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Build your project team's capabilities

Practical training in international project management, leadership and collaboration helps your teams apply standards in their daily work. Training in German, Turkish and English.

2-day seminars12–20 participants recommendedDE · TR · EN · In-house/Online

Target group

For project managers, engineers, team, production and operations leads who want to strengthen their project steering in practice.

Typical challenges

The challenges you face

Projects stall because accountabilities and priorities are unclear.

Leadership feels demanding because practical experience is missing.

Personal effectiveness suffers because important tasks mix with urgent ones.

Seminars

Two newly designed 2-day seminars for industrial teams. 16 teaching units of 45 min = 12 net hours, breaks additional. Recommended 12–20 participants for exercises. In-house or online, in German, Turkish or English.

1

International Project Management with PMO

2 days · 16 units à 45 min = 12 net hours
Project managers, engineers, team, production and operations leads
Basic industrial practice, no PM certification required
German, Turkish, English · In-house or online

Learning goals

  • Systematically clarify project mandate and stakeholders
  • Build schedule, cost and risk structures
  • Create compact status reporting with meaningful KPIs
  • Define PMO standards and roles for hybrid collaboration
  • Address international customer and supplier interfaces
  • Derive an integrated steering plan from a case study

Modules

2 UEProject mandate, goals, stakeholders, international customer expectations

Content: Mandate clarification, goal definition, expectation management, stakeholder analysis, culturally different expectations on deadlines, documentation and communication

Tools: Project brief, Excel, PowerPoint

Output: Agreed mandate and stakeholder map

3 UEWork packages, milestones, dependencies, capacity

Content: WBS, scheduling, dependencies, resource alignment, coordination across time zones and sites

Tools: Excel plan, task board, optional MS Planner

Output: Schedule and accountability plan

3 UERisk, changes, escalation, supplier interfaces

Content: Risk identification, assessment, change management, escalation paths, risks at international supplier interfaces

Tools: Risk/change log

Output: Prioritized risk register and escalation path

3 UECost, progress, KPIs, reporting

Content: Cost tracking, progress measurement, KPI selection, report format, reporting formats for international stakeholders

Tools: Excel, PowerPoint

Output: Compact status report with KPIs

2 UEPMO, roles, standards, hybrid collaboration, international interfaces

Content: PMO tasks, RACI, document standards, hybrid collaboration across sites and cultures, customer interfaces

Tools: RACI, Teams, SharePoint example

Output: Meeting and document standard

3 UEIndustrial case study: delayed delivery and scope change

Content: Integrated application on a realistic case with scope change and international supplier interface

Tools: Previous modules

Output: Integrated steering plan plus 30-day transfer plan

Didactics

Short inputs, group work, role-play and decision simulation, presentation and feedback. Learning success measured by completeness and traceability of your own project package.

Qualification

Certificate of attendance. No PMP or IHK certification.

2

Lead Projects Cost-Efficiently and Meet Project Objectives

2 days · 16 units à 45 min = 12 net hours
Project managers, technical leads, PMO, procurement and project controlling in industry
Project practice, basic Excel, own laptop; no finance degree
German, Turkish, English · In-house or online

Learning goals

  • Plan and structure costs systematically
  • Detect deviations early and explain them
  • Create a traceable final cost forecast and action plan
  • Safeguard schedule, quality and scope simultaneously

Modules

2 UECost structure and project objectives

Content: Scope/work packages, cost drivers, internal/external costs, assumptions, cost–schedule–quality triangle

Tools: Cost structure/assumptions log

Output: Cost map and objective frame

3 UECalculation and budget

Content: Effort/capacity, procurement, risk reserve, baseline

Tools: Excel budget model, 3-point estimate

Output: Traceable project budget

3 UECost control and forecast

Content: Plan/actual/committed costs, remaining effort, final cost forecast, deviation causes, avoiding double-counting of committed/remaining costs

Tools: Excel cost report, KPIs

Output: Deviation analysis and forecast

3 UEResources, procurement, economic efficiency

Content: Capacity, wait times, rework, make-or-buy options, quotes/total cost of ownership, risks

Tools: Benefit-effort, quote comparison

Output: Prioritized measures with objective impact

2 UEChanges and decisions

Content: Scope change, extra work, approval, schedule/quality consequences, escalation

Tools: Change/decision log

Output: Change process with cost assessment

3 UEIndustrial case study and transfer

Content: Rising supplier price, extra effort, schedule and quality pressure, scenario comparison, management decision

Tools: Decision note, forecast, action plan

Output: Cost control package and 30-day transfer plan

Didactics

Short inputs, small-group calculation, case study, feedback. Day 1: modules 1–3 (8 UE), Day 2: modules 4–6 (8 UE).

Qualification

Certificate of attendance. No official certification, no guaranteed savings rate. Anonymized/synthetic project data; no confidential customer data.

Teaching practice: 12 conducted trainings with groups up to 35 participants, long-standing international project experience in industry, PMO and project controlling.

Deliverables

What you can expect after our work

  • Seminar 1: project brief, schedule/role plan, risk register, status report
  • Seminar 2: budget/forecast model, deviation analysis, change log, action plan
  • Practical work materials directly applicable to your own project
  • Learning success measured by completeness and traceability of your work materials

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between the two seminars?

Seminar 1 covers project management and PMO: mandate, stakeholders, schedule, risks, reporting and international interfaces. Seminar 2 covers cost-efficient project steering: budget, forecast, deviation analysis, changes and action plan. Both are standalone 2-day seminars.

What do I need to bring?

Project practice, basic Excel and your own laptop. No PM certification and no finance degree required.

Can I bring my own project cases?

Yes. We work with anonymized or synthetic project data. Please do not bring confidential customer data.

How is learning success measured?

By the completeness and traceability of your own work materials, which you create during the seminar. There is no exam.

What formats and languages do you offer?

In-house or online, in German, Turkish and English. Group size 12–20 participants recommended, adjustment on request.

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  • We clarify your project or partnership goal
  • You receive an initial assessment of the fitting support
  • We agree on the next sensible step together
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