For managers who want to increase project success rate

Master your skills in Automotive project management and eliminate mistakes thanks to the excellent Waterfall method which may manifold your team´s efficiency!

Exclusive know-how of Daniel Kust, an experienced business consultant with a 29-year practice in project management in top-level positions of the Shell company. Order our intensive implementation program and master your skills in an efficient Automotive project management through the Waterfall method within 3 short days.

Find the way how to resolve the following 9 most frequent problems of project management in the Automotive industry:

Overloading team members

Do you want to eliminate overloading your team, affecting negatively its performance, without the necessity to acquire additional team members?

Maintaining a better control and effectiveness

Do you face a problem of simultaneous management of multiple projects, need a better control of the project and want to maintain effective teamwork?

Project changes

Do you want to learn how to develop structured plans and achieve the goals even in the conditions of rapid changes within the projects?

Tight budget

Do you wish to manage successfully projects with tight budgets and reduce quality compromises due to lack of financial resources?

Competencies and responsibilities

Are your projects endangered by inadequate competencies and unclear responsibilities of team members which may result in decreasing effectiveness and delays in the project development?

Repeating mistakes

Do you want to avoid repeating mistakes from the past and use experience from the previous projects in order to increase effectiveness of the work and achieve even better results?

Work-life balance

Do you wish to improve your work-life balance and the overall motivation and satisfaction?

Balance

Do you want to discover an effective way to achieve a long-term proper balance between the project needs and the available human and financial resources and thus avoid their lack or purposeless use?

Communication

Do you wish to establish a proper communication between team members and reduce the risk of misunderstandings and conflicts? 

The good news is …

…that there exists a unique solution of these problems

1. Setting and managing expectations
2. Influencing strategy
3. Creating project plans
4. Planning, defining scope and objectives
5. Resource Stakeholder allocation and planning
6. Facilitating communication and collaboration
7. Providing team leadership

8. Analyzing and managing Risks and issues
9. Budget/Time/Cost estimating
10. Implementing project management methodologies
11. Managing changes
12. Managing Workstreams/Milestones and operational tasks
13. Planning and facilitating meetings 
14. Monitoring and reporting project status

From the initial “greasy ties” up to Manhattan

During almost thirty years of working for the Shell company I had gained extensive experience in project management and was involved in a number of successful projects that generated tens of millions of US dollars in the major markets, including EU, US, China, Brazil, India, Middle East and Egypt. Thanks to this practice I could identify the key factors of successful project management and the ways of its further improvement. I offer you a 3-day implementation program which I have developed based on well-established methods and my own experience. Through this program you and your employees will get access to the tools and strategies that are crucial for achievement of excellent results in project management. 

Many project managers and teams struggle with lack of structure and clear guidance during project management which often results in delays, losses and general dissatisfaction with the results.

We present a unique implementation program of the Waterfall project management methodology by Daniel Kust. Master your skills of effective project planning, monitoring and management through this well-established method in the Automotive business.

During this implementation program, you will get familiar with individual steps of the Waterfall project management methodology, including analysis of project requirements, planning, proposal, implementation and testing. At the same time, you will acquire practical tools for real-time project monitoring and management.

Eliminate overloading your team, affecting negatively its performance, without the necessity to acquire additional team members. For the solution see the modules How to become a project manager and Stakeholders.

Resolve the problem of simultaneous management of multiple projects. The solution how to get a better control of the project and maintain effective teamwork can be found in the modules Project description, Stakeholders, Communication and Working files.

Learn how to develop structured plans and achieve the goals even in the conditions of rapid changes. For the solution see the modules Project description, Project changes, Risk management and Working files.

Find out how to manage successfully projects with tight budgets and reduce quality compromises due to lack of financial resources. For the solution see the modules Budget, Risk management, Project changes and Working files.

Increase team member competencies and responsibilities which will promote effectiveness and accelerate the work on the project. For the solution see the modules How to become a project manager, Stakeholders and Working files.

Avoid repeating mistakes from the past and use experience from the previous projects to increase effectiveness of the work and achieve even better results. For the solution see the module Project evaluation.

Improve your work-life balance and overall motivation and satisfaction. For the solution see the module How to become a project manager.

Discover an effective way to achieve a long-term proper balance between the project needs and the available human and financial resources and thus avoid their lack or purposeless use. For the solution see the modules Project description, Stakeholders, Budget, Working files and Project evaluation.

Establish an efficient communication between team members and reduce the risk of misunderstandings and conflicts. For the solution see the module Project team communication.

Who is this for?

➜ Project business managers with a different level of experience in the Waterfall project management

➜ Heads of business teams and departments

➜ Employees involved in the management of and work on projects

What are the steps of implementation of Waterfall method into your project team:

1. Project description

Many project managers and teams face lack of basic knowledge of the project management and its planning, which may result in unnecessary losses and delays in the project development. The module Project description and planning will show you how to define properly project criteria and plan individual steps of project management. You will also learn how to describe and plan each phase of the project and get practical tools to apply theoretical knowledge in practice.

2. Stakeholders

Identification of the right people for a project team and getting acquainted properly with their roles and responsibilities may be a big challenge for project managers. In the module Stakeholders, you will learn how to identify the right people for a project team and communicate effectively with individual Stakeholders.

3. Communication

Inadequate communication between individual project team members may result in inefficient processes and dissatisfaction with the results. In the module on communication, you will learn how to communicate properly in the project team and how to manage team meetings. You will also obtain practical tools for an effective management of communication within the project team.

4. Risk management

Absence or inadequacy of risk management may lead to inefficient processes or even failure of the project. In this module you will find out how to identify various types of risks and how to analyze and manage them within the project.

5. Budget

Inadequate planning of the budget may result in inefficient use of resources and failure of the project. This module presents various techniques of preparation of the budget for individual phases of the project and offers practical tools for budget planning and administration.

6. Changes

Unexpected changes in the course of the project may cause inefficient processes or even failure of the project. This module shows how to properly identify and manage changes during the project and provides practical tools for their efficient management.

7. Working files

Inefficient management of everyday project activities may result in chaos and lack of transparency of work on individual tasks, non-compliance with the set deadlines and decrease of overall motivation of individual team members (Stakeholders). Within this module you will learn how to define the key Milestones/Workstreams, organize specific tasks and manage effectively everyday activities together with the team in compliance with the project goals and deadlines.

8. Project evaluation

Inadequate conclusion and evaluation of the project may result in inefficient use of all resources and failure of the entire project. This module is focused on proper completion and evaluation of the project, reporting its results and awarding project team members.

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E2E Delivery Lead at Shell

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Performance Management at Shell

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Product Application Specialist at Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd

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Commercial Excellence, Partnerships, Sports Marketing at DP World

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Chemicals Lead w Shell

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Team Leader QQI Products Claims

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Change Manager

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Macrodistributor RA Customer Success Specialist Shell

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