Why do we need to carry out assurance? Who needs to be assured about what, and why? What are the different approaches? How should we tailor assurance to size and complexity? What does good look like? How can we tell when a project is in real difficulty and needs outside intervention? What should we look for at the different phases of the project life cycle? How can we get to truth through interviews? How should we report results so that they lead to improvements rather than resentment? These questions, and your own, will be answered in this 3 day course delivered by expert practitioners with decades of experience in delivery and assurance of projects, programmes and portfolios.
Who should attend?
Whether you are coming from a background in sponsorship, delivery, PMO, audit or assurance, this course in project assurance is for you and will help you to fill in the gaps to have a full understanding of what good looks like in both project management and assurance.
How this course will benefit you
- You will feel confident when an effective assurance programme for the organisation’s investment is in place
- You will know how to set up and deliver appropriate levels of assurance and pick relevant tools
- You will understand what you are doing, why and how to deliver results that can be acted upon
- You will minimise surprises and help the organisation to mature in its delivery capability.
Course approach
The course will be delivered by seasoned professionals with broad and deep knowledge and experience of both delivery and assurance across a range of sectors in private and public sectors. Sessions will be in workshop style with a strong emphasis on participation and practice to aid learning. We will also be covering behavioural styles in order to extract the best information and propose recommendations in a way that they will be acted upon.
Course content
- Introduction, purpose, scope and approaches to assurance
- Business case, costs and benefits
- Context in portfolios, programmes, projects and deliverables
- Stakeholders in assurance, roles and responsibilities
- The project life-cycle and key risks by stages
- Assessing risk potential
- Scaling to size and complexity
- Assurance against risks from: Governance, capability and capacity, stakeholders, the PM process, complexity, duration, supply chain, technology, quality, scope change, cost, time, business readiness, implementation, delivery of benefits
- What to look for, common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Methods, tools and techniques
- Planning and integrating assurance requirements
- Behavioural competences and putting it into practice
Duration: 3 days
Venue: Central London
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