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Combined Briefing on Governance

Course Code

GOC1 

Overview

To progress up the corporate ladder, people have to prove themselves as effective managers of operational processes.  Increasingly, it is being recognised worldwide that competence in operational management is not a predictor of success in governance of  change initiatives.  This briefing provides an overview of the governance of corporate project portfolios, programmes and projects, and more detail on the approaches to governance in the PRINCE2® project management method and the MSP® programme management method.

Course Objectives

At the end of this briefing delegates will be able to:

  • Describe Programme and Project Governance
  • Define the structures and processes that support governance of programmes and individual projects
  • Describe Governance of Project Management
  • Understand the approach to project governance in PRINCE2
  • Understand the approach to programme governance in MSP 

Who Should Attend

Members of Corporate Boards and Risk Management committees, Executives and Business Managers, Senior Project and Programme Managers and others responsible for approving and governing organisational investments in projects, programmes and project portfolios.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this briefing.

Course Content

The Briefing will cover the following topics at an Executive level:

  • Relationship of Programme and Project Governance to Corporate Governance and ICT Governance
  • The critical differences between business-as-usual and change through programmes and projects
  • Principles of Governance of Programmes and Projects
  • What the Standards say about governance
  • Governance of cross-organisational change initiatives
  • Governance of project management, which deals with internal business reviews of projects and corporate responsibilities towards the management of business projects
  • What the MSP Programme Management method has to offer in terms of roles and responsibilities, supporting functions, and actions over a programme's transformational flow
  • What the PRINCE2 Project Management method has to offer in terms of roles and responsibilities, supporting functions, and actions over a project's lifecycle
  • Integration of governance arrangements between programme and project levels.

Exam

There is no exam associated with this briefing.

Included with this Course

  • Briefing Workbook

Duration

1 day.

Delivery modes

We run this briefing only when there is sufficient demand. We keep track of people with particular needs, and contact them when we are able to meet their need. If this is you, please register your interest in this briefing and we will add you to the waiting list. Alternatively, you can request a quote for an in-house briefing.

If you're after something a little different to the briefing described on this page, we may be able to assist. All of our offerings can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Continuing Professional Development

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Points

Reference

AIPM

8 CPD points

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PMI

8 PDU points

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Follow-on Courses

We recommend that project managers should consider our Combined PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner course.

We recommend that programme managers should consider our Combined MSP Foundation and Practitioner briefing.

PRINCE2® and MSP® are Registered Trade Marks of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

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