Presenter: Dr Fraser Robertson, Fistral Training& Consultancy

Following on from “Part 1: Establishing Foundations”, this webinar builds on the previous topics to begin to craft the scope or the outputs of the project.

It considers methods for: identifying and managing different expectations; establishing and articulating the rationale or purpose driving a project; and explores methods of defining critical success criteria upon which our work will be judged.

Furthermore, it addresses the challenges of doing this within a setting (such as research) where frequently scope has to be flexible, changeable and the end point sometimes lacks clarity.

By the end of this, 2hr webinar participants will have:

• Considered techniques for defining the scope of a project

• Learned methods for identifying and managing differing project expectations

• Been shown techniques to establish goals and deliverables to guide them through the project execution phase

This session offers opportunities to gain skills in Research management, outlined in the RDF subdomains C2.

Please complete here a short registration form to register for this session! You are strongly advised to use your University of Liverpool email to register on Eventbrite. All Fistral webinars are setup with strict access and security features. We reserve the right to remove registrations of attendees who do not appear to be members of this University.

This online event presented by Dr Fraser Robertson will run using the online video conferencing tool Zoom and is followed by the part 3 (***see below) :

Friday, 21 May 2021, 09:30 - 11:30 hours (UK Time) Webinar: Introduction to Project Planning, Part 3 - Creating the Plan

Note*** In these unusual times we appreciate some people are understandably having difficulties and challenges that take priority. Hence, even though this is a series, our intention is that each event will stand alone, so you don't have to attend all three, although you are very welcome to.

Your presenter

Dr Fraser Robertson has been involved in large-scale projects for over 20 years. He has run project teams for organisations in such diverse locations as Zürich, New York, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Ljubljana; and has used his experience to train and mentor in these cities as well as at HEIs in the UK and Europe.

Holding PMP professional certification since 2009, Fraser has over 12 years training specifically in the HEI sector, 8-years supporting the Space sector, and 10-years supporting candidates towards professional PM certification, and 8 years supporting UCC staff in PM and CAPM training, his expertise is used to support a broad-range of students, researchers and staff in knowledge-intensive organisations across UK and globally.

Formerly training manager at SunGard's Glasgow research and development centre, Fraser developed a certification and mentoring programme for both internal and client staff based on the government's SFIA Framework. During his relationship with Fistral, he has proven experience delivering practical training for many different, diverse sectors and within world-class organisations and research centres globally. He has delivered for employees on high-profile projects such as CERN, Galileo, Rosetta and the International Space Station, and with partners supporting employees and internships at AWE, the Barnes Group, Boeing, EDF Energy, Lockheed Martin, Rolls Royce and Unilever. He has supported strategic projects such as UCC’s Unified PM Approach for University Management Team (Strategy) and the SQA Portfolio Office Capability Improvement Programme; and run bespoke risk assessment workshops with live outputs for senior staff working on European Space Agency ATHENA, JUICE and SOLAR ORBITER missions.

In addition to traditional training courses he has also: delivered bespoke sessions and staff development days for many customers including the Royal College of Art, Association of Research Managers and Administrators, European Space Agency, Bristol and Bath universities; delivered the opening plenary for the Scottish Part-Time Researcher Conference; and has regularly been asked to support knowledge-intensive and/or research-led or research-related bodies such as DTCs and EU-funded international projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas. He graduated with a Doctorate of Business Administration in 2015. The title of his research is "Participant perceptions of value: a qualitative framework for evaluating project management training".

Most recently Fraser led design/development/delivery of: BU’s Leadership and Management Programme; a training programme supporting Hutton Group PM methodology implementation; and in 2020 bespoke Schedule-Control courses for ESA and - responding to Covid-19 - Fraser led/developed/delivered highly-successful webinars across Fistral’s PMSuite..

Fraser enjoys running and entering 10k and half marathon races, watching and playing football, and scuba diving. He qualified as a referee with the Scottish Football Association. Fraser has played musical instruments in several bands and likes attending concerts.

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Webinar: Introduction to Project Planning, Part 2: Scoping the Project