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 Paris
Lying on the River Seine, Paris is commonly referred to as the city for lovers, but it's actually a fantastic place for anyone to visit and explore. It's full of history, art, literature and amazing architecture for starters, but is also well known as being home to high fashion, which makes it a popular shopping destination. Visitors to the French Capital will find both high-end designer stores and quirky boutiques. The attractions of Paris range for art museums to shopping to simply taking a walk and soaking up the atmosphere. To top it all off, Paris has plenty of superb food and drink, in case there weren't already enough reasons to travel to Paris.
Things to do and places to visit in Paris
Anyone who travels to Paris is in for a treat, as it is a beautiful city full of atmosphere. Many of Paris' attractions are world-famous, but it's also a city where you can find hidden gems. Taking a flight to Paris for a short visit is really like visiting a number of different cities, as all of its neighbourhoods, or arrondissements, have their own distinct character. Examples include the medieval Latin Quarter and the bohemian Marais. Each and every one is worth exploring.
Great things to do in Paris include:
- Checking out the views from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
- Seeing renowned masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa in the Louvre.
- Taking a tour of the impressive, albeit slightly creepy, Paris Catacombs.
- Marvelling at the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral.
- Browsing the designer stores around the Champs-Elysees.
- Munching snails in one of the city's haute cuisine eateries.
- Visiting the graves of luminaries including Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison at Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
- Admiring the imposing Arc de Triomphe.
- Wandering around the boutiques of the Marais district.
- Watching the famous Paris St-Germain football team play.
- Taking in the Impressionist art at the Musee D'Orsay.
- Watching the world go by from a cafe terrace.
- Visiting the distinctive Centre Georges Pompidou.