AGS Training

Title: The Value Proposition of Project Management in Grant Work

When: October 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Cost: $60

Who Should Attend: Nonprofit professionals who want to draw from the project management body of knowledge to gain awareness and new skills and strategies.

Description: 
This presentation explores how project management helps grant professionals decide where structure is essential, where flexibility is useful, and how to adapt without losing control. Drawing on pain points across the grant ecosystem, participants will examine how challenges that look like people, communication, or workload problems often have a project-management issue underneath them. The session focuses on right-sizing structure, balancing predictive and adaptive work, making critical information visible, clarifying readiness and communication, and using project health and value to guide decisions. Ultimately, project management is not about applying maximum process; it is about making intentional choices about what needs structure, visibility, control, flexibility, and action.

Participants will be able to:

• Assess project complexity, uncertainty, stakeholder environment, consequences, risks, and continuity needs to determine an appropriately scaled project-management approach.
• Distinguish predictive, adaptive, and hybrid elements of grant-related work and determine what should remain controlled versus where flexibility and learning are appropriate.
• Apply right-sized practices for visibility, readiness, ownership, decision authority, documentation, and communication so that work can be understood and coordinated without creating unnecessary administrative burden.
• Use value, project-health information, risks, issues, constraints, compliance requirements, and changing conditions to make informed tradeoffs, adapt intentionally, and improve future project execution.

Instructional Delivery Method: Group Live
GPCI/CFRE Approved CEU Credits: 1.0
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Knowledge Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Prerequisite Education, Experience, or Advance Preparation: None

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