Learning solutions

"For a project manager to learn they need to hear from accomplished practitioners – not trainers. It’s not just facts or knowledge, it’s the approach and the values that the project managers have to adopt to perform at their very best."

Our research into what makes a good project manager, combined with our understanding of how people learn, and using highly skilled project management practitioners who are also expert presenters and facilitators, guarantee that we can develop learning solutions for all levels of experience and capability.

Learning, to have an impact, must relate effortlessly to the situation of the participant – and it must be memorable. To achieve this we have found that it is essential to customise the learning materials and the learning approach to match your organisation, level of experience, and culture. Using a wide variety of approaches and styles: from the ‘seminar’, with its lecture-based discussions to ‘active’ learning through casework and interactive simulations, our tutors can tell, show, create surrogate experiences and challenge the learners, leaving a lasting impression, and fostering accelerated learning that is deployed rapidly in the workplace.

Clients turn to us with many concerns; typically you ask for our help to:

• Design PPM training based on your way of managing projects and programmes
• Create consistent development pathways / frameworks for project and programme managers throughout the business
• Embed consistent use of processes and project management language
• Implement consistent and/or appropriate application of methods
• Understanding which competences need to be developed in project or programme managers
• Embed formal sponsorship governing project performance and benefit delivery
• Improve your PPM community image / create a profession
• Accredit project managers to recognised industry bodies
• Align capability and competence with business need
• Support project managers to run projects reliably by accessing qualified coaches or mentors
• Match your people’s capability to the portfolio of projects and programmes you have planned
• Build internal capability to deliver your complex projects of the future

The techniques and services we develop our tailored solution from include:

Beyond method courses and tailored learning solutions, covering areas such as:

• Project management for non-project managers / Introducing project management
• Making projects work for you
• Advanced project management
• Senior executive briefing
• Portfolio management
• Delivering programmes
• Management of change
• Running a project and programme support office

Master classes and tailored events:

• Benefits management
• Conducting health checks
• Contract & supplier management
• Estimating
• Requirements management
• Monitoring and control, including using earned value management
• Programme management awareness
• Project initiation and planning
• Project management awareness
• Project success through people
• Risk management
• Sponsor briefing
• Stakeholder engagement

Accredited courses:

• APM Certificated Project Manager (CPM)
• APM Practitioner Qualification
• APMP (Pathway and Fastrack)
• APM Introductory Certificate
• APM Bok workshops
• PRINCE2™ *Practitioner
• MSP™ ** (Foundation, Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner)
• MSc in Managing Major Projects (PGCert & PGDip also available)

Learning solutions and consulting services:

• Training needs analysis
• Project or programme manager profiling
• Tailored assessment / develoment centres
• Bespoke sponsor or executive workshop facilitation
• Sponsor mentoring
• PPSO coaching
• Programme manager coaching
• Project manager coaching
• CMMI coaching
• Customisation and tailoring of client materials or guides
• User guide training / workshop facilitation

Guides:

• Change management guidebook and toolkit
• Sponsor guidebook
• Programme management guidebook
• Project management guidebook
• Requirements guidebook
• e-PPSO guide

* PRINCE2™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce

** MSP™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce