Our Philosophy Of Project Governance Our philosophy of project governance is grounded in the principle that delivery of project results depends upon the provision of effective guidance, leadership and decision making at an executive level. There are as many decisions to make in overseeing projects as there are in managing them. The right approach depends upon the culture and environment of the organization, the objectives and value they seek to realize from their projects, and the practices and approaches that will best realize these outcomes.
Alberta School of Business Executive Education Executive Education is one of the four pillars of the Alberta School of Business. As the School’s professional development provider, we serve clients across all industries and in the public sector. With over 40 programs offered and serving over 5,000 participants per year, we continue to work toward becoming Canada’s source for executive education. As Alberta’s premier broker of intellectual capital, we focus on providing education solutions that enable today’s business leaders in government, publicly traded companies, and privately held organizations to lead change and increase organizational performance.
This philosophy has fundamentally influenced the development of the Executive Project Leadership Program. The program has been developed from the outset to provide guidance to senior decision makers on their roles, responsibilities and the expectations that are placed on them. The curriculum is designed to expand the perspectives and capabilities of its participants, and provide a variety of perspectives and viewpoints from which to explore how strategic project decisions are made.
Interthink Consulting is one of the foremost consulting firms in the field of organizational project management. Since 1990, Interthink has been working with customers to enable them to enhance the delivery of their strategy process and improve the delivery of mission-critical projects. Interthink’s customers range across industries and disciplines. They have worked with some of the leading public and private sector organizations in Canada and around the world to help to define, develop and implement leading-edge project management capabilities.
If you are a project sponsor, steering committee member or executive responsible for overseeing project results, this program is for you. We provide the perspective, tools and guidance necessary to master what is required for effective project governance.
Interthink’s services are supported and reinforced through investment in the research and benchmarking of project management practices. Their organizational project management baseline study has been used to assess more than 650 organizations from around the world. The team has also contributed extensively to the Value of Project Management research project.
Highly Interactive and Collaborative
The result is an unparalleled level of expertise and insight into how project management really works – and should work – in organizations. Senior leaders are provided with guidance, education and expertise that is unparalleled in depth, breadth and insight.
The Executive Project Leadership Program leverages the principles of adult learning to create an exceptionally interactive and collaborative learning environment. The curriculum of the program is designed to provide senior executives with the insight and understanding necessary to make relevant and appropriate decisions in the governance of large, complex, mission-critical projects and programs. Through extensive use of exercises, case studies, discussions and simulation, we provide participants with an unparalleled ability to develop insights into the challenges that they will face and the decision making scenarios they will experience. The result is greater confidence in your ability to apply the results of the program in actual practice, in an environment that promotes exceptional team-building and collaboration. By the end of the program, participants have developed strong networks that last far beyond the final module.
Interthink Consulting
EDMONTON 2-006 Enterprise Square 10230 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4P6 Phone: (780) 492-5832 Toll free: 1-866-492-7676 Fax: (780) 492-1432 Email: executiveeducation@ualberta.ca
Executive Project leadership Program
This program is recognized by the Project Management Institute.
www.executiveeducation.ca/EPLP While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this material, program dates, content, and instructors are subject to change. Please note, a T2202A form or official tax receipt will not be issued for programs and/or modules. Please refer to the Canada Revenue Agency website for further information www.cra-arc.gc.ca.
Apr 2013
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The Executive Project Leadership Program provides project sponsors, steering committee members and executives who are responsible for overseeing project results with the insights and expertise to excel in their role. You will gain a strong understanding of the project governance role, and the essential contribution senior management and executives make in delivering project success.
While there are numerous programs that provide project managers with insight into the process, tools and roles of project management, the Executive Project Leadership Program is the first, and only, program for those in a governance role. We provide the insights and expertise to enable executives to ensure the attainment of organizational value, while offering the insights necessary to be the kind of leader that project managers want to work for.
Instructors Is this Program for You? • You are a senior leader in your organization. • You are responsible for providing governance and oversight of large, complex, strategic and missioncritical undertakings. • You are responsible for serving as a sponsor or steering committee member of projects, or have supervisory responsibility for those delivering projects. Program Highlights • Understanding the role of projects in managing change and contributing to the achievement of organizational goals and strategies. • Development of the leadership skills required to be a successful champion of projects. • Appreciation for project governance processes and how they support the traditional tools of project management.
• Strategies to effectively and appropriately evaluate and prioritize projects within your organization.
Module 1: Project Structure & Initiation
• Tools and techniques to ensure the realization of project value and the effective implementation of organizational change.
