Aerospace Program Management - It's More than Scheduling and Delivery

Instructor: Mont Smith
Product ID: 705668

Duration: 16 hrs

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Areas of special concentration will include:

Role of project management, communication, interpersonal skills, schedule management, interfacing with other units, Task Scoping (Estimating, Pricing, Financial Measures, etc.), project management software use, compliance reporting, risk management and more.
This seminar will include lecture, dialog, and case-study approaches.
Active participation of the class attendees will ensure a dynamic baseline for learning and honing valuable skills

Who Will Benefit:

Managers
Project Managers
Team Leaders

Agenda:

Day 1 - (9:00 AM - 4:30 PM)

Day 2 - (9:00AM - 4:30 PM)

09.00 AM: Session Start
Lecture 1:

Introduction to Program/Project Management
Clarifying and Giving Identity to Tasks

What constitutes program/project success?
What are the resource allocations? (budgets, tools, facilities, personnel)

Lecture 2:

Communication Skills Essentials

Elements of effective presentations (verbal, e-mail, internet)
Appreciation of differing perspectives and how to integrate them
Interpersonal skills

Interfacing with Other Units

Use of integrator personnel
Importance of shared goals as well as shared responsibilities

Lecture 3:

Establishing and Developing of Performance Schedules
Ensuring dependencies are identified and commitments are defined
Determining critical milestones and potential impacts
Introduction to use of commercial software tools

Lecture 4:

Creating Meaningful Performance Metrics and Monitoring Techniques
The "critical life signs" of a program/project (cost, schedule, quality)
Role of program/project integrator and methods of in-process performance monitoring
keeping all stakeholders informed and satisfied

Lecture 1:

Compliance Reporting, Test Plans, and Contingencies
Regulatory documents and reports
Test plans and configuration control
FAA certification
Use of "critical life signs", milestones, and monitoring
Notification of problems and re-plans to stakeholders
Refining the art of asking for and receiving help

Lecture 2:

Managing the Individual Components of the Program/Project

Financial aspects (pricing, ROI, ROIC, etc.)
Marketing coordination, warranties, and after-market support
Using metrics to correct "critical life sign" deficiencies
Risk - assessment, abatement, and management

Lecture 3:

Motivation and Rewards

Effective use of non-financial rewards for team members
Ensuring full participation and best contribution from each team member
Valuing others and letting them know it

Lecture 4:

Workshop

Using program/project management techniques and tools, perform trial tasks as assigned
Discuss and critique workshop tasks

Conclusion

Importance of "unlearned" leadership attributes (integrity, honesty, people sensitivity)
Business and personal ethics

Instructor Profile:

Mont Smith
Aviation Safety Advocate and Mentor, Self-employed Aviation Safety consultant

Mont Smith is an aviation safety compliance expert with 40 years of experience in military, general and commercial aviation. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. He has attended the Safety Officer Certificate Course at the University of Southern California and the Crash Survival Investigator Certificate Course at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. As the prospective Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, he attended the Aviation Command Safety Course at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. After retirement from the Coast Guard as Captain, Mr. Smith flew an Emergency Medical Services helicopter for Mercy Air Hawaii for three years. Employed by Hawaiian Airlines as Senior Director, Safety and Compliance, Mr. Smith served for five years as Part 119 Director of Safety on the Operating Certificate of the air carrier during a period of rapid expansion of the airline. During his tenure, the Hawaiian Airlines Aviation Safety Action Program was successfully inaugurated.

Mr. Smith subsequently served as the Director of Safety for the Air Transport Association (now named “Airlines for America”) where he facilitated a 23-airline Safety Council, Flight Safety Committee, Ground Safety Committee, and A4A/Airline/OSHA Alliance. As a member of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, Mr. Smith contributed to the selection of CAST as a recipient of the 2008 Collier Trophy. He has received letters of appreciation from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Airline Pilots Association. Mr. Smith holds the Air Transport Pilot (ATP) rating in both Landplane/Multi-engine and Rotorcraft/Helicopter with type ratings in the Gulfstream I executive transport, Lockheed Hercules turboprop cargo aircraft, Dassault-Breguet Falcon 200 jet, and Sikorsky S-61 heavy lift helicopter.

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