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Crash Course on Recovering Troubled Projects

Learn how to identify, recover, and transform projects in crisis with confidence and leadership.

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When projects start to fall apart, knowing how to respond quickly can make all the difference. In this course, Ricardo Vargas—a global project management leader and the founder of Macrosolutions and PMOtto.ai—shows you how to recognize the early signs of trouble, assess the situation clearly, and decide whether to recover the project or end it. Gain practical tools to build a focused recovery plan, manage tough stakeholder conversations, and restore trust and direction. Whether you're dealing with missed deadlines, scope creep, or team misalignment, this course will help you take control and move forward with confidence.

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Delivery Methods

  • Online Learning

What You Will Learn

  • Recognize the early signs that a project is in trouble.
  • Assess the situation and decide whether to recover or terminate the project.
  • Create a simple, realistic, and results-focused recovery plan.
  • Conduct difficult conversations and restore stakeholder trust.
  • Clearly redefine scope, deadlines, and expectations.
  • Learn valuable lessons to avoid future failures.
  • Strengthen your leadership and decision-making skills in critical moments.

Fact sheet

Estimated duration

The entire course has 12 lessons covering about 1 hour of video.

Target audience

Project managers, team leaders, PMO professionals, project consultants, analysts, and professionals facing challenges with deadlines, scope, and team alignment, who need to recover projects in crisis and regain stakeholder trust.

Requirements

Advanced technical knowledge is not necessary, but it is important that the student already has some familiarity with projects.

Languages

The course was recorded in English and Portuguese, with automatically generated subtitles in several languages.

Who is this course for?

Those facing troubled projects that need immediate action to put them back on track.
Organizations and teams with low experience in project delivery and looking for ways of speeding up the learning curve.
PMO leaders and recovery teams who are responsible for supporting project teams.
Compliance and Audit Teams.

Enroll Now!

This course is available online.

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