This module will provide you with an understanding of the essential structures and processes that must be supported from a project governance perspective. You will gain an appreciation for the process and critical activities required for the initiation, prioritization and evaluation considerations necessary in ensuring project success.
• Insights into current research and best practices in ensuring the effective delivery of projects, while receiving practical and relevant guidance in how to effectively implement them in real-world circumstances. • Extensive case studies, discussions and simulation exercises that provide practical experience and feedback in applying governance techniques in a supportive and risk-free environment. • Development of an extensive and powerful network of colleagues that provide an on-going source of collaboration, support and insight. • Support for on-going development through the reinforcement of essential principles of adult learning.
Mark Mullaly, B.A., Ph.D. Candidate, PMP
of projects throughout the process of project execution, as well as exploration of the strategies and considerations in effectively selecting project managers.
President & Chief Organizational Therapist, Interthink Consulting
Module 3: Closing Projects & Ensuring Value Realization
Module 2: Project Oversight & Governance This module will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the governance roles and responsibilities associated with projects. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the approaches necessary to ensure effective oversight
This module will provide you with an appreciation of the importance of appropriate approaches to project closure and assessment, and the critical role of lessons learned in improving organizational project management capabilities. You will be exposed to techniques and approaches for evaluating projects and ensuring the implementation of organizational change to realize organizational value. Finally, you will develop a personal framework and blueprint for guiding effective project decisions.
Business Planning/Project Governance
Mark Mullaly is a senior management consultant with over 25 years of experience managing projects in a range of industries, including information technology, communications, utilities, oil & gas, engineering, construction, finance, insurance, the arts and research & development. Mark has provided strategic planning and project management services to a number of leading companies throughout Canada, as well as leading comprehensive organizational development, process implementation, software development and change management projects focused on the creation of effective project organizations. He is one of the foremost experts in organizational project management in North America. Mark is a regular columnist on projectmanagement.com. He has been a sessional instructor with the University of Alberta School of Business, and is the lead instructor and program developer of the PM certificate programs offered by the University of Alberta School of Business Executive Education program. He is past president of the Northern Alberta Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Mark is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the School of Business at Bond University in Queensland, Australia. Janice Thomas, B.Sc., MBA, Ph.D. Janice Thomas is a professor at the Centre for Innovative Management (CIM) in the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University. She is currently the Director of the Project Management Research Institute at Athabasca, a global online initiative linking reflective practitioners with ideas and researchers. She is also a visiting professor with the University of Technology, Sydney and Bond University, Australia where she supervises Masters and PhD research students.
Project Management Idea
Apply online at www.executiveeducation.ca or call 1-866-492-7676
Project Proposal
Evaluation/ Prioritization
Business Case
Prior to becoming an academic, Janice spent 10 years as a project manager in the fields of Information Technology and Organizational Change. In addition to research and teaching, Janice maintains close ties to the practical realities of project management in organizations through consulting and membership in professional associations.
Project Plan
Phase-End Reviews
Delivered Benefits
Our Philosophy Of Project Governance Our philosophy of project governance is grounded in the principle that delivery of project results depends upon the provision of effective guidance, leadership and decision making at an executive level. There are as many decisions to make in overseeing projects as there are in managing them. The right approach depends upon the culture and environment of the organization, the objectives and value they seek to realize from their projects, and the practices and approaches that will best realize these outcomes.
Alberta School of Business Executive Education Executive Education is one of the four pillars of the Alberta School of Business. As the School’s professional development provider, we serve clients across all industries and in the public sector. With over 40 programs offered and serving over 5,000 participants per year, we continue to work toward becoming Canada’s source for executive education. As Alberta’s premier broker of intellectual capital, we focus on providing education solutions that enable today’s business leaders in government, publicly traded companies, and privately held organizations to lead change and increase organizational performance.
This philosophy has fundamentally influenced the development of the Executive Project Leadership Program. The program has been developed from the outset to provide guidance to senior decision makers on their roles, responsibilities and the expectations that are placed on them. The curriculum is designed to expand the perspectives and capabilities of its participants, and provide a variety of perspectives and viewpoints from which to explore how strategic project decisions are made.
Interthink Consulting is one of the foremost consulting firms in the field of organizational project management. Since 1990, Interthink has been working with customers to enable them to enhance the delivery of their strategy process and improve the delivery of mission-critical projects. Interthink’s customers range across industries and disciplines. They have worked with some of the leading public and private sector organizations in Canada and around the world to help to define, develop and implement leading-edge project management capabilities.
If you are a project sponsor, steering committee member or executive responsible for overseeing project results, this program is for you. We provide the perspective, tools and guidance necessary to master what is required for effective project governance.
