Society for College and University Planning
Capital Projects in a Campus Environment: Organizing and Running a Successful Project Team
This workshop is offered on July 23 near Washington, DC.
The SCUPers listed as authors of this post will be repeating their renowned pre-conference workshop this summer on Saturday, July 23, at National Harbor, Maryland, outside of Washington, DC., at SCUP–46. SCUP–46 is the Society for College and University Planning's annual, international, integrated planning conference and idea marketplace.
Please turn your volume up, as this was the first-ever such SCUP interview and our microphone was a little far from the workshop presenters. Also, this is just after they spent an entire day of heavy interaction with a room full of SCUPers in the workshop, so they're just a little tired here.
Below is the abstract for this year's workshop, and here is a link to the SCUP–46 workshops page:
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
Capital Projects in a Campus Environment: Organizing and Running a Successful Project Team
What can campus leaders and their design and construction partners do to facilitate successful capital projects, and avoid costly and consequential missteps? Complex facility projects are difficult undertakings and require that activities be orchestrated among project team members. The natural momentum of construction projects can fuel fundraising, engage campus constituencies, and inspire great design. We will explore and practice team planning and organizational skills to manage through the inevitable interruptions and setbacks that can sabotage a successful realization of the project’s vision. The strategies that carry us through are less technical than organizational and team-focused: setting realistic priorities; creating a high-functioning project team; resolving conflicts; challenging assumptions; and asking questions. This workshop will enable participants to hone their skills and take home practical tools and strategies to help project teams excel.
Cost: $295 USD (includes workbook, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments)
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify problems likely to occur in the early stages of a project, such as collective over-optimism, programming for yesterday, and conflicting goals and agendas.
- Use a “tool-kit” of diagnostic, analytic, team-building, and organizational skills to educate others and to model behaviors that can improve project success.
- Consider the value of being a reflective practitioner and learning from what goes wrong.
- List the organizational leadership roles that support better planning, design, and construction outcomes.
TAGS: Teamwork, Project Planning, Project Teams
Labels: facilties planning, Capital Planning, integrated planning, Teamwork, Project Planning, Project Teams, Campus Planning, scup-46, Gast, Kent, McDonald