CIC02. Competitive Intelligence Project Cycles and Project Management
| Instructor: | Cynthia Cheng Correia, Principal Knowledge inForm |
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| Course Dates: | 1 - 19 February 2010 | |
| IACET CEU Credit | 1 (SLA Members Only) |
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| Member Price US$ 495.00 |
Non-Member Price US$ 595.00 |
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* Online registration closes at 12:00 PM ET on the first day of the course. Registering after online registration has closed does not guarantee live access to the first course session.
What are the characteristics of effective CI projects? How do I effectively manage or participate in various types of CI projects?
Successful competitive intelligence projects involve more than the luck of discovery. They require the integration of the intelligence process, intelligence understanding, and good project management. In this online course we will examine this, along with other vital aspects of CI project management, including: common types of CI projects, CI project lifecycles, how to define intelligence needs, key intelligence topics (KITs) and key intelligence questions (KIQs), managing project teams & resources, and working with intelligence users. This course includes an exercise and discussions involving intelligence project planning and design.
Course Level: Fundamental - Basic concepts for those new to the topic or application.
Course Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to combine good project management techniques with their understanding of user needs, intelligence models and common types of intelligence projects.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
- Describe multiple types of competitive intelligence projects, their lifecycles and how to manage them.
- Identify and define the various types of needs and requirements of intelligence users within the formal intelligence practice framework.
- Apply intelligence management practices, models, resources, and tools to effectively manage projects.
- Design and direct competitive intelligence project teams and other contributors.
- Apply the principles and practices of competitive intelligence project managment in order to fulfill intelligence needs.
Participants will develop skills and abilities according to professional competencies outlined by Knowledge inForm.
Performance Measure
Course assessment, exercises, and discussions will measure and evaluate the degree of understanding that participants achieve over the learning process.
People are Saying:
"The course made me start to look at and consider CI from an insider, project manager perspective. Very helpful."
"The exercise was quite useful. Gives you a chance to practice some of the skills discussed in the lectures."
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