evidence each requires.
Manage supplier performance on distressed project recovery against contract, not goodwill.
Session 2Keeping distressed project recovery alive after the initial push
Agree the indicators that will show whether distressed project recovery is improving.
Build reporting on distressed project recovery that surfaces problems while they are small.
Define acceptance criteria for each deliverable of distressed project recovery.
Archive the decision record for distressed project recovery so successors understand it.
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USD1,250
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Airport Transfers
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Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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At least 3 people
USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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