Interthink’s services are supported and reinforced through investment in the research and benchmarking of project management practices. Their organizational project management baseline study has been used to assess more than 650 organizations from around the world. The team has also contributed extensively to the Value of Project Management research project.
Highly Interactive and Collaborative
The result is an unparalleled level of expertise and insight into how project management really works – and should work – in organizations. Senior leaders are provided with guidance, education and expertise that is unparalleled in depth, breadth and insight.
The Executive Project Leadership Program leverages the principles of adult learning to create an exceptionally interactive and collaborative learning environment. The curriculum of the program is designed to provide senior executives with the insight and understanding necessary to make relevant and appropriate decisions in the governance of large, complex, mission-critical projects and programs. Through extensive use of exercises, case studies, discussions and simulation, we provide participants with an unparalleled ability to develop insights into the challenges that they will face and the decision making scenarios they will experience. The result is greater confidence in your ability to apply the results of the program in actual practice, in an environment that promotes exceptional team-building and collaboration. By the end of the program, participants have developed strong networks that last far beyond the final module.
Interthink Consulting
EDMONTON 2-006 Enterprise Square 10230 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4P6 Phone: (780) 492-5832 Toll free: 1-866-492-7676 Fax: (780) 492-1432 Email: executiveeducation@ualberta.ca
Executive Project leadership Program
This program is recognized by the Project Management Institute.
www.executiveeducation.ca/EPLP While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this material, program dates, content, and instructors are subject to change. Please note, a T2202A form or official tax receipt will not be issued for programs and/or modules. Please refer to the Canada Revenue Agency website for further information www.cra-arc.gc.ca.
Apr 2013
L e a d e r s f r o m Al b e r t a f o r t h e W o r l d
The Executive Project Leadership Program provides project sponsors, steering committee members and executives who are responsible for overseeing project results with the insights and expertise to excel in their role. You will gain a strong understanding of the project governance role, and the essential contribution senior management and executives make in delivering project success.
While there are numerous programs that provide project managers with insight into the process, tools and roles of project management, the Executive Project Leadership Program is the first, and only, program for those in a governance role. We provide the insights and expertise to enable executives to ensure the attainment of organizational value, while offering the insights necessary to be the kind of leader that project managers want to work for.
Instructors Is this Program for You? • You are a senior leader in your organization. • You are responsible for providing governance and oversight of large, complex, strategic and missioncritical undertakings. • You are responsible for serving as a sponsor or steering committee member of projects, or have supervisory responsibility for those delivering projects. Program Highlights • Understanding the role of projects in managing change and contributing to the achievement of organizational goals and strategies. • Development of the leadership skills required to be a successful champion of projects. • Appreciation for project governance processes and how they support the traditional tools of project management.
• Strategies to effectively and appropriately evaluate and prioritize projects within your organization.
Module 1: Project Structure & Initiation
• Tools and techniques to ensure the realization of project value and the effective implementation of organizational change.
This module will provide you with an understanding of the essential structures and processes that must be supported from a project governance perspective. You will gain an appreciation for the process and critical activities required for the initiation, prioritization and evaluation considerations necessary in ensuring project success.
• Insights into current research and best practices in ensuring the effective delivery of projects, while receiving practical and relevant guidance in how to effectively implement them in real-world circumstances. • Extensive case studies, discussions and simulation exercises that provide practical experience and feedback in applying governance techniques in a supportive and risk-free environment. • Development of an extensive and powerful network of colleagues that provide an on-going source of collaboration, support and insight. • Support for on-going development through the reinforcement of essential principles of adult learning.
Mark Mullaly, B.A., Ph.D. Candidate, PMP
of projects throughout the process of project execution, as well as exploration of the strategies and considerations in effectively selecting project managers.
President & Chief Organizational Therapist, Interthink Consulting
Module 3: Closing Projects & Ensuring Value Realization
Module 2: Project Oversight & Governance This module will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the governance roles and responsibilities associated with projects. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the approaches necessary to ensure effective oversight
This module will provide you with an appreciation of the importance of appropriate approaches to project closure and assessment, and the critical role of lessons learned in improving organizational project management capabilities. You will be exposed to techniques and approaches for evaluating projects and ensuring the implementation of organizational change to realize organizational value. Finally, you will develop a personal framework and blueprint for guiding effective project decisions.
