Managing Outsourcing and Co-Location
Deal-ing with the challenges of managing projects involving multiple cultures and locations
Learn how to:
- Determine which aspects of your projects should be outsourced or co-located
- Effectively procure and administer outsourced contracts
- Understand cultural differences that can impact your ability to work and communicate effectively across cultural boundaries
- Develop and manage work relationships with co-located team members
- Manage conflict across cultural boundaries
A growing number of project managers are overseeing projects run by team members working out of multiple locations. Some partner internal staff while, others pair external suppliers who could be located across town — or in a city on the other side of the globe. Add geographical and cultural differences to the challenges inherent in the most well-run project management process, and the potential for problems increases exponentially. This course delivers proven methods for managing outsourced and co-located projects, and helps you to avoid the most common technical and relationship-management pitfalls.
Course highlight! Learn about the new skills that project managers need to manage cross-cultural and distributed teams.
PMBOK™ Knowledge Areas:
- Procurement Management
- Communication Management
- Human Resource Management
- Quality Management
- Risk Management