MASTERCLASS 1: Emotional Intelligence in Project Management Navigating Team Dynamics with Empathy

Overview:
This masterclass delves into the significance of emotional intelligence (EI) in project management in new era, highlighting how self-awareness, empathy, and interpersonal skills can enhance team collaboration and project outcomes.

Key Topics:
Understanding Emotional Intelligence: Defining EI and its relevance in the project management context. Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation: Recognizing and managing one’s emotions to maintain professionalism and composure. Empathy and Social Skills: Understanding team members’ perspectives and fostering a supportive work environment. Conflict Resolution: Applying EI to navigate and resolve interpersonal conflicts within the team.

MASTERCLASS 2: Empowering the Next-Gen PM – Mentorship and Lifelong Learning in Project Management

Overview:
This masterclass provides the essentials and fundamentals of mentorship, coaching, and continuous professional development for the next generation of project managers.

Key Topics:
The role of a mentorship in delivering successful projects Becoming a mentor and mentee in project environments Building professional development plans Leveraging industry certifications and knowledge-sharing platforms Fostering a growth mindset in project teams

MASTERCLASS 3: Building Resilient Projects – Lessons Learned, Proactive Risk, and Stakeholder Management

Overview:
This masterclass combines the principles of capturing and applying project lessons learned, proactive risk management strategies, and effective stakeholder engagement. Participants will learn how to turn past experiences into actionable improvements, manage uncertainties, and align stakeholders with project goals.

Lessons Learned:
Effective methods for capturing lessons (workshops, retrospectives, surveys) Integrating lessons learned into organizational practices for continuous improvement Case studies: Transforming challenges into actionable strategies

Risk Management:
Identifying, assessing, and prioritizing project risks Developing and implementing risk response plans Tools for real-time risk monitoring and control

Stakeholder Management:
Stakeholder mapping and prioritization techniques Engaging and communicating with diverse stakeholders Managing expectations and resolving conflicts

MASTERCLASS 4: Deliver successful projects with no border: Navigating Leadership Challenges in Multicultural and remote Teams

Overview:
Provide hands-on experience in leading teams with diverse cultural backgrounds or remote locations.

Key Topics:

• Learning the essentials of a healthy organisation, the facts and the myths
• The techniques understanding culture diversities
• Tools and technologies that make remote team management more efficient
• Role-playing scenarios to practice cultural sensitivity.

MASTERCLASS 5: Delivering Excellence – Integrating Quality, Safety and Environment into Project Processes

Overview:
This session focuses on embedding quality and safety into project workflows, emphasizing tools and strategies to ensure projects meet the highest standards while maintaining a safe working environment.

Key Topics:

• Quality planning and assurance: Tools like Six Sigma and quality audits
• Balancing the project management triangle (cost, time, and quality)
• Developing and implementing safety management plans
• Identifying and mitigating hazards through proactive safety protocols
• Cultivating a culture of quality and safety through training and stakeholder engagement
• Embedding environmental and sustainability aspect to the project life Cycle and success score

MASTERCLASS 6: AI in Project Management – From Insights to Actions

Discover how Artificial Intelligence can revolutionize project management by automating tasks, providing insights, and improving decision-making.

Key Topics:

• AI tools and platforms for project managers
• Predictive analytics for project success
• Ethical considerations in AI adoption
• Practical exercise in applying AI and using it effectively

WORKSHOP 1: Managing Competing Priorities – Balancing Stakeholder Expectations Amid Conflict

Main Challenge:
Project professionals face conflicting demands from stakeholders with differing priorities, causing delays and misalignment in project

Use the model: Share the pain, find the solution, define actions

• Challenge 1: Provide real life case study, difficult stakeholders, conflicts and misalignaments
• Challenge 2: Discuss in a team diving deeper in Challenge 1 and provide solution with focus on people
• Challenge 3: Present the solution in Story telling format and line up actions. Define assumptions and required competencies

WORKSHOP 2: Harmonizing Expertise – Managing Multi-Discipline Projects and Teams

Challenge:
Managing projects involving multi-disciplinary teams often leads to communication breakdowns, conflicting priorities, and siloed efforts. Participants must create strategies to foster collaboration, alignment, and efficiency in diverse teams.

Format: Introduction (20 minutes):
Discuss the complexities of managing projects that span multiple disciplines, such as engineering, IT, finance, and operations. Share real-world examples of successful and challenging multi-disciplinary projects.

Group Activity (120 minutes):
1. Scenario Simulation:

• Teams are presented with a project case study involving a cross-functional team (e.g., IT, construction, and environmental specialists).
• The scenario includes challenges such as conflicting deliverables, differing technical languages, and a lack of shared understanding.

