One of the biggest U.S. consumer goods companies was very concerned about their poor track record of project management. Like many companies, they were faced with having to do more with fewer people and as a result they found more and more of their critical work being projectized. They found that chunking important work into projects increased their ability to achieve more productivity with fewer and more strategically focused resources.

However, senior management was disappointed in the performance of most of the project teams. Based on the assessment by the top HR/OD Executive, each team's performance could be tied directly to their lack of training and experience with project management and project membership skills.

Work Systems Affiliates was asked to conduct a pilot Project Management and Execution training program. Unlike many project management training programs, our hands-on Project Management and Execution Program is tool-rich, driven by practice and process, and takes a systemic approach to project management.

During the program, participants learned how to use these tools and processes by applying them to their own real-work projects. Participants also learn a 6-step model that is fully adaptable and scalable to almost any project.

Five years later, the two-day Project Management and Execution Training Program has become one of the organization's most popular and successful classes. The results have been evident as productivity, effectiveness, and project management quality have steadily increased. In short, the client (the organization and its leadership) are "delighted" and have positively impacted project team performance and the organization's bottom line.