Project Director

Who should attend?

This course is for anyone attending in development projects as a senior Project Manager or Project Director. During the training the trainees are trained in Lean Six Sigma development methodology, Sustainability, project management tools, basic organizational behavior and development project best practices. Learning is supported by two practical project works and e-learning environment that is available for students a year after the beginning. This way we can ensure that people with different learning styles and abilities can adapt the development model and attend development projects successfully.

Contents:

The course includes 30 modules, that enables sufficient understanding needed for working as project managers in development projects. The modules are the following:

1. Green Lean principles; Lean and SixSigma

2. Green Lean development process

3. DMAIC –process in Green Lean point of view; basics of Sustainability and Responsibility

4. Green Lean project roles and responsibilities; Gate Review process

5. Project planning and Project Management tools

6. Creating the Project Plan, Team Selection, Risk Management, Communication plans

7. Define phase; tools for definition and evaluation

8. VSM (Value Stream Mapping)

9. Process Mapping, understanding processes and SIPOC

10. Measure phase; evaluating the gap between present and future state

11. Activities and observations; Problem Solving tools and methods; Root Cause analysis

12. Analyse phase; What is needed to become truly responsible and sustainable organisation

13. Clarifying Customer Expectations VOC (Voice of the Customer)

14. Resistance for Change and Change Management; Psychology of change

15. Quality Function Deployment QFD; exercises and cases

16. Analysing data; tools and methods

17. Graphical analysis methods and tools

18. Statiscal Process Control; statistical analysis methods

19. Statistical analysis tools; using diagnostic tools

20. Analysis summaries, evaluations and decision making

21. Improve phase; What needs to be changed?

22. Process improvement; where tofind improvements

23. 5S/ Visual Management

24. Kanban, Poka Yoke, SMED and other improvement tools

25. Evaluating solutions, piloting and escalations

26. Savings and other benefits; presenting improvements

27. Control phase; Continous Improvement (KAIZEN)

28. Follow-up and reporting; planning for implementation

29. Variance reporting as part of the development; Daily/ Weekly management

30. Handover to organization and Kaizen (commitment in Learning Organization)

The course duration is 11 training days with 8 hours a day during 11 months period. The development projects can take up to one and half years from the beginning of the training. The participants receive an EGLA certificate after the completion of the course and the successful development projects

The training includes Lean Six Sigma Black Belt level training as set by international standards and introduction to Sustainability principles (Economic Sustainability, Ecological Sustainability and Social Sustainability) and Circular Economy. Sustainable development and sustainable working methods are growing in importance in World Class operations as a demand for their partners. Green Lean offers this to organizations using it both as a tool toward effective operations and marketing providing edge in global as well as domestic markets.

The training language is usually English, but we have trainers and materials for growing number of languages.

For the Project Director certification it is required, that the candidate shows understanding well regarding each area of learning. This is confirmed by the tests in the e-learning environment. There is a minimum 80 % requirement per test. As the evaluation base EGLA have used the criteria set by ASQ, IASSC, IPMA, ICF and other internationally recognised accrediting organizations for Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Project Mananagement and Coaching. Since there are no international standards for Sustainable Development, EGLA have studied the criteria from authorities like UN, EU and different major organizations to create a criteria, that gives most advantage to organizations looking for additional improvements through Sustainable Development.

The Qualification Projects can be made either in one’s own organization, in a partner organization or by a customer and the minimum duration accepted is 6 months.

For Project Director certification 2 qualification projects and advanced studies in the fields of leadership, communication, presentations, Six Sigma and Project Management are required. This level is based on the criteria set internationally for LSS Black Belt level.

More information can be requested from egla@eglagreenlean.com.