**Introduction**

This Advanced Project Management training course is designed to help you build the skills needed to drive strategic change, adopt alternative project management approaches, and enhance your organization’s project delivery capabilities. In a rapidly evolving world, change is constant, and new methods of delivering it are continually emerging. Mastering these skills allows us to deliver greater value while minimizing costs and risks. This course will equip you with the knowledge to improve project capabilities and ensure more predictable, high-performance project outcomes.

If you have prior experience in managing projects, this course will build on that foundation in a clear and accessible way, helping you to broaden your expertise and effectiveness. More importantly, it will provide you with practical tools and techniques that you can immediately apply, offering tangible improvements from the training.

**This GLOMACS Advanced Project Management Training Course will emphasize:**

– Implementing strategic change through programs and portfolios
– Establishing conditions for project success
– Advanced project financing methods
– Selecting appropriate project delivery methods
– Enhancing organizational delivery capabilities

**Objectives**

This training course will provide you with the knowledge necessary to manage complex projects and lead change initiatives effectively.

By the end of this Advanced Project Management Training Course, you will understand how to:

– Strengthen your organization’s project delivery capability
– Implement alternative project delivery methods
– Apply advanced project financing concepts
– Navigate different financing options for projects
– Address professionalism in project management
– Create conditions for successful projects
– Understand project maturity concepts and models
– Utilize program and portfolio management techniques

**Training Methodology**

The course features practical techniques and real-world examples aimed at expanding your knowledge and delivering concrete benefits. It includes worked examples, case studies, and team exercises that make applying new concepts easier. Additionally, the course format encourages discussion with fellow participants, allowing for valuable insights and shared learning.

**Organizational Impact**

By enrolling participants in this Advanced Project Management Training Course, organizations can benefit from a more effective, efficient, and mature approach to achieving business goals through projects. Participants will be able to:

– Measure and enhance their project delivery capability and maturity
– Gain insights into various project financing options
– Improve decision-making around project initiatives

**Personal Impact**

Participants in this course will develop the skills to manage complex projects and address strategic challenges. The course covers alternative methodologies, such as Agile and hybrid approaches, with guidance on when and how to apply them.

Participants will learn to:

– Enhance their professional skills and reputation
– Take on more challenging projects and responsibilities
– Use advanced tools and methods for tackling complex project challenges

**Who Should Attend?**

This GLOMACS Advanced Project Management Training Course is ideal for a wide range of project professionals, including:

– Project Managers
– Project Team Members
– Project Management Office (PMO) Staff
– Project Directors
– Project Sponsors
– Senior Management
– Quality and Assurance Staff

**Course Outline**

**Day 1: Implementing Strategy through Projects, Programs, and Portfolios**
– Understanding strategy and its connection to project delivery
– Managing the pace of change
– Delivery vehicles: projects, programs, portfolios—when and how to use them
– Focus on delivering benefits and value

**Day 2: Advanced Project Delivery**
– Assessing and managing the project environment
– Creating conditions for project success
– Exploring delivery models: Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and adaptive methods
– Managing change and transitioning to Business as Usual (BAU)
– Developing effective project procurement strategies

**Day 3: Doing the Right Projects and Doing the Project Right**
– Governance strategies
– Effective project sponsorship
– Supporting project-focused organizations
– Maintaining project assurance
– Leadership and people management

**Day 4: Project Finance and Maturity Models**
– Understanding project funding mechanisms
– Basics of project accounting
– Investment appraisal techniques
– Improving project performance with maturity models
– Organizational factors in project maturity
– Importance of project maturity and common models

**Day 5: Ethics and Professionalism**
– Upholding professionalism in project management
– Ethical considerations in projects
– Building and maintaining competence
– Ongoing learning and development
– Participating in communities of practice
– Course recap and reference material for continued learning

**Post-Course Guidance**

Participants will receive reference materials and a summary of actionable steps to apply their new skills and knowledge as soon as they return to their work environment.