Project Management Tips and Best Practices for Administrative Professionals

Administrative professionals now handle many tasks once done by specialists, and most of these are really projects. Because management rarely labels them that way, few admins get project management training or tools, even as work piles onto a full schedule with no team and key decisions made elsewhere.

This 60-minute project management webinar for administrative professionals adapts widely used methods to that reality. You'll move through initiation, planning and scheduling, cost and risk management, people and communication, execution and control, and closure, while steering clear of the biggest project pitfalls.

You don't need the title of project manager to succeed as one, and these skills carry into every assignment and prepare you for more advanced work.

• State the business problem your project will solve
• Replace a to-do list with tasks organized into a logical plan
• Manage your project team of key stakeholders
• Track progress and recover quickly when work slips
• Demonstrate successful project completion
• Apply lessons learned to your next project

The context for project management

• What projects are and where they fit
• Project success factors and pitfalls

Project initiation

• Stating the business problem
• Stakeholder analysis

Planning and scheduling

• Discovering requirements
• Analyzing scope, constraints and assumptions
• Creating a work breakdown structure and tactical plan
• Managing the critical path
• Scheduling, assigning responsibility and tracking

Cost management

• Managing your budget

Risk management

• Defining risks in a risk impact matrix
• Tracking, managing and escalating risk proactively

Human resource and communication plan

• Managing people and communication effectively

Execution, monitoring and control

• Monitoring scope, schedule, cost and quality

Project closure

• Applying lessons learned for continuous improvement

A large, unfamiliar assignment can shake anyone's confidence, especially when roadblocks appear or risks come true. The fundamentals of project management, used on countless projects worldwide, give you proven techniques to get the results you need and show your value.

This session suits administrative professionals, executive assistants, office managers, supervisors and small business owners.

• Administrative Professionals
• Executive Assistants
• Office Managers
• Supervisors
• Small Business Owners

Rebecca Staton-Reinstein, Ph.D., and President of Advantage Leadership, Inc. works with leaders and their organizations to Increase your bottom-line results through strategic leadership, engaged employees, and delighted customers in all economic sectors. Draw on her proven ability to mentor you through major change, customizing successful solutions to your complex issues. For over 25 years, Rebecca has contributed value as an executive, manager, educator, and consultant, honored on four continents. She is a Ph.D. in organizational development, a National Speakers Association Legacy Professional Member, and St. Petersburg Engineering Academy Foreign Member and author of books on strategic leadership and planning.