Course Overview
The course covers the benchmarking processes used in meeting the criteria for successful project exits, managing the timeline for completion, setting action steps, assigning responsibilities and assessing the progress of strategy execution. We will also cover techniques of communication and negotiation – within individual teams, departments, organization-wide as well as to external stakeholders and the media.

Course Benefits
At the end of this programme, you will have:

• A greater grasp of how to manage a smooth completion and exit of a project.
• Be equipped to understand the impact of closure from different stakeholders’
• perspectives.
• Understanding of the interest of each stakeholder.
• Be able to set better priorities and improve communication.

Target Audience:
This WorkmanSkills training is ideal for wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Executives, directors, senior management and departments in both private and public organizations charged with project planning and execution responsibilities.
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How will this Training Course be Presented?

This WorkmanSkills training course will utilize a variety of proven online learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. 
Course Outlines

• Techniques for periodic assessment and evaluation of progress towards exit and for modification of exit plan
• Cases studies of successful exits and preventable errors
• Risk management
• Exit approaches: impact of different strategies and plans
• How to create sustainable handover to third parties
• How to obtain buy-in and reduce tension: negotiation skills with external parties
• Managing staff in high pressure environments, meeting deadlines and administrating contract completions and redundancies – how to keep morale up
• Communication with the media and general public relations management
• Lessons learned – project evaluation, analysis reporting requirements and standards
•  Empowerment of client groups and handover training
• Setting up an infrastructure that the local communities can maintain without assistance
• Forming a co-operative relationship if handing project over to another organization
• Creation of manuals, procedure documents,
• checklists for transition and handover

The Certificate
WorkmanSkills Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course