(We are an Accredited Training Organisation Approved by APMG)
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We have provided consultancy on the following topics:
We are able to consult, mentor and train in these topics for you too. To see the individual course titles within each broad topic area click on the heading above and then on the specific title.
PRINCE2®: We are an Accredited Training Organisation Approved by APMG
| Achieving PRINCE2® Practitioner Qualification
(Course Outline & Sample Work Book) Pre-event work plus a week long exam cram with the Practitioner Exam on day 5 |
| Accelerated PRINCE2® Without Excessive loss of Contract Fees: Qualification in a Weekend (with pre-event preparation) for those who consider a weeks loss of fees an unacceptable opportunity cost |
| Driving a Project using PRINCE2®: Training for those charged with filling the Senior Roles |
| Fulfilling the Team Manager's Role in a PRINCE2® Project: Understanding Managing Product Delivery (MP) |
| Foundation Skills for Would Be PRINCE2® Practitioners: What the PRINCE2® Manual Assumes You Already Know |
| Real-world and Practical PRINCE2®: Fluency in Actually USING PRINCE2® without aspirations towards the examinations |
| The Board’s Eyes and Ears: Fulfilling the PRINCE2® Project Assurance Role |
| Delivering Results using PRINCE2®: Awareness of PRINCE2® use for managers and participants |
| Fulfilling Project Board Member Role in PRINCE2®: THE! Master-Class for Senior Managers |
Starting at the beginning: Structured approaches to managing projects.
Best practices from first principles with no assumed pre-requisite knowledge. These courses are aimed at people who wish to apply tools and techniques to promote buy-in, create plans and execute projects with as much certainty as the context permits. These are NOT exam preparation courses
Basic - The Place to Start
| Delivering Results to Plan
(Course Outline & Sample Course Notes): Structured Project Management from the Ground Up |
| Changing the Business: Programme Management |
| PMO Set-up and Operation: Overseeing & Supporting the Work of Project’s in The Enterprise |
Master Classes
(Extensive treatment of basic topics)
| Business Case Master-Class Creating and judging the benefits statement for projects and programmes |
| Chairing a Gate Review: Ensuring We Know If We Are On Course Or Not |
| Learning from Experience: Making Lessons Learned a Valuable Reality |
| Herding Cats: Managing Project Managers, Programmes and Portfolios |
| The PM Tool Bag: The Tools and Techniques of Project Management |
| Master-Class in Turning “What the Customer Wants” into “What the Customer
Gets”: Tools & Techniques to define Project Scope & How to Integrate with Project Quality Management |
| Good Enough?: A Master-Class in all things Project Quality (and we do mean project, not production line quality) |
| “How Much ?!*@$#~?”: The Master-Class in Estimating Tools and Techniques |
| When & @ What Cost: The Master-Class in Managing Project Schedule and Budget |
| Where are We?: The Master-Class in Project Tracking & Control |
| Threat & Opportunity: The Master-Class in Risk Management |
| Project Rescue: The Tools and Techniques to apply to the Rescue Troubled Projects. |
| Managing Complex Projects: Using the principles of Complex Adaptive Systems when leading and controlling projects. Coping with projects whose significance demands prudent control but whose complexity preclude a one-person command and control approach based on 'plans' pre-scribed at project start |
| Truly Tracking Project Progress: Master-Class in Measuring Accomplishment Using Earned Value |
Senior Management Awareness
All our Basic and Master-Classes have
been tailored for delivery to senior staff wishing to 'refresh' their
knowledge of the vocabulary, concepts, tools & models of current accepted
best-practices in PM. We have found this approach helps Senior Management
convey their experience and preferences to line-staff using vocabulary and
concepts familiar to middle and junior management
| Projects! An Owners
Guide: Your Survival Guide to the Role & Duties as Senior Manager in a Project Context - How to be Benefits Owner not Project Manager (See the CourseNotes - Requires Adobe Acrobat) |
| Fulfilling Project Board Member Role in PRINCE2®: THE! Master-Class for Senior Managers |
| Project Governance: Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know To Be a Project Steering Committee Member |
| Harvesting Benefits: Creating the culture and taking the right actions to define, develop and reap the Return on Project Investment |
Mentored and Trained Supporting Disciplines
| CobiT®: Understanding, selecting relevant elements of and introducing the Framework for IT Governance to your organisation |
| Management of Change and Change Management: Creating the will to embrace, & the ability to control change |
| HELP!
Incident Management for Help Desk Staff: Skills for help-desk staff when an incident occurs |
| Business Survival! Creating the Capability for Business Continuity |
| “Which Version Do I Need?”: EVERYTHING to do with Safe Storage of Project Assets (AKA Configuration Management) |