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Adapt, Adopt, and Accomplish for Project Management Success
Master adaptive project management and soft skills in an instructor-led course with real-world tools and techniques.
Offered at the following events: see registration for course dates
- 20—21 July 2026, Virtual
- 18—19 November 2026, Virtual
- LevelCore
- PDUs14
- Duration2-Day Training
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Overview
It is an exciting time to be a project manager! The evolution of development life cycles—from predictive-style scheduling to dynamic, adaptive approaches—provide us with the tools we need to be successful in any environment.
Achieving and maintaining that success requires the integration of tools and methods with processes and skills as well as a working understanding of your project development environment. Even then, a careful application of interpersonal skills along with a certain finesse will be required to propel you and your team to greater achievements.
This training will help you understand the differences among myriad approaches to project management so you can select the life cycle right for your next project in your environment. Through interactive exercises, you will gain experience in the application of methods and principles immediately applicable to solving ongoing project management challenges. Through discussions with experienced project managers, you will be able to untangle the complex web of interpersonal behaviors that may impede your progress. Most importantly, you will come away enthused and excited to take your project team to the next level!
Capstone Project: We will provide suggestions, as well as take suggestions from attendees. We will also create the project management plan and artifacts necessary to execute the project. The project will include multiple aspects of project management.
Artifacts should include (but are not limited to):
- Project charter
- Statement of work (SOW) and definition of done (DoD)
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Resources
- Exclusions
- Project kill criteria
- Project management plan
- Benefits management plan
- Life cycle selection
- Schedule
- Budget
- Stakeholder analysis
- Communications management plan
Related Topics
- Project Management/Process Integration
- Program Management
- Complexity
What You'll Learn
Upon completion of this training, learners will be able to:
- Explain the best practices of project management so these methods can be immediately applied to improve project success.
- Practice the interpersonal and soft skills required to successfully navigate and negotiate project management and resource utilization goals.
- Describe the effective use of analytics in project management, identify best practices in business analytics, and utilize business analysis tools in day-to-day work.
Learn more about the expert instructor(s) for this training.
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Total PDUs
Business Acumen
Ways of Working
Power Skills
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About the Instructor(s)
Lisa Hammer, PMP, DASSM
Lisa has significant experience specializing in project management and staff development. She has managed the implementation of several multi-million-dollar programs, achieved client goals while maintained budget and cost controls. Her executive career has been highlighted by a broad range of qualifications, including proven leadership and analytical skills, collaboration with outside groups, along with a reputation for accountability, flexibility, and resourcefulness. Lisa understands that people who are satisfied with their employment experience are more engaged, which leads to improved quality, productivity and happiness. Her passion for professionalism shines through in her presentations on a wide range of project management topics. Using her broad and in-depth field experience she not only stands behind her training, she expects success!
David Newman, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PMO-CP, GPM-b
David has a diversified background in engineering and product development. He is a certified trainer for leadership seminars and loves to share his experience and extensive background with others. Project teams have excelled under his leadership as he has emphasized that the key to building a high-performance team is to integrate management skills with a collaborative philosophy to motivate teams. Audiences eagerly engage with David’s interactive presentation style. Through a mix of personal experience, hands-on activities, and touches of PMBOK® Guide formality, David’s seminars are entertaining and educational. His passion and humor make them fun while his focus on results drives attendees to reach for practical solutions to real challenges.
Leadership Techniques, LLC
David B. Newman and Lisa Hammer are co-founders and principals of Leadership Techniques, LLC and are PMI Authorized Training Partners (ATPs). Lisa and Dave have recently published The Engagement Matrix: Actionable Options for Supervisors and Project Managers, where they have combined basic human resources principles with a process that one can easily and quickly use to assess current behavior and performance to compare with the desired results and manage, rather than react to, the gap between desired performance and actual results, and lead your team to continual improvement and success!
