Turnaround! Getting projects back on track
Rapid Diagnosis and Effective Crisis Management in a Workshop Format
Contents
Understanding Project Crises – Knowing the Factors for Success
- Characteristics of a project crisis.
- Systemic project understanding.
- Factors for Success in Project Work.
- Relevance of the "human factor" for project success.
Analyze the initial situation
- Importance of environment and stakeholder analysis.
- Methods and tools for a differentiated description of the project status.
Project Turnaround Process Model
- Definition of the main phases.
- Description of the necessary activities.
- Involvement of those affected and involved.
- Recognize the critical success factors.
- Definition of the required tools.
- Processing of the results achieved.
Immediate Action – First Aid for Your Project
- What activities are possible and useful in terms of "first aid"?
- "Coaching" of the project management.
- Identification and coordination of priorities and procedures.
Project balance and conclusion
- Meaning, content and communication of a project balance sheet.
- Experiences and recommendations at the end of the project.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will acquire practical fundamentals and professional methods for effectively managing crises in your projects of moderate complexity.
- You will work continuously on your own projects and/or a selected case study
- You identify potential success factors and risks in your projects early on.
- You recognize warning signs in projects early on and know how to respond.
- You will develop effective countermeasures and apply the project recovery process model.
- You understand those affected and those involved in their various roles—and involve them in a targeted manner.
- You communicate project results clearly and respectfully, even in difficult situations.
- You'll discuss challenging projects with other participants and come away with tried-and-true solutions.
After attending this seminar, you will receive a confirmation of 13.00 PDUs.
Methods
Input from trainers and professional insights, discussion and sharing of experiences, group and individual work on personal projects or case studies, structural constellations, as well as practical tools and checklists for immediate use.
Recommended for
project managers project managersproject managers want to gain an overview of a currently critical project or take over an ongoing project. project employees specialists who want to prepare for crisis management in projects. Managers from project-related departments who need to evaluate projects and want project managers .
Eligibility requirements:
Experience in project work and/or basic knowledge of project management is a plus.
- Customized training courses
- Direct application in practice
- Efficient use of time and resources
Further recommendations for "Turnaround! Getting projects back on track"
Start dates and details

Tuesday, 20.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 21.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Thursday, 18.02.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 19.02.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Monday, September 13, 2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, September 14, 2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