Business Planning/Project Governance
Mark Mullaly is a senior management consultant with over 25 years of experience managing projects in a range of industries, including information technology, communications, utilities, oil & gas, engineering, construction, finance, insurance, the arts and research & development. Mark has provided strategic planning and project management services to a number of leading companies throughout Canada, as well as leading comprehensive organizational development, process implementation, software development and change management projects focused on the creation of effective project organizations. He is one of the foremost experts in organizational project management in North America. Mark is a regular columnist on projectmanagement.com. He has been a sessional instructor with the University of Alberta School of Business, and is the lead instructor and program developer of the PM certificate programs offered by the University of Alberta School of Business Executive Education program. He is past president of the Northern Alberta Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Mark is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the School of Business at Bond University in Queensland, Australia. Janice Thomas, B.Sc., MBA, Ph.D. Janice Thomas is a professor at the Centre for Innovative Management (CIM) in the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University. She is currently the Director of the Project Management Research Institute at Athabasca, a global online initiative linking reflective practitioners with ideas and researchers. She is also a visiting professor with the University of Technology, Sydney and Bond University, Australia where she supervises Masters and PhD research students.
Project Management Idea
Apply online at www.executiveeducation.ca or call 1-866-492-7676
Project Proposal
Evaluation/ Prioritization
Business Case
Prior to becoming an academic, Janice spent 10 years as a project manager in the fields of Information Technology and Organizational Change. In addition to research and teaching, Janice maintains close ties to the practical realities of project management in organizations through consulting and membership in professional associations.
Project Plan
Phase-End Reviews
Delivered Benefits
The Executive Project Leadership Program provides project sponsors, steering committee members and executives who are responsible for overseeing project results with the insights and expertise to excel in their role. You will gain a strong understanding of the project governance role, and the essential contribution senior management and executives make in delivering project success.
While there are numerous programs that provide project managers with insight into the process, tools and roles of project management, the Executive Project Leadership Program is the first, and only, program for those in a governance role. We provide the insights and expertise to enable executives to ensure the attainment of organizational value, while offering the insights necessary to be the kind of leader that project managers want to work for.
Instructors Is this Program for You? • You are a senior leader in your organization. • You are responsible for providing governance and oversight of large, complex, strategic and missioncritical undertakings. • You are responsible for serving as a sponsor or steering committee member of projects, or have supervisory responsibility for those delivering projects. Program Highlights • Understanding the role of projects in managing change and contributing to the achievement of organizational goals and strategies. • Development of the leadership skills required to be a successful champion of projects. • Appreciation for project governance processes and how they support the traditional tools of project management.
• Strategies to effectively and appropriately evaluate and prioritize projects within your organization.
Module 1: Project Structure & Initiation
• Tools and techniques to ensure the realization of project value and the effective implementation of organizational change.
This module will provide you with an understanding of the essential structures and processes that must be supported from a project governance perspective. You will gain an appreciation for the process and critical activities required for the initiation, prioritization and evaluation considerations necessary in ensuring project success.
• Insights into current research and best practices in ensuring the effective delivery of projects, while receiving practical and relevant guidance in how to effectively implement them in real-world circumstances. • Extensive case studies, discussions and simulation exercises that provide practical experience and feedback in applying governance techniques in a supportive and risk-free environment. • Development of an extensive and powerful network of colleagues that provide an on-going source of collaboration, support and insight. • Support for on-going development through the reinforcement of essential principles of adult learning.
Mark Mullaly, B.A., Ph.D. Candidate, PMP
of projects throughout the process of project execution, as well as exploration of the strategies and considerations in effectively selecting project managers.
President & Chief Organizational Therapist, Interthink Consulting
Module 3: Closing Projects & Ensuring Value Realization
Module 2: Project Oversight & Governance This module will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the governance roles and responsibilities associated with projects. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the approaches necessary to ensure effective oversight
This module will provide you with an appreciation of the importance of appropriate approaches to project closure and assessment, and the critical role of lessons learned in improving organizational project management capabilities. You will be exposed to techniques and approaches for evaluating projects and ensuring the implementation of organizational change to realize organizational value. Finally, you will develop a personal framework and blueprint for guiding effective project decisions.
Business Planning/Project Governance
Mark Mullaly is a senior management consultant with over 25 years of experience managing projects in a range of industries, including information technology, communications, utilities, oil & gas, engineering, construction, finance, insurance, the arts and research & development. Mark has provided strategic planning and project management services to a number of leading companies throughout Canada, as well as leading comprehensive organizational development, process implementation, software development and change management projects focused on the creation of effective project organizations. He is one of the foremost experts in organizational project management in North America. Mark is a regular columnist on projectmanagement.com. He has been a sessional instructor with the University of Alberta School of Business, and is the lead instructor and program developer of the PM certificate programs offered by the University of Alberta School of Business Executive Education program. He is past president of the Northern Alberta Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Mark is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the School of Business at Bond University in Queensland, Australia. Janice Thomas, B.Sc., MBA, Ph.D. Janice Thomas is a professor at the Centre for Innovative Management (CIM) in the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University. She is currently the Director of the Project Management Research Institute at Athabasca, a global online initiative linking reflective practitioners with ideas and researchers. She is also a visiting professor with the University of Technology, Sydney and Bond University, Australia where she supervises Masters and PhD research students.
