Turnaround! Getting projects back on track

Rapid Diagnosis and Effective Crisis Management in a Workshop Format

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This training is held in German.
The project is spiraling out of control—the situation is critical. Crises in projects quickly take on a life of their own—but how can you turn things around? In this hands-on training the tools you need to get your projects back on track for success! You’ll be able to analyze the status of your moderately complex projects and discover how to communicate results in a constructive manner, develop creative solutions, and implement appropriate measures for crisis management and restructuring. Bring your own project with you—and leave the training concrete solutions.

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.

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Overview of PDU points
PDU Ways of Working:
6.00
PDU Power Skills:
6.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.00

Total PDUs:
13.00
Already PMI®-certified? Then collect PDUs!

If you are alreadyPMI®-certified, you must continuously earn PDUs (Professional Development Units) in order to maintain your certification. As a Project Management Professional (PMP®), for example, you need 60 PDUs within three years, 35 of which must be in the “Education” category. All continuing education activities must be selected so that each of the three competency areas of the “Talent Triangle™” is covered by at least 8 PDUs in total. The remaining PDUs can be freely allocated across the competency areas. Haufe Akademie an Authorized Training Partner ofPMI® and authorized to grant PDUs for participation in training programs.

  • Ways of Working
  • Power Skills
  • Business Acumen

PMI Talent Triangle™

We have provided you with an overview of the number of PDUs per program:

PMI, PMP, the PMI Registered Education Provider logo, the Talent Triangle, and the Talent Triangle logo are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

Overview of PDU points
PDU Ways of Working:
6.00
PDU Power Skills:
6.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.00

Total PDUs:
13.00
Already PMI®-certified? Then collect PDUs!

If you are alreadyPMI®-certified, you must continuously earn PDUs (Professional Development Units) in order to maintain your certification. As a Project Management Professional (PMP®), for example, you need 60 PDUs within three years, 35 of which must be in the “Education” category. All continuing education activities must be selected so that each of the three competency areas of the “Talent Triangle™” is covered by at least 8 PDUs in total. The remaining PDUs can be freely allocated across the competency areas. Haufe Akademie an Authorized Training Partner ofPMI® and authorized to grant PDUs for participation in training programs.

  • Ways of Working
  • Power Skills
  • Business Acumen

PMI Talent Triangle™

We have provided you with an overview of the number of PDUs per program:

PMI, PMP, the PMI Registered Education Provider logo, the Talent Triangle, and the Talent Triangle logo are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

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PDUs: 13.00
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20.10.2026
Hamburg
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Wednesday, 21.10.2026

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Frankfurt a. M./Bad Homburg
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Munich
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Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Booking number: 2272
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
€ 1,773.10 incl. VAT.
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  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
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