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Managing Successful Programmes® (MSP) is a widely used international standard for Programme Management that navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful programme. It builds on the definitions and structure of PM knowledge and defines a series of processes, components, and techniques that can be applied managing any size or subject of programme. Learn how to run a portfolio of interlinked projects to make the tactical and operational changes required to transform an entire organization.

It provides project managers with a practical road map from conception to close for all types of projects and a framework to deliver projects that benefit stakeholders, the business, and the bottom line.

The Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner course is a 2-day follow-up course to the MSP Foundation course. It examines the MSP methodology in greater depth in order to effectively lead programmes of all sizes and types.  By the end of the course, participants will be fully prepared for the official MSP Foundation and Practitioner exams, which are held in the final stage of the course. Attendees must have successfully completed the 3-day MSP Foundation course in order to take the Practitioner course. Most participants take the two courses together.

Managing Successful Programmes® (MSP) is a widely used international standard for Programme Management that navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful programme. It builds on the definitions and structure of PM knowledge and defines a series of processes, components, and techniques that can be applied managing any size or subject of programme. Learn how to run a portfolio of interlinked projects to make the tactical and operational changes required to transform an entire organization.

It provides project managers with a practical road map from conception to close for all types of projects and a framework to deliver projects that benefit stakeholders, the business, and the bottom line.

The Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Foundation course is a 3-day course that provides participants with a general understanding of the key components and processes of MSP in order to manage groups of projects in the scope of a larger programme. It is a necessary building block for the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner course and the two courses are typically taken together.

Project Estimation Strategies applies key TOC ideas to the challenge of estimating project uncertainty. It explores best practices for scheduling innovative, "first-time" projects, and shows you how to improve overall predictability and control.

When we work on projects that deal with new processes or new technologies, we often find ourselves moving through territory where no one has gone before. Still, our customers, our partners, and our managers want us to provide reliable delivery dates that we can commit to. This is the basic challenge that project teams in innovative companies must deal with today.

After many years as an exotic specialty, risk management has become an essential part of mainstream project management practice. Managing Project Risk offers a solid introduction to best practices from the field of risk management. It provides a structured process that can help you systematically identify risk for any project, and it teaches you how to determine which risks are worth pursuing. It presents both pro-active and reactive strategies for managing identified risks. Case Studies are used to show theory in action and to give participants a chance to apply key ideas.

Benefit from the strategic partnership between SOMOS Consulting Group and Deltek, the leading vendor of Project Management tools. For a limited time, customers attending SOMOS' Risk Management training will receive a licence to the best-in-class Risk Management software - Risk+™.

This two-day course provides an in-depth examination of the management of risk in projects. Different risk management methodologies and techniques are presented, including both Qualitative and Quantitative processes. Attendees receive hands-on practice with WelcomHome™ (Qualitative Risk Management) and Risk+™ (Quantitative Risk Analysis), and will take home a licensed copy of Risk+ at the end of the course.

The course uses a combination of lectures, exercises, case studies, and hands-on practice with software tools.

The new SOMOS course - Project Sponsorship and Governance for Executives - has been developed specifically for the busy executive with responsibility for working with Projects and Project Managers.

In one day, senior managers are given the essentials that they need in order to lead and support their projects. Attendees will learn the key roles of the sponsor and the essential behaviours and actions they must perform to enable project success, without the exhaustive details of project management process and scheduling.

Using a mix of lecture and case studies, to draw upon the experience of the attendees, Project Management for Executives and Sponsors is an efficient time investment if you are an executive with sponsorship, portfolio management, or other project responsibilities.

PRINCE2® (Projects in Controlled Environments) is a widely used international standard for Project Management that navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful project. It builds on the definitions and structure of PM knowledge and defines a series of processes, components, and techniques that can be applied managing any size or subject of project.

It provides project managers with a practical road map from conception to close for all types of projects and a framework to deliver projects that benefit stakeholders, the business, and the bottom line.

The PRINCE2 Practitioner course is a 2-day follow-on course to the PRINCE2 Foundation course. It examines the PRINCE2 methodology in greater depth and provides Project and Program Managers with the tools to effectively lead projects of all sizes and types. By the end of the course, participants will be fully prepared for the official PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exams, which are held in the final stage of the course. Attendees must have successfully completed the 3-day PRINCE2 Foundation course in order to take the Practitioner course. Most participants take the two courses together.

The SOMOS course Managing Complexity in Technology Projects is an advanced course for project managers whose projects require more than a Gantt chart and weekly team meeting to manage.

Project managers leading Information Technology and Product Development projects are expected to overcome extreme technical challenges in an environment of multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and constantly shifting requirements, technologies, and competition. Of course, the basic demands for "First Class Results, On-Time, On Budget" still hold.

Quality is defined as meeting the customer's requirements. Project quality management is the process of managing the project activities and resources so that the customer's requirements and expectations are managed and met throughout the project execution as well as by the final product.

The SOMOS Managing Project Quality course was developed by examining the best project management practices of companies in a variety of industries. These best practices were analyzed and brought together to present a course that is applicable in both certified (ISO 9000) and non-certified environments. This course begins with an overview of quality management tools, techniques, and programs and moves quickly into the application of these concepts in the project environment. The unique characteristics and special challenges of projects are examined.

Through a combination of lectures, exercises, and case studies, this course provides an in-depth examin­ation of the management of quality in projects.

This workshop provides attendees with advanced skills to succeed using the industry-standard scheduling tool Microsoft Project. Advanced MS Project is an ideal follow-on to the SOMOS Introduction to MS Project course. The workshop uses Microsoft Project as a tool to further the development of a project schedule according to the methodology presented in the Introduction to MS Project. Each attendee applies the principles and structure from the knowledge course to develop a Microsoft Project schedule for a project relevant to their work environment. Participants will take away project scheduling tools and templates that can be applied to their own projects.