Understanding what the Totally Optimized Projects is

• Understanding TOP™

• The TOP BOOK
• The TOP™ Story

The determinants of project success

• Understanding project success
• Understanding why projects fail
• Understanding business project leadership

• How to be a successful project sponsor

• In search of the ‘Holy Grail’ for projects

• Where does the value go on projects?
• The power of outcomes

Understanding the project initiation process

• How to fix project Initiation Management (The Promise Chapter 12)
• Initiation management TOPics

Getting started

• Understanding projects
• Understanding why IT projects are different

• How to initiate a project
• How to manage your project scope
• How to govern project set up
• How to take on a project (PMgr)

Resourcing your project

• How to resource your project
• How to manage your consultants
• How to manage your project manager
• How to manage your governance team

• Consultants.CON

Defining your requirements

• Understanding processes

• SEE THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS SIMPLIFICATION TOPology

Testing your project’s feasibility

• Understanding project risks
• Understanding estimates

• How to establish your project’s feasibility
• How to manage your project specific risks
• How to manage your project delivery risks
• How to manage your business impact risks
• How to manage your critical success factors

Planning for success

• Understanding project success
• Understanding why projects fail
• Understanding why IT projects are different

• How to plan change
• How to structure change

• The power of outcomes

Building your project’s value proposition

• Understanding business cases

• How to build your business case
• How to complete the TOP™ business case template

• SEE THE BUSINESS CASE GENERATION TOPOLOGY