Stanford Advanced Project Management

This course addresses the key leadership challenges facing those with responsibility for executing their company's strategies through organizational change and portfolio, program, and project implementation. The course focuses on those skills and competencies that leaders require for guiding their organizations, in addition to offering innovative tools for engaging others in meaningful collaboration. It includes such critical topics as:

Leading decision-making and communications in strategic execution planning
Ensuring strategic alignment and organizational "fit"
Assessing and planning for organizational execution risks
Building collaborative partnerships through sponsorship and alliances
Planning and leading changes induced by new strategies and portfolios