A multi-disciplinary team endeavour
Speaker
Dr Sarah Coleman
Agenda
6:30pm - Introductions and announcements
6:40pm - Talk commences
8:00pm - Talk concludes with (optional) post-event networking
9:00pm - Building closes
About the Spring School
The 2025 Spring School focuses on avoiding project disasters.
Success requires much more than simply applying methodology - it requires knowledge, skills, leadership, governance and maybe good luck (or should we say risk management).
There is also the question of what to do when things are going wrong. Could you rescue the situation? Or, ultimately, should you kill it now to cut the losses?
Synopsis
Typically, governance is described as the set of activities and guidelines that determine how a project is planned, executed and managed, and is considered one of the key criteria for successful projects. At a time of major complex projects co-owned across organisations and with extensive supply chains, the design, mobilisation and sustainability of robust and appropriate governance is crucial.
Sarah will use current research, professional body guidance and her own experiences to explore socio-behavioural as well as functional considerations of project governance. Please come with some reflections on the governance of your own projects for discussion.
About the speaker
Dr Sarah Coleman’s vast experience in the public and private sectors over 30 years has informed her systems thinking approach to delivering Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (P3M) and transformation to ensure benefit and impact. As a hybrid practitioner and academic, she connects academic rigor and practical insights to shape and improve P3M capability.
Sarah specialises in P3M organising and mobilisation: governance, assurance, risk, benefits management and ex-post evaluation. Complementing this, her PhD researched the strategies used by organisations to evaluate the benefit and impact of projects and programmes following delivery.
An author and researcher, Sarah contributes to professional journals, is an Associate Director and GMPP Reviewer at the UK Government Infrastructure and Projects Authority, and is also adjunct professor at Alliance Manchester Business School designing and delivering executive education programmes.
Other sessions you may be interested in as part of the Spring School
Week 1 - Route to Success
Week 2 - How to avoid transformation disasters
Week 4 - Soft Skills, People Issues and Panel Discussion
Ticket costs:
(Prices stated are inclusive of VAT and fees)
BCS members: £48.00
APM members: £91.80
Non-members: £108.00
Students / Unwaged: £24.00
All tickets include access to all four Spring School sessions.
Refunds/Cancellations:
A refund, excluding fees, will be issued if a cancellation request is received within 14 days of the booking date or by noon on Thursday, 27 February 2025; otherwise, name substitutions will be allowed after this date.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
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This event is brought to you by: Project Management specialist group (PROMS-G)
