
Description
This two-day course offers a comprehensive introduction to performance measurement related to project initiatives. Participants learn how to assess well-performing initiatives versus low-performing initiatives in order to validate the benefits promised in the business case. In this interactive session, participants learn the basics of setting up a project management measurement program. They are introduced to tools that enable them to plan, select, align, and track the correct measures; as well as how to communicate to stakeholders with effective reporting
OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Lead a measurement team through the major steps in the Project Management Measurement Framework (PEMARI)
- Establish a good set of project management performance and value measures
- Create a scorecard/ dashboard for collecting, analyzing, and reporting performance and value information
- Plan to communicate performance data to a variety of stakeholders
- Learn steps to lead, implement, and overcome barriers to a performance measurement program
- Strategize how to overcome common barriers when implementing a measurement program
Course Modules
Basics of Measurement
- Describe the reasons for measurement
- Identify the success factors for measuring performance
- Discuss success factors when measuring performance
- Recognize a performance measurement approach
Plan Measurement
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of measurement stakeholders
- Identify goals and objectives of measurement
Establish and Update Measures
- Identify possible measures of performance
- List the criteria for good measures
- Explain how to link measures to organizational objectives
- Demonstrate how to prioritize a list of measures
- Create a measure package listing the who, what, how, where, when for a measure
Measure Performance
- Describe good data collection practices
- Identify sources of data
- List possible issues with data that need to be addressed
- Design a data collection worksheet
Analyze Data
- Describe several ways you might analyze data to interpret performance results
- Identify several tools to use in analyzing performance data
Report Performance
- Describe how performance reporting can assist management decision making
- Discuss the elements needed in an effective reporting plan
- Explain the benefits of launching a performance measurement pilot
Continuous Improvement
- Indicate the barriers to performance measurement success that need to be monitored
- Identify the reasons for monitoring the measurement team
- List sources of performance measurement best practices
Course Wrap Up
- Practice the key points previously discussed:
- Plan Measurement
- Establish and Updated Measures
- Measure Performance
- Analyze Data
- Report Performance
- (Continually) Improve your measurement process
- Develop a second case study
Training Methodology
- Case Study
- Measure and Analyze Data Exercises
- Project Management Evaluation Design in Teams
- Group Exercises
Open Course Enrollment Details
Dates & Location
AUPP New Campus
The CLPD Experience
Joining a CLPD class means getting an access to numerous unique advantages that only our center can provide in Cambodia:
- State-of-the-art training facilities with modern lecture halls and equipment
- Expert Western instructors with decades of experience in senior positions. 100% of them hold a post-graduate degree.
- International quality standards at every step, from the curriculum creation to the delivery and follow-up
- Certificates of completion recognized by the American University of Phnom Penh and valued by employers
Want More Information?
Check our Course Outlines (PDF) here: MONITORING AND EVALUATING PROJECT INITIATIVES
You can also contact us at:
Phone: 011 21 21 44
Mail: info.clpd@aupp.edu.kh