Data-Driven Project Management & Analytics
Using Data to Drive Better Project Decisions
This course equips project managers with the skills to use data and metrics to guide decisions, track performance, and clearly communicate project health. The focus is on clarity, insight, and storytelling — not advanced statistics or complex tooling.
Participants learn how to define meaningful KPIs, interpret dashboards, detect early risks, and turn project data into actionable insights.
Course Details
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Paul Awkar
Paul Awkar is a certified project management professional and PMO leader with extensive experience leading complex initiatives across cross-functional teams and regulated environments. With an Executive MBA and multiple PMI certifications, Paul combines structured methodology with real-world judgment.
Throughout his career, he has helped organizations improve delivery performance, strengthen governance frameworks, and align projects with strategic business outcomes. His approach goes beyond theory — focusing on practical decision-making, stakeholder management, and modern project leadership.
In his sessions, Paul emphasizes clarity, confidence, and application. Participants can expect real scenarios, honest insights from the field, and frameworks that translate directly into everyday project environments.
Project Metrics That Matter
Participants learn how to define meaningful metrics that reflect true project health rather than vanity reporting. The session focuses on clarity, relevance, and decision-driven measurement.
Dashboards, Trends & Forecasting
This session explores how to interpret dashboards and trends to anticipate outcomes. Participants learn how to move from static reporting to forward-looking insights.
Risk Detection & Decision-Making
Participants examine how early warning signals appear in data and how to act on them. The session focuses on translating data into timely decisions that prevent escalation.
Data Storytelling for Stakeholders
The final session focuses on communicating insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders. Participants learn how to tell compelling project stories using data to drive alignment and action.
Project Health Dashboard & Insight Narrative
Participants create a Project Health Dashboard and supporting insight narrative for an active or recent project. Across the sessions, they define meaningful KPIs, identify early risk signals, and translate data into clear, decision-ready insights. The final output enables participants to communicate project status with clarity, confidence, and credibility.
Who's This For
Project and Program Managers
Leaders responsible for tracking delivery performance and improving outcomes.
PMO Professionals
Governance and reporting specialists seeking clearer performance visibility.
Product and Operations Managers
Managers driving execution who want stronger metric-based decision-making.
Anyone Responsible for Delivery Reporting
Professionals preparing dashboards or performance updates for stakeholders.
By the end of the seminar, you will
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Design performance indicators that go beyond activity tracking and clearly measure value, delivery health, efficiency, and business impact.
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Analyze dashboards strategically, understand what the numbers truly indicate, and distinguish between noise and meaningful performance signals.
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Detect negative trends, bottlenecks, and misalignment early enough to take corrective action before they escalate.
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Use historical data, leading indicators, and trend analysis to anticipate future performance and improve planning accuracy.
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Translate complex metrics into structured, executive-ready narratives that drive alignment and informed decision-making.
Registration Includes
Live interactive sessions led by industry experts
Ask questions, collaborate, network and engage with others
Lifetime access to a community of wise learners and professionals
Certificate of completion
Lifetime access to recorded sessions & course resources
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