International Project Management with PMO
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.