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Writing Scope Statements and Statements of Work
Identifying and Managing Stakeholder Expectations

Advanced Project Management Training Seminar
Presented by Northern Virginia Community College Workforce Development
A PMIWDC Strategic Partner

Register online or by phone at calling 703-450-2551. Reference course code BUSC 1636 70L
14 PDUs for Certified PMs

PDUs

This seminar provides 14 PDUs for certified PMs.

Dates and Location

Tuesday and Wednesday., Decemeber. 8 and 9, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Course Length: 14 hours – 2 class days from 9:00am – 5:00pm
Providing 14 PDUs

NOVA Community College

Reston 2 Center

1831 Wiehle Ave

Reston, Virginia 20190

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Registration and Costs

$585 per person

Register online or by phone at calling 703-450-2551. Reference course code BUSC 1636 70L
Please register early: The Advanced PM Training series is very popular and space is very limited.

About the Course

One source of frustration and project failure is ill-defined statements of the scope for a project.  Whether or not you as the project manager have direct input into the initial process of scope definition, you will certainly have to handle any requested changes in scope or writing a statement of work for any sub-contracted work.  In either case, you must communicate with stakeholders to clarify exactly what must be done by when at what cost to ensure on-time, on budget completion of your project.  

This seminar focuses on best practices of writing scope statements and statements of work to be completed by others.  As a foundation to the actual writing, you must identify the stakeholders (a new process defined in the PMBOK version 4) and determine their needs and wants, when initiating a project or managing scope changes during execution.  

Maintaining a register of stakeholders, their level of influence, and their communication preferences lowers the risk of new requirements coming to light near the end of the project when they are more costly to address. 

Participants will analyze case studies to practice analyzing and crafting scope statements and statements of work to refine their ability to communicate with the stakeholder groups they identify.  Another outcome of this analysis will be the creation of a robust communication management plan to keep the stakeholder communities up to date on progress and any agreed upon changes to the project.

Through lecture, discussion, and activities, seminar participants will review and expand their ability to:

• Identify all stakeholder groups
• Examine the discovery phase of the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Analyze and create a complete statement of Scope and Statements of Work
• Create a Project Communications Management Plan to match the needs of your stakeholders
• Explore strategies for managing stakeholder expectations

By the end of the seminar, participants will complete individual action plans to apply the seminar topics to their current project work.

Register online or by phone at calling 703-450-2551. Reference course code BUSC 1636 70L

About the Instructors

Michael Van Dyke, PMP and Renee Joseph, PMP

Michael R. Van Dyke is president of Serengeti Enterprises, Inc., a company providing training, team-building, and coaching services to business teams and individuals. He is a certified coach (NCC) through the Newfield Network and a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). In addition to customized training, Mr. Van Dyke offers open enrollment seminars through the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in a variety of communication-based business courses, such as “Project Management Communications,” “Confident Public Speaking,” “Team Dynamics,” “Excelling as a First Time Manager,” and “Conflict Resolution.” Past and present clients include Capital One, the Marriott (Corporation) Ranch, Lauten Construction Company, Boston Properties, the Virginia Regional Transportation Association, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, SAIC, the MITRE Corporation, and Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER).

Mr. Van Dyke brings a unique style and innovative approach to the classroom. Based on training with Project Adventure, an international outdoor experiential educational organization, he has incorporated individual and group exercises in all his courses, resulting in a true “hands-on” learning experience for students. For four years, he was the Program Administrator for Corporate Challenge, an outdoor team building company that worked with Northeast Utilities. Mr. Van Dyke makes even the lecture portions of his classes entertaining. He updates his professional speaking skills through membership in the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Mr. Van Dyke regularly speaks on human dynamics for effective project management and on innovative business leadership.

Mr. Van Dyke earned his MFA in Technical Design and Production at the Yale School of Drama and a BA in Communications Studies Education at the University of Massachusetts. Prior to establishing his own business, Mr. Van Dyke worked in higher education for 20 years, wearing two hats: professor and project manager. His previous employers include Yale University, Amherst College, Dartmouth College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts. As a theatrical Production Manager, Mr. Van Dyke honed his skills as a team development specialist, managing 12-28 overlapping project teams per year. With teams composed of union workers, technical professionals, students, and volunteers, managing team dynamics became a constant practice. By capturing the “lessons learned” and applying them to new situations, Mr. Van Dyke can provide an array of proven strategies from which his clients may choose. He is preparing a book on the advantages of using trust as the main motivation for managing successful teams.

Renee Joseph is a Chief Technology Officer in the federal government with more than 15 years experience in the technology field for both the private and public sectors.  Her many roles on project teams include Project Manager, Team Lead, Data Administrator, Database Administrator, Applications Developer, Network Administrator, Business Analyst and Instructor.  

For the federal government, Renee works at the agency level with the primary role of assuring the successful execution of the agency’s business mission through development and deployment of the automated systems that are vital to the success of the program. This requires envisioning the service offerings by leading the implementation of web applications, developing database systems, maintaining infrastructure and planning for risk and growth.  Her achievements include leading strategic planning to achieve business goals that resulted in the complete modernization of all legacy applications in her functional area agency; directing the development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan; directing the development of multiple portal applications to allow the public access to query market data and view the information via an “on demand” format; communicating the agency’s technology strategy to management, staff, partners, customers, and external stakeholders to sustain cutting edge technology; and managing an annual multi-million dollar operating and capital budget for purchases, staffing and operations.  

In the private sector, Renee worked as a Systems Consultant developing Pension Administration Systems for Fortune 500 clients.  She was primarily responsible for working closely with the client through all phases of the System Development Life Cycle with the requirement of understanding their business, benefits plans, and current processes to develop a system for their pension plans.  Her achievements include working closely with stakeholders to assess needs, identify key challenges and define project scope deliverables on numerous pension plans; develop and communicate project goals to technology teams; propose solutions to data issues, database design, and development to key stakeholders; as well as design and develop the multiple client applications which included the client interface, middle tier architecture and database.

Renee is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a Master’s of Science in Information Technology Systems and Columbus State University with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Marketing.