Course description
Innovation and Project Management
In this course, participants will systematically explore the relationship of innovation (doing things in different ways) and project management (establishing and following standards to accomplish a goal). In this context, “innovation” represents a strategy that can add value to project deliverables, more easily satisfy the customer’s need, and increase the capabilities of the performing organization. Innovation, whether technology-based or process-based, is best defined as discovering a different way to address a problem or use a technology to enhance an existing solution.Effective project management techniques also benefit both the customer by meeting their need and the performing organization either through financial return or supporting their Strategic Objectives.Combining project management discipline with innovative insights can supply dramatic results to project outcomes.
Training content
Module 1:
- Introduction
- Review project management approaches in the context of innovation
- Establish definition of “innovation” as different from “creativity” and “optimization”
- “An original or novel approach to an existing problem providing a value-added solution”
- Examine five types of innovation
- Explore mental habits – structured or flexible
- Examine the dynamic balance between standards and new ideas or processes
- Identify “innovation” as change
- Review of mental habits regarding “innovation”
- Case Study 1
Module 2:
- Innovation Projects
- Explore how innovation adds value
- Examine innovation as a project objective
- Case Study 2
Module 3:
- Innovation Within Projects
- Explore the role of the PM in project innovation
- Examine project management processes and governance as candidates for innovation
- Explore innovation related to deliverables
- Case study 3
Module 4:
- Encouraging Innovation
- Establish a project culture to support innovation
- Use Team Charter to support innovation
- Explore three traps to avoid and six solution strategies
- Case Study 4
Module 5:
- Summary and Next Steps
- Review strategies to respond to internal and external pressure for innovation
- Create personal Application Plan (how participant will use content at work)
- Final Questions
- Course Evaluations
Certification / Credits
Credits: 7 PDUs
Learning Objectives
- To use innovation strategies to improve the project outcomes and deliverables.
- To explore innovative approaches to processes and methods to increase productivity (effective use of project time and money
- Establishing and promoting a culture of innovation within the project team.
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