Project Management Idea
Apply online at www.executiveeducation.ca or call 1-866-492-7676
Project Proposal
Evaluation/ Prioritization
Business Case
Prior to becoming an academic, Janice spent 10 years as a project manager in the fields of Information Technology and Organizational Change. In addition to research and teaching, Janice maintains close ties to the practical realities of project management in organizations through consulting and membership in professional associations.
Project Plan
Phase-End Reviews
Delivered Benefits
Executive Project leadership Program
EPLP Program Dates Module Fall 2013 Module 1
Project Structure & Initiation
Nov. 4-5, 2013
Module 2
Project Oversight & Governace
Nov. 18-19, 2013
Module 3
Closing Projects & Ensuring Value Realization
Dec. 9-10, 2013
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Program Fee: $4,995 CAD (plus GST) Fees include all program materials, breakfast, lunch and refreshments.
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Our Philosophy Of Project Governance Our philosophy of project governance is grounded in the principle that delivery of project results depends upon the provision of effective guidance, leadership and decision making at an executive level. There are as many decisions to make in overseeing projects as there are in managing them. The right approach depends upon the culture and environment of the organization, the objectives and value they seek to realize from their projects, and the practices and approaches that will best realize these outcomes.
Alberta School of Business Executive Education Executive Education is one of the four pillars of the Alberta School of Business. As the School’s professional development provider, we serve clients across all industries and in the public sector. With over 40 programs offered and serving over 5,000 participants per year, we continue to work toward becoming Canada’s source for executive education. As Alberta’s premier broker of intellectual capital, we focus on providing education solutions that enable today’s business leaders in government, publicly traded companies, and privately held organizations to lead change and increase organizational performance.
This philosophy has fundamentally influenced the development of the Executive Project Leadership Program. The program has been developed from the outset to provide guidance to senior decision makers on their roles, responsibilities and the expectations that are placed on them. The curriculum is designed to expand the perspectives and capabilities of its participants, and provide a variety of perspectives and viewpoints from which to explore how strategic project decisions are made.
Interthink Consulting is one of the foremost consulting firms in the field of organizational project management. Since 1990, Interthink has been working with customers to enable them to enhance the delivery of their strategy process and improve the delivery of mission-critical projects. Interthink’s customers range across industries and disciplines. They have worked with some of the leading public and private sector organizations in Canada and around the world to help to define, develop and implement leading-edge project management capabilities.
If you are a project sponsor, steering committee member or executive responsible for overseeing project results, this program is for you. We provide the perspective, tools and guidance necessary to master what is required for effective project governance.
Interthink’s services are supported and reinforced through investment in the research and benchmarking of project management practices. Their organizational project management baseline study has been used to assess more than 650 organizations from around the world. The team has also contributed extensively to the Value of Project Management research project.
Highly Interactive and Collaborative
The result is an unparalleled level of expertise and insight into how project management really works – and should work – in organizations. Senior leaders are provided with guidance, education and expertise that is unparalleled in depth, breadth and insight.
The Executive Project Leadership Program leverages the principles of adult learning to create an exceptionally interactive and collaborative learning environment. The curriculum of the program is designed to provide senior executives with the insight and understanding necessary to make relevant and appropriate decisions in the governance of large, complex, mission-critical projects and programs. Through extensive use of exercises, case studies, discussions and simulation, we provide participants with an unparalleled ability to develop insights into the challenges that they will face and the decision making scenarios they will experience. The result is greater confidence in your ability to apply the results of the program in actual practice, in an environment that promotes exceptional team-building and collaboration. By the end of the program, participants have developed strong networks that last far beyond the final module.
Interthink Consulting
EDMONTON 2-006 Enterprise Square 10230 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4P6 Phone: (780) 492-5832 Toll free: 1-866-492-7676 Fax: (780) 492-1432 Email: executiveeducation@ualberta.ca
Executive Project leadership Program
This program is recognized by the Project Management Institute.
www.executiveeducation.ca/EPLP While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this material, program dates, content, and instructors are subject to change. Please note, a T2202A form or official tax receipt will not be issued for programs and/or modules. Please refer to the Canada Revenue Agency website for further information www.cra-arc.gc.ca.
Apr 2013
L e a d e r s f r o m Al b e r t a f o r t h e W o r l d