Project Sponsor Coaching & Training

Delivery: On-site and Hybrid Online

This course can be taken through any of the following:

In-House – delivering this course at your site.
Instructor-led hybrid online – for in-house groups or individuals.

Course Overview

This session demonstrates why sponsorship matters and the role of the sponsor in a highly practical way.

It provides many useful practical insights, especially around improving the strategic definition and communication of projects. We always use your real project from your business as the basis of this session.

It will also describe Governance in a manner that can be understood and implemented in a practical and non-bureaucratic way.

It is typically delivered in small groups or on a one-to-one coaching basis.

Duration

0.5 – 1.0 day

Intended For

Sponsors, Executives and Senior Managers of businesses that regularly engage in projects.

Course Objectives

To demonstrate why sponsorship matters and the role of project sponsors
To provide sponsors coaching on how to:

- improve the strategic definition of projects
- ensure the benefits of any project are delivered
- implement effective governance on projects
- conduct reviews of projects
- interact successfully with project managers

Where this course comes from:

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Agenda

Session:	Items:
Overview:	Objectives of this session Why projects are very different to day-to-day operations
Why Sponsorship matters	The role of the sponsor Practical reasons why Sponsorship really matters Overview of the benefits realisation process How to ensure benefits are fully realised - lessons learned from over 200 projects
Improving Strategic Definition \| The one-page business case	Critical importance of early stages Developing crystal clear strategic objectives Improving communication of outcomes and target benefits The one-page business case
Communicating with project managers	Avoiding common issues – key questions to always ask
Governance	Why projects typically fail - most common cause of issues Making Governance highly practical Conducting business reviews of projects
Sponsor and the Project Management Process	Difference between sponsors (decisions) and steering committees Sponsor’s role in managing project scope change
Avoiding common errors with Project Budgets	Dos and don'ts with budgets Biggest and common estimating errors Using contingency budgets with discipline

Following this course:	you will be ready to conduct the role of a sponsor

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