Assurance for PMO Professionals
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Assurance for PMO Professionals
Effective and timely assurance is increasingly seen as critical to the success of projects. Carrying out the right reviews at the right time can help keep a project on course – or get it stopped if it’s going wrong! But assurance is much more than just reviews; it’s about everything that happens in and around a project to ensure risks are properly managed and that good decisions are made. This course describes how you as a PMO professional fit into the project assurance landscape, and how you can help ensure that project assurance is effective and efficient.
Learning Approach:
Classroom & Virtual Classroom
Duration:
2 days
Virtual Course Timings:
9am to 4pm UK time each day
Price:
Virtual Classroom – £1150 + VAT
Looking to bring the Assurance for PMO Professionals course in-house? Get in touch here!
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.
Virtual classroom training takes place with a live instructor throughout the online course and you will be learning alongside other virtual learners – you’ll be able to see and hear them too!
All you need for virtual classroom training is a decent broadband connection, a webcam and a microphone [Test your setup here]
You’ll receive:
- The PMO Learning Delegate Workbook
- Integrated Assurance textbook
- Pre-course material
Classroom courses can be held for organisations looking to run the course In-House. Get in touch here.
Book Your Course
Virtual classroom £1150 + VAT (includes exam, printed course materials and course textbooks)
Course Outline
In the Assurance for PMO Professionals course you 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
In the course, learners will cover the following:
- 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
- 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.
Benefits to Individuals
Why should you consider the 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
Benefits to Organisations
There are also numerous benefits to the organisation with employees taking the Assurance for PMO Professionals course, these include:
- Increased confidence that appropriate assurance is in place for all of the organisation’s project risks
- Avoidance of inefficient duplication of assurance activities and processes
- Staff more aware of project risk and of how to assure the organisation against project risk
- Support to the organisation in ensuring that internal and external stakeholders have the assurance they need over projects
- Improved integration of project assurance with corporate and BAU assurance
- Better information and insight into portfolio health
- More consistent and holistic assurance information
- Assurance becomes more embedded in P3 management rather than just an add-on
After the Course
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
What Next?
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 or Benefits Management and the Role of the PMO.
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.