One day on Project Management in London

Tomorrow (21st October 2015) I shall be running a one day course in London for LMC covering some issues in Project Management.  A bit late for booking for this course (sorry) but they do have a lot of other interesting courses available at their website www.lmcuk.com

And now I shall retreat back to fuming about my bank declining my card for my hotel in London because "hotel transactions are sometimes fraudulent".  Indeed, but as a frequent traveler they are also rather essential.  My hotel took the opportunity to decline my early (discounted) booking in favour of more lucrative clients.  Luckily I have found a replacement that is only a bit more expensive. 

New London Training courses for Oil and Gas industry in 2012

I shall be presenting a new range of courses in London in 2012.  They are aimed at the oil and gas industry, but most will have much wider applications than that.  Contact me for further details.

20th February - 24th February 2012

Best Practices in Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals
Effective Purchasing and Supply for the Oil and Gas Industry

20th February - 2nd March

Advanced Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

27th February - 2nd March

Effective Project Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

26th March - 30th March

Successful Negotiation in Procurement and Sourcing

16th April - 20th April

Maximising Performance via Supply Chain Management in Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

14th May - 18th May

International Sourcing and Purchasing for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

14th May - 25th May

The Complete Programme for Sourcing and Purchasing within the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Fields

21st May - 25th May

Advanced International Sourcing and Purchasing for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

11th June - 15th June

Effective Purchasing and Supply for the Oil and Gas Industry

2nd July - 6th July

Effective Project Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

17th September - 28th September

The Complete Programme for Sourcing and Purchasing within the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Fields

24th September - 28th September

Advanced International Sourcing and Purchasing for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

1st October - 5th October

Best Practices in Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

1st October - 12th October

Advanced Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

8th October - 12th October

Effective Project Procurement Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 

26th November - 30th November

Maximising Performance via Supply Chain Management in Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals 

3rd December - 7th December

Successful Negotiation in Procurement and Sourcing

Training course changes

The current economic climate is obviously having an impact on businesses, and as a result we have been forced to cancel the three courses in project management scheduled for November and December.  We shall look at arranging new dates in the new year.  In the meantime if you are interested in the Project Management courses, please let me know and we can see what can be arranged.

Numbers have been low for a number of seminars, and I am sure that businesses are cutting back on their training activities.  Hopefully this is only for a short while.  When business is slow it is a good time to get staff to refresh their skills, confident that they will not be taking them elsewhere in the near future.  However it is hard to be that positive about the future, and many businesses take the attitude that training is a discretionary spend that they will cut.  Obviously I am biased in this discussion, but I have put my money where my mouth is and paid to improve and broaden my skillbase and I feel it paid off.

In more positive news about training, we hope next year to have a very exciting series of training events in London.  Most will be about procurement and supply chain, but there will be a broad range.  More details to follow.

Project Management Training courses

We now have 3 more dates for the Introduction to Project Management course that I am running for BIP Solutions. They are;
9th November 2011 in London
16th November in Birmingham, and
6th December in Manchester

Venues and further details to follow. The courses will be available for booking on the BIPSolutions website under PASS Masterclasses. The placeholder is here.

The course is not focussed on the public sector, but is widely applicable to anyone who needs to run projects as part of their role.

Upcoming courses

Making it Happen - an Introduction to Project Management seemed to be well received, and after we have evaluated the feedback I am optimistic that we shall be running further courses later in the year. Hopefully around the country rather than just in London. Further details as and when.

In the meantime, I have been remiss in noting a number of courses that I have been running recently. Obviously I am too late for recent courses in Istanbul, Abu Dhabi and Qatar (my air miles are going up, but so is my carbon footprint) but here are a few forthcoming events.

Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management, a 5 day event in Amsterdam for Aztech, Monday 20th June to 24th June - click here. A bit short notice, but we probably have room if you can book in time.

Free Procurement Training Event - London 2012 and the Olympic Games, run by Business Link West Midlands, 30th June in North Staffordshire = click here. This is probably the last of these free half day sessions organised by BIP Solutions, so it could be your last chance. And it is free. What more could you ask?

The 5 day Purchasing MBA in Vienna 11th to 15th July, - click here.

The Complete course on Purchasing Management, in London 18th to 22nd July click here.

Hope to see you at one of these events

Making it Happen - an Introduction to Project Management

On behalf of BIPSolutions, I shall be running an event on Tuesday 14th June at the London Hyde Park Hilton called "Making it Happen - an introduction to Project Management". Details are here.

Obviously in one day I cannot cover all of the issues that can arise in Project Management, but in these times of change and uncertainty the requirement for planning increases. And the pressure to "just get on with it" also increases. As do the consequences of projects going wrong. So I hope this is a one day investment that will pay back manyfold.

Currently the delegates are mostly from the private sector, but we are keen to attract people from the public sector as well (if they have the budget of course).

Courses in innovation, Project Management and Supply Chain

The SME Knowledge Transfer Network at the University of Bradford School of Management, is running a series of open courses on demand. Details here.
Assuming that there is sufficient interest I shall be running events on 23rd February and 23rd March covering Innovation and NPD, Project Management and/or Supply Chain Management. These will be held at Heaton Mount in Bradford - booking through the SME KTN.

Project Management Course

At fairly short notice, I am running a Project Management course for the University of Bradford School of Management SME Knowledge Network on Thursday 9th/Friday 10th December 2011.
This is a 2 day modular course targetted at SME and micro-businesses. The first day is an introduction to Project Management, and the second day goes into more detail of some of the tools and techniques and the problems that arise - dealing with variances, team managment, completion dates etc.

If you are interested, drop me a line and I shall get someone to sort out the details.