What Specialist Courses to Consider!

At PMO Learning, as well as certification courses we also have a range of specialist courses available to develop your skills and knowledge further and benefit your organisation and PMO.

These specialist PMO courses go hand in hand and can follow on from many of the certification courses! The wheel below shows the different courses we offer and their levels from 1-4.

Below are examples of some of our most popular specialist courses, their objectives and what benefits you will gain from completing them!

Setting Up a PMO

If you have recently completed the P3O® Foundation, Essentials for PMO Administrators, Analysts or Managers courses, you can then follow on to complete the Setting Up a PMO!

This course is aimed at anyone – PM experienced or not – who is in the process of setting up a Project Management Office for their organisation or department. This could mean you’ve been asked to look at using some PMO tools and techniques or to begin the process of formalising project delivery.

This two-day course walks you through the practical steps in the set up of a PMO. It also provides a roadmap which allows delegates to set the direction of their PMO set-up based on their situation, either right now or in the future when they move onto another organisation.

Delegates who take this course also benefit from a raft of tools, techniques, and templates to establish a consistent approach to project management within their organisation. The course also covers Programme Office and Portfolio Office as an extension as the roadmap can be used for the set up of these types of PMOs

By the end of the workshop, delegates will:

Understand the role of a PMO
Understand the components of Governance of Project Management
Explore the PMO Implementation Roadmap
Determine a Roadmap for their organisation

If you want to read more about Setting Up a PMO Course, click here. Our next course date is on the 23^rd – 24^th January, so book now!

Lean-Agile PMO

The Lean-Agile PMO course would benefit any delegate who has recently completed Essentials for PMO Administrators, Analysts or Managers, P3O® Foundation and Practitioner or MoP® Foundation.

The Lean-Agile PMO course enables participants to understand or predict the impacts of Agile on a PMO. Many organisations will find themselves operating with a hybrid portfolio consisting of waterfall activities, Agile activities, and some continuous delivery activities. This course outlines how the PMO should adapt itself to support the hybrid portfolio.

Following this course participants will:

Understand how a PMO should function to support agile and traditional projects and programmes.
Understand the critical differences between the Agile Frameworks and the essential factors influencing their selection.
Recognise how the PMO needs to adapt and support each of the Frameworks. Be aware of the team roles in agile programmes and projects.
Understand the project to product concept and the metrics used to evaluate value-stream performance.
Understand how metrics are used in planning, analysis and reporting agile activities.
Be able to evaluate the suitability of Risk Management strategies in the agile context.
Evaluate the status of agile projects using Red Amber Green analysis.

Click here to read more about Lean-Agile PMO, our next course date will be the 8^th-9^th March.

Benefits Management and the Role of the PMO

Benefits Management and the Role of the PMO, is a great course that applies to all levels and can be completed after any certification course. Effective Benefits Management comprises activities from project inception through to post project closeout. There are actions to be undertaken by senior management, the sponsor, the project manager, the project team, the users and the PMO.

This two-day class provides an overview of the full Benefits Management lifecycle. Specifically, for the PMO professional, the class also explores the challenges, and potential strategies and tactics to overcome them, when implementing Benefits Management within an organisation.

By the end of the workshop, delegates will:

Know the key stages within the Benefits Management Lifecycle and how it aligns to the Project and Programme Lifecycle.
Understand the key activities and associated tools, techniques, and deliverables within each stage of the Benefits Management Lifecycle.
Understand key roles and responsibilities in respect of the activities within the Benefits Management Lifecycle.
Have explored the role of the PMO in implementing and supporting Benefits Management within an organisation.
Have explored the challenges of implementing and supporting Benefits Management within an organisation and identified potential strategies and tactics to overcome them.

Click here to read more about Benefits Management and the Role of the PMO, our next course date will be the 6th-7th February!

If you are unsure about which specialist course to take, contact us!

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