Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Preliminaries

    • 1.1 Meet your instructor

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    • 1.2 Share a bit about yourself with your instructor

    • 1.3 Some observations about the course design

    • 1.4 Course and certification requirements

    • 1.5 Course resources

    • 1.6 Kick-off session for cohorts : Meeting login instructions

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    Chapter 2: Introduction to the Big Concepts

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    Chapter 3: Intake

    • 3.1 Intake Overview Part 1: Triage

    • 3.2 Intake Overview Part 2: CLOC Resources

    • 3.3 Matter Management

    • 3.4 Intake Risk (Part 1)

    • 3.5 Intake Risk (Part 2)

    • 3.6 Assignment 4 - Observations about Intake

    • 3.7 Meet-up

    • 3.8 Cost-Benefit of a Project (Part 1)- Working with other functions

    • 3.9 Cost-Benefit of a Project (Part 2) - Working with other functions

    • 3.10 Cost-Benefit of a Project: Supplement Computations

    • 3.11 Rating the project - Introduction

    • 3.12 Rating the Project - Application to a case study

    • 3.13 Assignment 5 - Intake Challenges

    • 3.14 Meet-up

    • 3.15 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 4: Why?

    • 4.1 "WHY?" A key component of Intake and Planning. What does a successful outcome look like?

    • 4.2 Why: Identify key stakeholders to start on the path to success

    • 4.3 Why: Stakeholder Analysis - Make sure to reconcile the interests of stakeholders

    • 4.4 Assignment 6 - Prepare a stakeholder analysis for your project

    • 4.5 Meet-up

    • 4.6 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 5: Planning - The Panoramic View

    • 5.1 Converting Why into What: Assumptions and Risks

    • 5.2 What will the output of your work look like?

    • 5.3 When: Are there time boundaries or constraints on the work?

    • 5.4 The Statement of Work or "Project Charter" provides the roadmap and expectations for the work

    • 5.5 Project Charters when working with law firms or vendors

    • 5.6 Assignment 7 - Prepare a draft Statement of Work for your demonstration project

    • 5.7 Meet-up

    • 5.8 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 6: Planning the Work: The Details

    • 6.1 A work plan is a road map that provides visibility on getting things done and where check points are required

    • 6.2 Illustrating how to use a work plan in a familiar situation

    • 6.3 Work plans aim towards have milestone events

    • 6.4 Gates - As the work progresses, gates are points at which to make critical decisions about proceeding, recalibrating or scrapping the undertaking (work plans).

    • 6.5 After all the other steps have been considered, identify the appropriate team members

    • 6.6 The Matter Schedule is the timeline that sets targets at the outset

    • 6.7 Assignment 8 - Prepare a first draft of a work plan for an aspect of your demonstration project

    • 6.8 Meet-up

    • 6.9 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 7: Planning: Communication and managing change fostered by the project's goal

    • 7.1 Communication planning

    • 7.2 Communications on changes fostered by the project and its results

    • 7.3 Assignment 9 - Prepare a communication plan or communications/change strategy for an aspect of your demonstration project

    • 7.4 Meet-up

    • 7.5 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 8: Planning: Budgeting and costs

    • 8.1 Budgeting: What's the process: who's involved

    • 8.2 Developing a budget. What are the assumptions

    • 8.3 Budgets are always works in progress: preview to monitoring and reporting

    • 8.4 Assignment 10 - Use your timeline to add resources and a Budget

    • 8.5 Meet-up

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    Chapter 9: Executing and Monitoring

    • 9.1 Deliver!

    • 9.2 The kick off meeting is critical to assure that everyone is on the same page.

    • 9.3 Status meetings and checkpoints are part of the communications plan

    • 9.4 Managing changes and variation in a project or matter: Traditional and Agile Approaches

    • 9.5 Tools for change and variation management: Traditional and Agile Approaches

    • 9.6 Assignment 11 - Prepare to conduct a status meeting on an aspect of your demonstration project

    • 9.7 Quality Control and Feedback

    • 9.8 Troubleshooting

    • 9.9 Assignment 12 - Troubleshooting- Gates and Go/No-Go events

    • 9.10 Meet-up

    • 9.11 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 10: Closing the project and after action reviews

    • 10.1 IILPM 10.1-Benefits of After-Action Reviews

    • 10.2 IILPM 10.2-Using After Action-Reviews in other fields

    • 10.3 IILPM 10.3-How to do an After-Action Review

    • 10.4 IILPM 10.4-Tools for After-Action Reviews

    • 10.5 CLOC MLM Resources for Closing the Matter

    • 10.6 Assignment 13 - What are the key lessons learned that you will apply asap?

    • 10.7 Meet-up

    • 10.8 Supplementary materials

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    Chapter 11: Presentations

    • 11.1 Assignment 14 - Presentation to your cohorts

    • 11.2 Meet-Up Presentations #1

    • 11.3 Meet-up: Presentation #2

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    Chapter 12: Recap

IILPM Certification Course

Qualify for a designation as a Legal Project Associate (LPA) or Legal Project Practitioner (LPP) from the International Institute of Legal Project Managment

Contact: Aileen Leventon, Accredited Training Provider [email protected]
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