Integrated Project Planning in Government

Maximizing Project Effectiveness Through Improved Government Project Planning

How You Will Benefit

Comply With the Most Recent Mandates for Project Planning
Learn new project management requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the OMB Exhibit 300

Develop an Integrated Work Breakdown Structure
Define critical project deliverables across organizational and functional lines of business

Design a High-Performing Project Team
Develop an effective project team based on project requirements and quality standards

Identify and Mitigate Project Risk
Plan and communicate strategies for risk mitigation to stakeholders, senior leadership, and your project team

Key Methodology

This program will utilize methodologies rooted in the PMBOK® for the planning and scoping of government projects, using the Work Breakdown Structure as a link to project risk, organizational deliverables and life-cycle prioritizing. Establishing cost, schedule and performance baselines provides a reliable foundation for future decision making in the execution phase. Develop an integrated project plan to identify, organize and manage all areas of the work breakdown structure in a single plan.

8:30

Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

State of Practice and Guidelines for Project Planning in Government
• Understand standards for project planning in Federal, State and Local Government
• Learn the latest departmental requirements for project delivery
• Explore pending OMB and agency-specific policy changes for project budget justifications

10:00

Integrated Project Planning Overview: Methodologies, Tools and Terminology
• Define roles and develop necessary skills to effectively deliver on planned objectives
• Identify and respond to potential risks and address competency gaps preventing project success
• Understand the application of the work breakdown structure as a planning and reporting tool

10:45

Break & Refreshments

11:00

Defining Project Goals and Deliverables
• Budget your project and develop a statement of work
• Determine cost, schedule and performance requirements

12:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30

Planning Your Project Scope
• Scope your project based on enterprise environmental factors and organizations assets
• Conduct an alternatives identification and stakeholder analysis

2:15

Break & Refreshments

2:30

Enhancing Communication with Senior Leadership
• Acquire key techniques in reporting poor performance and plans for improvement
• Develop automatically built-in project stop-and-checks to avert project failure

4:00

Adjourn

8:30

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Determining Project Milestones
• Develop project milestones from contract requirements
• Integrate milestones into project schedule and budget

10:00

Designing a Work Breakdown Structure for Simple Versus Complex Projects
• Understand the WBS relative to project scope
• Develop a standard WBS framework

10:45

Break & Refreshments

11:00

Creating a Project Quality Plan
• Establish a quality plan using a quality process model
• Determine quality standards based on project goals and contract requirements

12:00

Networking Luncheon

1:00

Establishing an Effective Project Team
• Plan a qualified project team based on project requirements
• Conduct a gap analysis to determine training and development needs

1:45

Break & Refreshments

2:00

Identifying and Communicating Project Risk
• Learn to identify, prioritize and mitigate risk
• Understand key frameworks for assessing risk

3:00

Application Workshop: Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
• Employ various frameworks to develop a WBS
• Utilize WBS to determine deliverables, scope and identify risks
• Address current project challenges in a peer-to-peer solutions exchange

4:30

Adjourn