• Teams brainstorm solutions to improve communication, set common objectives, and integrate diverse technical inputs.
• Participants identify tools and frameworks to manage cross-functional collaboration, such as RACI matrices, integrated project schedules, and stakeholder alignment meetings.

• Each team presents its proposed approach for aligning multi-disciplinary teams, addressing communication, role clarity, and conflict resolution.

WORKSHOP 3: Mastering the Fundamentals – Equipping the Next Generation with Core Technical Skills and fill the gap between experience and new gen project managers

Main Challenge:
To be future ready needs skill set combination of experience and technical skills. There is a gap between experienced project managers who are resilient in working smarter.

Introduction (30 minutes):
- Discuss the changes from traditional project management, the structure and organizational perspectives
- Share real-world examples of experienced and new Gen and experienced PM

WORKSHOP 4: Bridging the Gap – Aligning Strategy with Execution Processes

Main Challenge:
Many organizations struggle with translating high-level strategies into actionable project execution plans, leading to misaligned objectives and inefficient processes. Participants must develop a framework to align strategy with execution. Use the model: Define the basics, shape and share the reality, define structure

Challenge 1 - Define strategy, what does it mean? Wat are the definition of strategic goals, OKR, approach, performance KPI
Challenge 2- What are the challenges in executing business strategic objectives? What are the layers in between Strategy and Execution? participants must provide real world examples
Challenge 3- Define and design a strategy to execution framework and challenge different frameworks.

WORKSHOP 5: Seamless Transitions – Solving Challenges in Project Handover Processes

There are two different groups: each group has two roles:

• Moderator
• Participants

WORKSHOP 6: Mitigating Scope Creep – Processes for Staying on Track

Uncontrolled scope changes can derail projects, leading to missed deadlines and budget overruns. Participants must develop processes to manage and control scope effectively.

Format:
1. Introduction (20 minutes): - Explore the causes and consequences of scope creep.
- Introduce tools like Change Control Boards and Scope Management Plans.


2. Group Activity (120 minutes): - Teams address a scenario where scope creep threatens project success.
- Participants propose processes to manage scope changes, including approval workflows, impact assessments, and stakeholder alignment.

3. Solution Presentation (40 minutes):
- Teams present their pitch on scope management frameworks, emphasizing control and stakeholder engagement.

WORKSHOP 7: Advancing Construction Excellence: Innovations in Technology Integration will explore the transformative impact of emerging technologies on the construction industry

This session will delve into the integration of advanced technologies that are reshaping construction practices.

Innovative Construction Platforms: The development of integrated suites that combine industry-trusted applications with common data environments, enabling effective collaboration among owners and delivery teams. These platforms facilitate resource orchestration and transform data into actionable intelligence, promoting continuous improvement across project planning, delivery, and operations.

Industry Innovation Labs: Simulated worksites demonstrating the transformative power of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), drones, autonomous equipment, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. These labs serve as testing grounds for innovative solutions that drive digital transformation in construction and engineering.

Case Studies and Real-World Applications: Insights into how leading construction firms have leveraged these technologies to enhance project outcomes, improve efficiency, and drive innovation in their operations.

WORKSHOP 8: Decision-Making Under Pressure – Balancing Speed and Accuracy in Project Processes

Challenge: In high-stakes or time-sensitive projects, project managers often face pressure to make quick decisions, which can lead to errors or misalignment. Participants must create solution by utilizing technology to balance speed with accuracy in decision-making.

There are different groups: each group has two roles:

• Moderator
• Participants

WORKSHOP 9: Secure, Streamlined, and Smart – Optimizing Technology for Collaborative Project Success

Modern project environments rely heavily on digital tools, creating challenges with data overload, cybersecurity risks, and virtual team inefficiencies. Participants must design a comprehensive strategy to optimize technology usage, ensure data security, and enhance virtual collaboration.

Introduction: (20 minutes): Highlight the interconnected challenges of managing large datasets, securing project environments, and fostering effective collaboration in virtual teams. Discuss the importance of using cloud-based tools effectively, ensuring cybersecurity, and leveraging actionable data insights.

2. Group Activity (120 minutes): Scenario: Teams are presented with a fictional project facing: Data overload leading to decision paralysis. A cybersecurity breach threatening project integrity. Poor virtual collaboration causing delays and inefficiencies.

Teams are tasked to: 1. Simplify and prioritize key project metrics using data analytics tools.
2. Identify and propose a cybersecurity framework to prevent and address risks.
3. Develop a strategy to enhance collaboration using cloud-based tools, ensuring seamless communication and task coordination.
- Teams integrate their proposals into a unified strategy addressing data management, security, and virtual collaboration.
4. Solution Presentation (40 minutes):
- Each team presents their comprehensive strategy, including tools, frameworks, and processes to tackle the scenario challenges.