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Date(s) - 08/04/2024 - 10/04/2024
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The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies would like to invite you and your colleagues to participate in our Professional Certificate in Project and Programme Management which will be held on 8th – 10th April 2024 (Virtual Learning). Below you will find the details of the course:
Course Overview
Projects and programmes are the drivers for implementing strategic goals and positive and durable organisational change. Therefore, organisations are often heavily reliant on their project and programme managers, who must oversee major developments through to completion while keeping to an agreed timeframe, budget, and quality standards.
From planning through the delivery stage and finishing with evaluation, this course will explore every aspect of the project cycle utilizing tried and tested project management methodologies to ensure project success. It will also equip participants with the varied skill set necessary to oversee complex projects, such as risk management, effective budgeting, quality control and stakeholder management.
The tools and techniques covered are designed so that they can be adapted to the needs and specifications of different organisations and/or projects making them suitable for small-scale improvement projects or national capacity building programmes.
Topics Include:
- Project management methodologies
- Leadership for project managers
- Identifying and defining projects and programmes
- Risk management
- Managing stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluating projects and programmes
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
- Clearly define, plan, and implement projects to ensure they are delivered on time, within budget and to specification
- Utilise recognized project management tools and techniques including Gantt Charts, Gap Analyses and Pert Charts
- Engage effectively with project stakeholders
- Recognise common causes of project failure and how to avoid them
- Budget effectively and oversee spending accurately
Programme
| Day 1 |
| Zoom session opens |
| Start of Event |
| Chair’s Introduction and Delegate Introductions |
| Project Management Overview |
| The project management life cycle |
| The role of project management |
| The role of programme management |
| Break |
| Project and Programme Methodologies |
| Traditional methods – Waterfall, Critical Path Method PRINCE2, MSP, PMI/PMBOK |
| Agile project management |
| Strengths and weaknesses of various methodologies |
| Break |
| Identifying and Defining Projects and Programmes |
| Strategic alignment |
| Problem and objective trees |
| Programme identification and design |
| Selecting a suitable methodology |
| Break |
| Justifying the Project – The Business Case |
| Business case questions |
| Ensuring sufficient resources |
| The continuing business case |
| Keeping within the budget |
| Final Questions |
| Close of Day |
| Day 2 |
| Zoom session opens |
| Chair’s Introduction and Recap |
| Managing Stakeholders |
| Identifying key project stakeholders |
| Communicating with stakeholders |
| Negotiating skills and techniques |
| Break |
| Project Governance & Leadership for Project Managers |
| Project and programme governance |
| Building a project team |
| Qualities of the project leader |
| Key roles and responsibilities |
| Motivation techniques |
| Break |
| Risk Management |
| Introduction to risk and uncertainty |
| Identifying risks |
| Managing project risks |
| Break |
| Managing Change |
| Benefits realisation and change management |
| The relationship between PPM and change management |
| Introduction to the management of change |
| Identifying barriers to change |
| Strategies for overcoming resistance to change |
| Close of Day 2 |
| Day 3 |
| Zoom session opens |
| Chair’s Introduction and Recap Project |
| Planning Project Delivery |
| Why plan? |
| Identifying and specifying deliverables |
| Types of plan |
| Milestones |
| Interdependencies |
| Break |
| Project Scheduling |
| Calculating a critical path |
| Scheduling techniques |
| Keeping on track |
| Break |
| Quality Management |
| What quality means in projects |
| Monitoring quality |
| Manging quality |
| Break |
| Closing the Project |
| What needs to happen at the end of a project |
| What if the project is closed early? |
| Ensuring the lessons are captured and shared. |
| Course Conclusions |
| Final Questions |
| Close of Course |
Accreditation
The Institute of Leadership has approved this training course. The Institute combines years of research, knowledge and innovation to champion the leadership agenda for alL and since 1947 they have carried out extensive research into the knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviours and values of great leadership. Based on The Institute’s core leadership values, this course meets the standard that enables learners who have completed to access the following benefits:
- Membership of The Institute of Leadership will be in receipt of an ICPS/The Institute joint Certificate of achievement for the course
- Access to a raft of resources to help you with your continuing professional development, including an award-winning library of e-learning content
- A community of over 30,000 members worldwide enabling you to collaborate and grow your knowledge and skills
- Receipt of weekly news updates, podcasts and cutting-edge research and a monthly published journal and invitations to topical webinars
- Authorisation to use approved letters AMInstL (Associate Member of The Institute of Leadership) after your name for business correspondence
Fees
Participation for the 3 days – £2150 per learner
Discount rates apply for group bookings.
To register, please fill in the attached registration form and send it back to aaisha.nazeer@parlistudies.org. if you have any question, please let me know.