Project Management in the Public Sector

QA Ltd.
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Slough, United Kingdom

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Course Description:

'' Project Management in the Public Sector �Senior Managers Overview

Central Government has for several years been stating in various white papers and performance reviews that appropriate management procedures based on PRINCE2® should be adopted by all public sector organisations in order to help ensure successful project delivery. However a number of problems are often encountered when attempting to implement those recommendations including -

gaining buy-in and commitment at all levels within the organisation.
lack of time or skills required to develop an in-house approach
inability to commit key staff to training (either due to time or cost limitations) �especially true if you consider that typically PRINCE2® accreditation training takes 5 days
lack of take-up of the method once introduced
Often Project Managers are trained (typically PRINCE2® accredited) and see the advantages of a formal structured approach. However senior management play an important part in the process. Very often they receive no training therefore do not understand what their project role is and the commensurate responsibilities.

To help address these problems Xpertise have produced a number of courses designed to help you introduce a project management method into your organisation by taking a flexible ‘top-down�and/or ‘bottom-up�approach whilst minimising the training overhead by targeting the training content to the needs of different audiences.

Project Management in the Public Sector is a suite of training courses developed to satisfy in particular the needs of the public sector. The core training material introduced is based on PRINCE2® (the de-facto project management standard) but is designed to be easily tailored to suit your organisations�own internal process, logos, and terminology.

The core training comprises a 2 day introduction to the method designed for new or existing project managers and project staff, complemented by a ½ day senior manager/Project Board overview. Each course can be run independently or as part of an organisational training package.

SENIOR MANAGERS OVERVIEW
This is a ½ day course which introduces the project management method used in the Public Sector from a senior management perspective.

The course is designed for:

New employees who will be involved in project decision making at Project Board or senior management level
Existing Project Board members or senior managers who wish to understand the method and their responsibilities
Existing project managers who are moving to a more senior role
External suppliers, consultants, or other external project team members who need to interface with public sector projects as Senior Suppliers, or Senior User representatives
Prerequisites
Ideally course attendees should be currently at a decision making level within the organisation or involved in projects at project board member level.

Delegates will learn how to
Understand the main project management principles
Recognise the ways that your organisation addresses the factors which enable successful projects
Understand and use a common terminology
Identify the key pieces of project information on which decisions are made
Define the project lifecycle and the decision points within it
Understand how the method could be scaled and tailored to suit different projects
Understand the need for strong leadership and direction setting
Course Outline
The course is designed in four sections which cover the method in general before then discussing the project in three phases, Controlled Start, Controlled Progress, and Controlled Close. For each phase, the general processes, activities and decisions which typically take place during each phase are discussed.

General

Discussing the drivers for projects and what projects are and giving an overview of the project lifecycle. In particular the following subjects are covered:

Programmes and projects
What is a project
What makes a project successful?
Project failure factors
The project lifecycle ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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