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Art of Managing BIG Multi-site Multi-cultural Project Teams Date: 16th Jan 2015 at Bangalore Hurry Register Now!
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Overview:
Project Managers face the tough challenge of managing large & complex projects with cross-functional teams distributed across different geographical locations with diverse styles & cultures. This training session will provide you the tips and techniques on how to work together as a single well-knit virtual team focused on the project goal of delivering software on time with the right quality. This training will provide you an overview of the techniques to manage the challenges, based on the practical experience of the faculty in managing big multi-site project teams. The training sessions will be interactive & thought provoking with a good mix of case studies, role plays and lectures, to make sure that you acquire the necessary skills to manage diverse multi-site project team to deliver to your clients.
Objectives:
This session will familiarize you to: * Understand the challenges involved in managing big multi-site project teams * Tips and Techniques to manage each of these challenges * Art of building consensus with diverse working styles & cultures * Simulation, Case study and Role plays to 'feel' the difficulties and challenges
Suggested Audience:	Pre-Requisites:
Project Managers, Program Managers, Delivery Managers, Product Mangers, Project Leads, Team Leads, Test Managers, Test Leads.	Software Development/ Lead/ Management experience of 4 years or more
Course Content:
First Half of the Day * Why managing large Multi-site Project is complex? - Typical BIG multi-site project team structure Challenges in Large multi-site Projects * Managing Team Dynamics: Difference in Business Behaviours due to diverse cultures * Managing Team Dependencies * Effective Team Communication * Fostering Team Work through Collaboration Managing Team Dynamics * Inter Group Friction and Tension - Geographical Loyalty & Politics - Western vs. Asian psychology * Style of working - Tangential Opinions about work approaches - Weak Team vs the Rest ( Blame Games) * Adaptation and adjustment with the Dominant Team Managing Dependencies between Sub-teams * One Room Requirement Distribution workshop - System Requirement Distribution to Sub-teams : Sub-system requirements - Acceptance Criteria for Integration * One Room Project Planning Workshop - With Sub-team Leads - With client * Bug Allocation Meeting - Art of assigning the right bug to the right team * Handling Change Requests - Change Control Board (CCB)	Second Half of the Day Effective Team Communication * Regular structured formal communication - Individual weekly Progress reporting - Daily Scrums - during urgent releases * Escalate Effectively * Communication : Accents and Vocabulary * Implicit vs. Explicit Communication - Bringing Clarity by reflection * Set Norms & Rules for all teams - Talk with each other & not about each other - Do not allow dominant team to exploit the other. Fostering Team Work through Collaboration * Super ordinate Project Goals to Drive teams - Intervention during Team conflicts - Take a stand - Facilitate but avoid judging * Decisions on work Approach - Have different tracking styles for different teams - Individual & Combined Project Tracking - Avoid short cuts under time pressure * Work load Distribution Issues Case Studies with Role Plays - Mini Project : Toy Car Delivery - BIG Project : Digital TV Software * Reference Reading Material
Faculty Profile: Mr. P.K Menon
Faculty is an IIT Madras Alumnus who has done short time executive education from IIM, Bangalore with over 24 years of experience in Software Development, Software Design, Software Delivery & Training in both India & Abroad. He has worked in NDS (Cisco), Philips Software Centre, Fedtec, TATA Elxsi and BHEL. Currently he is the Founder & CEO of a Bangalore based start-up TwinVaves Technologies. He has published books 'Ecosystem Management for Career Growth' & 'SPEED UP YOUR CREER GROWTH' to his credit. He is an invited speaker to the management institutes like BMA, PESIT and PMI and speaks about various management subjects.
Venue: KnowledgeWorks IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd., No: 65, Sri Vinayaka Towers, 3rd Floor, 8th B Main, 27th Cross, Jayanagar 4th Block, Bangalore - 560011 Time: 09:30 am to 05:30 pm Fee Details: Rs. 4,500.00 + 12.36% Service Tax Per Participant Subject to availability of seats. Terms & Conditions Hurry Register Now!
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