PPM Talent Development

Your anxiety

Your organisation is historically over-reliant on consulting or long-term temporary resources to deliver programmes and fill specialist programme and project management (PPM) roles. The internal knowledge base is stagnant. You realise that this approach is neither sustainable nor affordable and is now constrained by a need to reduce costs. More importantly, while programme management capability is now viewed as a strategically core competence, your organisation is not harnessing the opportunities of its own complex programmes and projects to develop the capability of its internal PPM staff.

How we can help you

Our approach revolves around a rapid assessment of an organisation’s current levels of PPM capability, and the development of a targeted programme of capability improvement measures.

If a comprehensive capability audit is required, we can work with you to develop a consistent assessment and development framework for your PPM staff. This may either be aligned to recognised professional bodies of knowledge (e.g. APM Bok, PMBoK) and/or adapted to your internal PPM methodology.

The framework can also be embedded into specialist software tools to direct users to targeted development based on their individual needs and career aspirations. Meanwhile, the management information derived from such tools provides a clear view of priority capability needs across the organisation – whether by specific competence, or localised within certain departments or programmes.

Recognising that tools are just a means to an end, we also work with our clients to build the right programme of training and development opportunities for staff involved in delivering programmes at all levels.

How we would work with you

Our work focuses on equipping your PPM staff to deliver programmes and projects more confidently and more effectively. We achieve this by delivering credible and relevant support, in which the right individuals are offered the right opportunities to address their personal PPM development needs. While this can be facilitated to a certain extent by the use of assessment frameworks and tools, an understanding of organisational and individual priorities is also gauged by means of leadership workshops and tailored staff assessment.

We also work hard to ensure that any frameworks or tools we provide will integrate with your organisation’s existing programme structures and methodologies, rather than working in isolation or in conflict with them.

Tools & training we can provide

Capability or skills management software can be used to bring a PPM framework to life in an online assessment and development tool, with real-time feedback provided to users on skills gaps and targeted development.

Moorhouse can also support training delivery where appropriate, for example focused coaching support for senior programme leaders.

How this could deliver value for you

Tangible value is created by focusing on developing long-term, sustainable PPM capability in-house, leading to:

• Internal staff better equipped to deliver programmes more effectively Improved staff motivation through recognition of PPM as a core organisational competence
• Improved levels of staff attraction and retention
• Decreased reliance on external consultants (and associated costs)
• Retention of in-house knowledge and capability providing a basis for continual improvement.

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If you would like to talk to us call on the number below. Alternatively, click on the consultants email address, provide us with your details and we will call you back. We look forward to speaking to you. Contact: Email: Tel: Paul Mansell paulmansell@moorhouseconsulting.com +44 (0) 1225 446 313