Applied Programme Management and Business Change Management preview event

The University of Cumbria, through its award-winning Project Academy, and Aspire Europe, with its international reputation for Programme and Business Change Management, are collaborating to offer the following programmes:

• Graduate Certificate in Applied Programme Management
• Graduate Certificate Business Change Management

We have created this programme specifically for existing and up and coming Programme Managers (and Business Change Managers) who have completed courses such as Managing Successful Programmes, and who want to challenge themselves to move up to the next level of understanding and performance.

The course has been developed as a direct response from employers who have identified a gap in the provision of education and training in Transformation Programme Management at the Higher Education level.

Join us, to find out more about how these programmes can help you be more effective in your role.

Hosted by Jeremy Benson from the University of Cumbria and Rod Sowden from Aspire Europe. Jeremy is the programme lead for our MSc in Coaching & Leadership and Rod is the MD of Aspire Europe and Lead Author for MSP® and P3M3®.

Aims

• To develop participants further as effective Programme Management practitioners
• To further develop participants' ability to operate as reflective Programme Management practitioners
• To assist participants to embed appropriate knowledge and skills gained from participation in relevant industry-based CPD training activity in their practice
• To develop participants' ability to synthesise, evaluate and transfer learning between the academy and workplace

Who will benefit

Programme Managers and Business Change Managers or anyone with an interest or involvement in a programme will benefit from these courses. They are designed for leaders and managers who have a practical knowledge of the practices and wish to develop a deeper understanding:

• Leaders and managers who have responsibility for the delivery of a portfolio of projects or programmes working in the portfolio environment.
• Owners of key process or professional discipline and wish to have a deeper understanding of the associated techniques to improve business performance, for example, Benefits Management.
• Business sponsors (or SRO) for a major initiative and wish to gain the depth of understanding needed to achieve major change.
• Senior business owners or business change managers who wish to be fully equipped with the range of skills needed to deliver a major change.
• Managers in a PMO (Portfolio, Programme or Project Office) and want to support and improve the performance of their organisation.
• Senior project managers with responsibility for delivering a capability and wish to move into a programme role and gain the depth of understanding required.
• Programme managers who wish to accelerate their development by applying the concepts in the real world.
• Organisations using a competency framework (e.g. PDCF or APM) and wish to prove achievement of the competent and proficient levels.

Developed as a Graduate Certificates, the two programmes allow an extension to your learning, enhancing effectiveness as a practitioner in the delivery of true business benefits. They also add value and recognise the role of continuous professional development training.

The full course learning materials are provided as online packages. These are supplemented with interactive sessions with an opportunity to ask questions and challenge Rod and Jeremy.

If you have any specific questions, you can email these before the event to ibil@cumbria.ac.uk and we will try to make sure our speakers have a chance to respond to them.

For more information, please email: ibil@cumbria.ac.uk