Developing and Managing Project Teams in Government

Establishing a High-Performing Team for Improved Project Results

How You Will Benefit

Learn New OMB Project Management Competency Standards
Equip your project team with key competencies needed to ensure project success

Track and Enhance Team Performance
Implement an Earned Value Management System to manage project accountability

Develop Team Leadership and Decision Making Skills
Empower project leads by delegating authority and improving critical-thinking skills
for problem solving

Manage and Resolve Conflict in Project Teams
Master project negotiation and influencing techniques to ensure peak productivity

Key Methodologies Covered

This course will take attendees through proven strategies for the development
and management of government project teams, resulting with a proven
framework for establishing the key players needed for an integrated project
team. Based on the analysis of your project team using the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI®), this course aims to develop key strategies for development
of a qualified, efficient, and streamlined project team.

8:30

Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Overview of Competencies for the Ideal Government Project Team
• Identify key differences and advantages for each type of project team
• Explore the latest project management tracking tools
• Examine government-wide best-practices in team development, leadership and management

10:00

Developing and Integrating Organizational and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Integrate the organizational functions into your WBS
• Link measurable deliverables in your WBS to critical organizational and
workforce structures

10:45

Break & Refreshments

11:00

Planning Your Project Team
• Align your project team requirements with current organizational
structures and government standards
• Establish a virtual project team aligned with project requirements and goals

12:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30

Acquiring Your Project Team
• Assess project human capital needs and negotiate staff assignments with senior leadership Determine potential cost-efficiencies of acquiring external services using strategic sourcing

2:15

Break & Refreshments

2:30

Aligning Workforce Competencies to Project Requirements and Risk
• Perform a gap analysis to determine training and developmental needs
• Examine core competencies outlined by OPM and the CIO Council

3:30

Managing a Diverse Project Team: Improving Communication
Through Effective Workforce Analysis
• Assess your project team using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®)
• Learn key techniques for effective diversity management

4:00

Adjourn

8:30

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Managing and Resolving Conflicts
• Examine lessons learned in successful conflict resolutions
• Manage pre-established biases and emotions using proven negotiation and influencing techniques

9:45

Improving Team Decision Making
• Delegate responsibility, not authority to team members
• Communicate problem solving strategies to reach final consensus

10:15

Break & Refreshments

10:30

Conducting Vital Project Meetings
• Create guidelines establishing the vital-few meetings for development, review and training
• Plan and execute effective steering committee meetings

11:15

Tracking and Reporting Team Performance
• Manage and track team performance using Earned Value
• Design standards for collecting and reviewing project performance information

12:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30

Case Study: Developing High-Performing Project Teams
• Explore lessons learned from managing and developing project teams in government
• Determine best practices for ensuring project success through effective management of the project workforce

2:15

Break & Refreshments

2:30

Application Workshop: Simulation-Based Project Team Management for Complex Projects
• Simulate a real life project scenario through each stage of the project life-cycle in a group exercise
• Respond to practical obstacles involved in managing project teams
• Participate in an instructor-led critique of group results and receive recommendations for future improvement

4:30

Adjourn