Training on Managing Multiple Tasks, Priorities & Deadlines

Module 1: Organisational Structures and Strategic Decision-Making

• Understanding external, operating, and internal business environments
• Organizational hierarchies and structures
• Strategic management processes (5-step model) and V-MOST framework
• Organizational and work breakdown structures
• Identifying constraints, interdependencies, and drivers of priorities
• Case Study: Analyzing how a multinational company aligns strategic objectives with operational priorities.
• Practical Exercise: Map organizational structure and set strategic priorities for a sample business scenario.

Module 2: Managerial Business Processes and Concepts

• Types of organizational structures: conventional, matrix, projectized
• Stakeholder management and business communications
• Conflict resolution frameworks and change management stages
• Project and process life cycles
• Setting deadlines using NLT, MFO, and MFB methods
• Case Study: Managing a cross-departmental project in a matrix organization.
• Practical Exercise: Apply conflict resolution and change management strategies to a real-world scenario.

Module 3: Decision-Making Tools: Prioritizing Tasks and Setting Deadlines

• Modified Pareto process and multivoting matrices
• Graded task evaluation and resource matrix
• Task risk analysis and decision trees
• Simplified network diagrams for planning
• Case Study: Prioritizing initiatives in a corporate restructuring project.
• Practical Exercise: Develop a task prioritization matrix and deadline plan for a sample project.

Module 4: Planning, Scheduling, and Tracking Workflow

• Precedence network diagrams and job logic charts
• Critical path analysis: float, leads, and lags
• Gantt chart creation and schedule baseline setting
• PERT calculations and technical constraints management
• Network activity risk profiling
• Case Study: Planning a product launch project using network diagrams and critical path analysis.
• Practical Exercise: Create a Gantt chart and perform PERT analysis for a sample project.

Module 5: Tracking Task Progress and Forecasting

• Earned value management and progress control charts
• Schedule and cost variance analysis
• Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI)
• Forecasting duration and cost at completion
• Monitoring progress and predicting project outcomes
• Case Study: Using earned value management to track a complex infrastructure project.
• Practical Exercise: Calculate SPI, CPI, and forecast project completion for a sample scenario.