The power and simplicity of the One Page Project Manager (OPPM) template (the one sheet of paper) is a combination of:

1. All five essential parts of a project (Tasks, Objectives, Timeline, Cost, and Owners)
2. The linkages and alignment of each
3. A clear, efficient, and accurate representation of both plan and performance
4. An addition to, rather than a replacement of, current powerful project management tools, and finally
5. An intuitive picture that is easy to create and maintain. 

This highly interactive, hands-on, half-day workshop is designed to increase your project management competence and effectiveness and to amplify your confidence and ability to communicate powerfully and efficiently. This session draws on the combined experience and expertise of the learners in concert with the presentation of simple, unique tools the project manager can put to use the very next day.

As elements are taught, they are immediately put to use as small groups together construct each part of the OPPM template for a real project. This repeating couple of “presentation-and-practice” provides for rapid comprehension, an atmosphere of engagement, opportunities for recognition, and a great deal of fun! 

Topic: The Essential Components of Finishing What You Start on Time and On Budget 

In today’s highly competitive environment, project managers are charged not only with producing their project objectives, but doing so within specific time and budget constraints. 

In this presentation, Mr. Cunningham, a project manager with a wealth of experience, takes his audience on a journey to prove effective project management is not all magic and complex terminology. In fact, by balancing the three critical factors in all projects, time, money and resources - almost any project can be delivered on schedule and on budget. This program, derived from his most recent book, Finish What You Start focuses on simple, proven principles with a three-step process to plan, manage and implement every project.

 
Topic: What it Takes to Be an “Alpha” Project Manager

The top 2% of the world’s project managers (“the Alphas”) outrank their peers in almost every measurement. Find out what they know that the other 98% do not. The majority of professional project managers generally share a common set of misconceptions about the knowledge and tactics that make the Alpha project managers highly successful. The Alphas work approximately the same number of hours as everyone else, face the same challenges, and deal with the same difficulties; yet they manage their projects, teams, and stakeholders in a way that takes them far ahead of the pack.

In this fast-paced and information-packed presentation, acclaimed project management author and speaker Andy Crowe explains myths and realities surrounding the world’s top project managers, as well as the underlying traits that make the Alphas stand out among their peers. The presentation is built around the fact that all project mangers can incorporate these same characteristics, skills, and successes into their management style.