Training by Project Management Africa
What makes our approach differentManaging projects efficiently saves time and money, and delivers a better result. Conventional Project Management training isn’t geared towards such specific goals. That’s why we don’t do conventional training.
What doesn’t work well
- Send someone on a certificate course in Project Management
- Get software
- Put staff on a short course in Microsoft Project
- Get in a consultant
Why this doesn’t work
- Risks are not identified
- The leaders aren’t leading
- The training is too “American”
- The syllabus doesn’t match the real-world need
- The training isn’t linked to specific business goals
- Risk reporting is inadequate, so plans don’t reflect reality
- Cross-functional reporting requirements aren’t addressed
- There’s nobody in authority driving the process of implementation
- Participants find it difficult to translate classroom scenarios to real work situations
- There’s no agreement about what would constitute a return on the training investment
- The senior decision-makers don’t understand what staff are talking about, and vice versa
- Implementing what they learned would be difficult and disruptive, so staff go back to doing it the old way
What works in real life
- Work with the decision-makers throughout the engagement
- Determine the goals for what must happen in the business
- Establish a measurable return on the investment
- Work towards agreed milestones
- Work on actual projects whilst training in Project Management and relevant software (such as Microsoft Project)
- Do online entrenchment training, a little bit every day
- Check whether it’s working before pushing ahead to the next stage
READ The first 5 steps for training Project Management that works at work
Why this works
- Risks are identified
- Leaders lead
- The training is designed for Africa in line with world standards
- The training matches the real-world need
- The training links to business goals
- Risk reporting improves, so plans reflect reality
- Cross-functional issues are addressed
- Someone with authority in the organisation drives implementation
- Staff do their actual work during training
- The leaders can measure the benefits of the training
- Senior decision-makers and staff “talk from the same page”
- The business changes the way it works
READ 10 principles for organisational training in Project Management