Leading Major Projects

If you are looking to transition from your role as a project manager to becoming a project leader and want to develop your understanding of managing major, complex projects that make a real-world impact, you will find the knowledge and insights you are looking for on this course.

You will:

• Learn practical, applicable management skills through the Alliance Manchester Business School Project Leadership Model
• Understand the common challenges of project management and how to tackle them
• Develop the confidence and capabilities needed to lead major projects
• Expand your expertise in managing project teams and stakeholder relationships
• Self-assess your current skill set to identify areas for personal and professional development
• Become a member of the AMBS Executive Education Network and benefit from top-class speaker events, regular updates, and networking opportunities with like-minded professionals
• Gain expert insights through real-world case studies and industry speakers

How your organisation benefits

• Explore innovative ways to lead your organisation’s projects to achieve business objectives
• Lead your organisation through complexity and uncertainty by improving your conceptual armoury
• Create synergies amongst project teams to optimise project delivery
• Improve your organisation’s quality of decision making within complex projects
• Implement tried and tested strategies into your business to increase the success rate of major projects

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Course topics

By reflecting on and developing your own leadership capabilities, this course will equip you with the knowledge, abilities and confidence to lead major projects within your own organisation and across your collaborating organisations.

Day one

• An introduction to the principles of the Alliance Manchester Business School Three Domains Model
• Understand the value and relevance of projecting for sustainability transition
• Explore the Alliance Manchester Business School Project Leadership Model and the abilities of a leader in a project setting
• Undergo a self-assessment to reflect on your own abilities as a leader
• Discover the responsibilities of the investor/owner/operator in the Three Domains Model at the front end and in benefits realisation
• Identify the key skills required to lead major projects successfully

Day two

• Understand the role of the supplier in the Three Domains Model
• Explore the role and responsibilities of project-based firms (PBFs)
• Recognise the challenges of different supplier configurations
• Identify the importance of project resilience and leading throughout the project lifecycle

Day three

• Explore strategy implementation and key aspects of governing major projects
• Consider the perspective of both owner and supplier in a commercial context
• Examine the tensions between different forms of project governance
• Identify the value of commercial strategies from a buyer and a supplier perspective
• Learn to evaluate alternative commercial strategies

Day four

• Understand and apply the principles of designing project delivery organisations
• Discover the role of project ecologies, digital resources, and technology readiness levels
• Explore the challenges and opportunities of leading major projects alongside your peers through class discussions
• Integrate the learnings from the course and identify areas for self-development in a personal and professional capacity.

There will be a networking drinks reception on evening one where you will get to know your course colleagues. There will also be a course dinner on evening three, in an iconic Manchester venue, offering the opportunity for your class to come together with a wider cohort of short-course learners to expand your networking opportunities.

How you learn

Delivered face-to-face over four days at Alliance Manchester Business School’s Executive Education centre, this hands-on and interactive course will heighten your understanding of finance for better decision-making and leadership capabilities.

Each day of the course will involve a blend of learning-styles including theory-based sessions, practical and collaborative group discussions, case studies and short presentations by relevant industry leading guest speakers to deliver an all-encompassing overview of the role of finance within organisations.

Throughout the programme you also work on a team assignment, combining your learnings from each module, which you present to the group during the final afternoon.

We aim for several stand-out learning experiences, including:

Applied Learning A learning environment created by the course facilitator that draws on the experience and input of your course peers.

Knowledge Transfer A steady stream of feedback from participating peers with diverse business backgrounds.

Reflection A rare time-out to contemplate your own skills and development while engaging with our world-class faculty.

Network Expansion An expanding professional network drawn from your peers.

Personal Growth An expanding self-awareness of your own competencies and how they can be honed.

Behavioural Change An adoption of new rationales and mindsets that improve strategic decision making in regards to corporate finance.

The Manchester Experience An exciting and varied after-class evening programme shared with your peers in the industrial-revolution City of Manchester.

How you benefit

• Learn practical, appliable management skills through the Alliance Manchester Business School Project Leadership Model
• Understand the common challenges of project management and how to tackle them
• Develop the confidence and capabilities needed to lead major projects
• Expand your expertise in managing project teams and stakeholder relationships
• Self-assess your current skill set to identify areas for personal and professional development
• Become a member of the AMBS Executive Education Network and benefit from top-class speaker events, regular updates, and networking opportunities with like-minded professionals
• Gain expert insights through real-world case studies and industry speakers

How your organisation benefits

• Explore innovative ways to lead your organisation’s projects to achieve business objectives
• Lead your organisation through complexity and uncertainty by improving your conceptual armoury
• Create synergies amongst project teams to optimise project delivery
• Improve your organisation’s quality of decision making within complex projects
• Implement tried and tested strategies into your business to increase the success rate of major projects

Course Lead

Bringing together a vast collection of expertise, experience and refined knowledge in the world of leadership, Professor Graham Winch, Professor of Project Management Studies at Alliance Manchester Business School, is joined by Dr. Eunice Maytorena-Sanchez, Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, and Dr. Natalya Sergeeva, Associate Professor of Project Management at University College London, to deliver this unique and insightful project leadership course.

Their co-published book, Strategic Project Organizing, is a product of 15 years of experience teaching project organising to Executive Education delegates at Alliance Manchester Business School and includes insights about the reality of project organising gathered from world-leading organisations such as BP and BAE Systems.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this short business course, participants will be awarded the Manchester Professional Certificate in Leading Major Projects.

You will also receive a digital Manchester Professional Certificate in Leading Major Projects from Accredible, in the form of an online certificate and badge which can be displayed on LinkedIn profiles and represents completion and participation in the course.

You can choose to curate your own curriculum by attending any four courses from our extensive portfolio. On completion of the four courses of your choice, you will be awarded the Manchester Professional Diploma in Leadership.

This course is for business professionals who have more than five years’ experience of managing projects, either currently working in a project leadership role or looking to step into one. It is also for the sponsors of these projects.

Sectors that would benefit from this course include:

• Transport
• Nuclear
• Complex information systems
• Government transformation projects
• Infrastructure
• Renewable energy
• Sectors replacing fossil fuels with electricity (electrification)

5-8+ years’ experience in managing projects

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a Manchester Professional Certificate. Paper copies of certificates will be given to you on the last day of the course. Within ten days of completing the course, you will also receive a digital certificate and digital badge to share across your social media.

The course contributes to the Manchester Professional Development Programme.

Manchester Professional Certificate

Hard copy certificate - Included