Introduction
The best way to fast track your career as a manager is to fast track the contribution you and your team make to your organization and for your team to be successful in as public a way as possible. That’s what the Fast Track series is about. The Fast Track manager delivers against performance expectations, is personally highly effective and efficient, develops the full potential of his team, is recognized as a key opinion leader in the business, and ultimately progresses up the organization ahead of his peers.
Course Objectives of Successful Management of Fast Track Projects
In this program you will learn about:
We often have projects that offer a Special Commercial Opportunity if we could take our Idea to Completed Project as Fast as Possible
Today their need arises for reasons including:
- Faster Exploitation of Business Opportunities,
- Urgent Projects,
- Urgent Maintenance work after an Accident,
- Urgent Major Procurement,
- Faster Product to Market,
- Projects where Technology Changes are Very Rapid,
- Customer Demanding a Fast Track Project,
- Shutdown Maintenance Work,
- Works where new technology offers an opportunity to complete faster or to Meet a Current Urgent Need.
- An Urgent Security Project
Done traditionally these projects could cause a lot of disruption, additional costs and are often no early completion is achieved. The traditional approach tries to reduce the times for each stages of the lifecycle … Idea/Need, Feasibility, Licensor/Technology Selection, Preliminary Design, Detailed Design, Tendering, Construction, Testing and Commissioning and Operation. Sometimes stage overlap is tried - but in the absence of proper management systems - ends in disaster.
This program provides you an understanding of the needed Management System: Policy, Procedures, Monitoring, Coordination, Feedback and Improvement for Successfully Implementing Fast Track Projects.
Course Outlines of Successful Management of Fast Track Projects
- Where fast track projects are appropriate in your organization?
- The fast track project life cycles.
- Handling Risks
- Contractor/Supplier/Designer Selection on Fast Track projects?
- Scope of Work definition on Fast Track Projects
- Fast Track Enabling Technologies
- Management Structure and Empowerment for Fast Track Projects
- Design aspects of Fast Track Projects
- Coordination of Fast Track Projects
- Management of Fast Track Projects
About Barcelona
Barcelona, the main city of Catalonia on Spain's east coast, is known for its fantastic weather and proud local culture. It is also Spain's second largest city and has all the cosmopolitan trappings you would expect. Among Barcelona's many attractions are the delicious seafood, stunning architecture and vibrant atmosphere. It began life as a Roman city and has remained important ever since. Today, it is a buzzing city offering more than enough reasons to look for flights to Barcelona. Between UNESCO World Heritage Sites, famous sports teams plus great food, there's no shortage of ways to amuse oneself.
Things to do and places to visit in Barcelona
Barcelona really does have something for everyone. The attractions of Barcelona include beautiful beaches to relax on, almost endless historical locations to explore, all the shops you could ever wish for, one of the world's most admired football clubs and world-class eateries - you may never want to leave. Luckily, with so much to do the city's compactness makes it easy to explore. Simply wandering through the streets is a great way to soak up the atmosphere.
Just some of the great things to do in Barcelona include:
- Marvel at Gaudi's masterwork, the Sagrada Familia.
- Sample the wide range of tapas in Barcelona's bars.
- See the somewhat surreal architecture of Antoni Gaudi.
- Wander through Park Guell, which offers great views over the city and out to sea.
- See the Cubist master’s early work in the Picasso Museum.
- Get lost in the winding streets of the Gothic Quarter, known locally as the Barri Gotic.
- Browse the upmarket shops along the Passeig de Gracia.
- Soak up the tranquil atmosphere in the Cathedral of the Sea.
- Watch the silky skills of FC Barcelona in a game at the Camp Nou.
- Enjoy authentic paella with fresh seafood.
- Climb Montjuic for spectacular views.