Assurance for PMO Professionals

The Assurance for PMO Professionals course is suitable for PMO practitioners who are supporting projects, programmes and portfolios who want a better understanding of assurance. It is also aimed at PMO practitioners who are leading and managing PMO’s.

Course Objectives

By the end of the workshop, delegates will:

• Learn how to ensure the principles of good assurance are met in all assurance activity, including establishing and maintaining effective independence.
• Explore different types of project reviews and how to conduct them in an effective and consistent way.
• Use case studies to discover how to provide assurance that avoids duplications and omissions, providing confidence to all stakeholders cost effectively and at the right time.
• Learn how to advise on the design and implementation of effective P3 assurance arrangements

In the course, learners will cover the following:

Day 1

• Assurance in context
• Introduction to Assurance
• Assurance, governance and risk management
• P3 Assurance vs corporate Assurance
• The Three Lines Model
• Assurance in PMO context
• Auditing the auditors
• Integrated Assurance
• Assurance Frameworks
• Assurance in P3M best practice

Day 2

• Reviews and Audits
• Types of project review
• Project reviews vs project audits
• Planning a project review
• Tools, techniques and approaches
• Human factors
• Project review execution
• Project review reporting
• Actions, follow-up and review closure
• Practical considerations
• The 7 Secrets of Successful Project Reviews

* Optional Day 3 for In-House courses to help apply the principles covered in day 1 and 2 to your organisation.

Why should you consider Assurance for PMO Professionals?

• You will gain essential knowledge of assurance in PMO context
• You will have a broader understanding of assurance types
• Understand what makes assurance good or bad
• Understand relationships between assurance types, governance and risk management
• You will know how to conduct a project review in a consistent way
• Understand the distinction between project and project audits
• You will know how to flex assurance approaches dependant on delivery method
• You will know how to make use of data in assurance
• Understand how to maximise the value of assurance, both in terms of it’s efficiency and effectiveness, and in terms of impact
• Appreciate the potential of assurance in knowledge management

After the course, learners will be able to:

• Apply consistent approaches to assurance for all projects
• Ensure the principles of good assurance are met in all assurance activity
• Provide assurance that avoids duplications and omissions, and provides confidence to all stakeholders cost effectively and at the right time
• Be able to advise on the design and implementation of effective P3 assurance arrangements

If you’ve completed the Assurance for PMO Professionals course, then there a few ways you can continue your training.

If you want to look at other specialist courses then you can look at Lean-Agile PMO, Benefits Management and the Role of the PMO or Value Streams.

If you want to look at certification courses we have the Essentials suite, P3O® certifications and Management of Portfolios®.

If you want something more specific or bespoke for your organisation, contact us today.