Leading Complex Programs and Mega Projects

This course will allow organizations to establish the required processes and governance to lead and implement complex programs and megaprojects in an increasingly volatile and unpredictable environment.

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Leading Complex Programs and Mega Projects is a course designed to equip senior leaders and program/project managers with the skills and knowledge required to lead large and complex programs and mega projects.

In today's volatile and unpredictable environment, organizations face significant challenges in establishing the proper governance structure, engaging multiple stakeholders with different and often conflicting agendas, establishing front-ended loading right, and, at the same time, managing global supply chain risks, assembling and managing a high performing team and all compliance aspects of a challenging regulatory system.

These challenges require a different approach. Otherwise, these mega projects can be critical destroyers of capital and value.

Delivery Methods

Corporate Onsite
Live Classes

What You Will Learn

Establish the right governance model for the program or project
Make the required business decisions to shape the project before the main commitments
Evaluate the scale of complexity of a project/program using our assessment with combined best practices
Measure and quantify intangible factors using data-driven analysis
Setup the mega projects core teams
Identify and manage the crisis life cycle in complex projects
Understand system dynamics and system thinking to reduce project risks
Apply the required soft/power skills to overcome critical periods in the mega project life cycle

Fact sheet

Estimated duration

16 hours

Target audience

Senior project managers, executive team, project board members, teams involved in complex projects, PMO members, and other stakeholders involved in the project or interested in knowing how to conduct a complex project.

Requirements

Advanced project management knowledge.

Languages

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Certificate and Badge

Upon completing the course, you will receive a credential issued using the Accredible platform that can be downloaded as a PDF file and also shared on your Linkedin or other social network profiles.

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Course content

Course Material

Systems Thinking and Systems Dynamics

Mega Projects Ecosystem

Modularization and Clustering

Design Structured Matrix (DSM)

Order of Magnitude

Front-End Load

Curriculum

1. The Basis of Complex Projects
- Definition of complex projects
- The risks underlining mega projects
- Validating “Hard” and “Soft” benefits
- Managing complex stakeholders relationships
- Setting priorities, quick wins and long-term benefits
2. Why megaprojects fail
- The fallacy of sunk costs
- Motivation and engagement
- Why megaprojects are easy to start and hard to stop/finish
- The complexity of integration
- Outsourcing technical skills
3. Planning and shaping megaprojects
- The concept of Front-End Loading (FEL)
- The shaping process
- The 5 steps of the shaping process of complex mega projects
- Cultural, social and regulatory challenges
- The gate review process
----Governance of complex programs and megaprojects
- Establishing the decision framework
- Defining the core team and project board
- Governance best practices
- Balancing control and freedom of execution
- Complex negotiations
- Challenges with contractors and governance
----Management and control of complex projects
- Power and soft skills to lead complex projects
- The complexity of communications
- Communication platform
- Reducing risks in complex projects
- Interpreting and analyzing project risks at the executive level
4. Systems Dynamics and Systems Thinking
- The elements of a system
- Balance and lack of balance in a system
- Attractors
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Self-organization and its impact on complex projects
5. Crisis Management in Complex Megaprojects
- Complexity and problems have something in common
- Why is it hard to identify and acknowledge a project exists?
- Problematic projects evaluation model
- Restricting factors to recovery
- Premature project closure
- The decision-making process in a crisis
- Developing a recovery plan
- The 4 classical recovery options
- Critical factors in recovering a project
6. Group Work
- Case study
- The change control process
- Configuration Management

Who is this course for?

Project Managers and team members are involved in projects with high uncertainty.

Those who participate in projects that have many restrictions and high risks, due to their complexity.

Those who are members of the Organization's PMO, responsible for supporting project teams.

Organizations and teams with low experience in project delivery and looking for ways of speeding up the learning curve.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Can the course be customized to my corporate needs?
All courses for companies are 100% customized according to the needs of each client.
2. Where are the courses delivered?
The courses are usually given at the client's premises or at hotels or event centers contracted by him. There is no restriction from our side as to where the course can be delivered.
3. Is there a fixed price per student or per class for the corporate courses?
No. Each corporate course to each client is a different product. Get in touch with us at [email protected] for more information.
4. What is the average class size in a corporate onsite course?
Typically the class size is between 20 and 30 participants.
5. How long is a course?
Most of the courses are between 16 and 24h in 2 or 3 consecutive days for the onsite courses. Check above for the duration of the course you are looking for.
6. Can the course be customized to my corporate needs?
All courses for companies are 100% customized according to the needs of each client. Public classes are open to all participants and the course content is predefined in these cases.
7. What is the requirements to participate in a live class?
In order to effectively participate in a live class, you should have a stable and reliable internet connection and a quiet place that you can use during the class hours.
8. What is the duration and daily commitment for a live class?
Usually, the live classes are from 8 to 16 hours. Each day of class is typically from 2 to 4h of commitment and the course ranges from 1 to 2 weeks to be completed. You should expect also to spend one hour of homework for each hour of course.
9. Does the course provides a certificate?
Yes. All participants of the course will receive a certificate/badge that does not expire and can be shared in more than 100 social networks, including, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. The credential uses Blockchain technology to reduce fraud and increase third-party confidence. The recorded credential is sealed in a digital ledger to prove its authenticity.
10. What is the course language?
The course is taught in English or Portuguese. For company onsite courses, the course language will be decided by the client. For live classes, please refer to each session language.
The self-paced courses provided by the online school are delivered in English. However, all courses have subtitles in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.
11. Do you have a special price for large groups?
Onsite courses are EXCLUSIVELY available for companies and are negotiated case by case.
For live training and self-paced training at the online school, contact us at [email protected] to get a quote for multiple users or unlimited use on your school or organization.
12. Is Ricardo Vargas the instructor? Can I contact him directly?
Yes, Ricardo is the instructor of all courses delivered by Macrosolutions.
You can contact him directly at [email protected]. Sometimes it takes a bit of time to get a reply directly from him so we suggest you copy [email protected] if you need immediate support. You can write in English or Portuguese.
You can also get in touch with Ricardo by following him on LinkedIn, Youtube, Twitter or Instagram.
13. I have a question that was not answered here. How do I contact you?
We are happy to answer your question. Just email us at [email protected].

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