Tailored project management training

PMIS has developed tailored project management training for well over a decade. During that time, PMIS has customised project management courses for  blue-chip companies in a number of industry sectors, e.g. Aerospace and Defence, Financial Services, Automotive, IT Project Management, New Product Development, Engineering and Manufacturing, Software / Systems Engineering and others.

Benefits of Customised Project Management Training

The benefits of tailored project management training are substantial:

• the course is seen by delegates as relevant to the organisation, processes and the issues and challenges of managing projects in your business

• the course can both reflect and help mould attitudes to project management in your business, therefore

• delegates are able to transfer the learning to the workplace far more effectively, making a real difference to project delivery performance in your business.

Scope of tailored project management training:

Tailoring can cover any aspect of the course, but in general the following areas are most commonly considered:

• organisation, especially roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, Governance structures and processes

• process frameworks and specific terminology, project & product lifecycles and gates

• case study / project simulations for workshops / exercises

• lessons learned from your projects / business

The Process for developing tailored project management training:

Assuming there is a clear understanding of training needs, tailoring starts by understanding the business objectives and issues that lay behind these. It involves PMIS spending time at your business, listening to your needs and familiarising ourselves with your projects. Our staff will listen carefully to understand and agree your training needs, objectives and goals, and focus on developing a training programme that will make a real difference in your business.

PMIS has been customising project management courses for many years - we are very experienced at making the tailoring process very efficient. Most importantly, we will focus on identifying methods / practices / skills which will address the most common or pressing challenges that you face with your projects.

Joint Review and Customer Approval

Throughout the training definition and development process, we provide clients early sight of all emerging materials to ensure that clients are fully satisfied with the delivered solution. This will include:

• formalising and agreeing the business and training objectives before any development takes place

• developing and jointly reviewing all emerging training specifications/ agendas, including all case study and exercise material / content.

•  reviewing draft modules and incorporating resulting changes

•  once material is finalised, conducting a walkthrough of all modules with the training sponsor and others, ensuring that all key messages are formally captured for consistent delivery.

Format of Tailored Training Delivery & Style

All Tailored PMIS training courses:

• are delivered in a highly interactive style, engaging participants as much as possible throughout

• reference or use client terminology, language and processes where they exist

• employ generic examples to demonstrate concepts but use a client material within all exercise sessions

• use real references and examples from across the different industry sectors to demonstrate best project management practices.

Development Effort for Tailoring

Developing a high quality project management training course from scratch would take a great deal of effort. Tailoring project management training, therefore, is the best way to take advantage of existing product and optimise the balance between effectiveness and affordability. It often takes far less effort than some suspect to develop a highly tailored and effective training programme. Typical estimates of development effort are between 3-8 days, depending upon the size and the scope of the training programme.

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Links and References

For more information on Project Management and how it is applied.

BSI 6079: A Guide to Project Management

UK: Association of Project Management

US: Project Management Institute

Related Pages:

Directory of Project Management Training Courses from PMIS.

About PMIS:

PMIS is a leading specialist provider of project management training, Prince2 training, APMP training course, project risk management training, benefits realisation training. Whether you are looking for public or tailored project management training, PMIS provides first-class earned value training, project management courses, IT project management training, Prince2 courses, and project manager certification.