Cranfield School of Management

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICE FORUM 

With ever-increasing levels of complexity in today’s world, existing processes and management practices are often insufficient to deliver all the business benefits expected, from the implementation of large projects and programmes. ICPM is addressing these issues with an innovative approach, advancing both the practice and theory of programme and project management (PPM), for the benefit of organisations and their clients, who rely on effective PPM for achieving their business objectives.

The Programme Management Best Practice Forum (PM Forum) is set up to bring together groups of executives, directors and managers from private and public sector organisations and academia, to meet on a regular basis: and-

• develop an agenda for exploring how to improve PPM performance,
• examine the findings from leading edge research and how they can be applied in practice to address issues affecting the delivery of complex programmes and projects.

RESEARCH TOPICS

In collaboration with Forum members, research topics will be agreed each year in response to their main issues, or to address topics raised by visiting expert speakers.

Topics selected for 2012

• Selecting programmes & the link with organisational strategy
• Setting up the programme for success
• Organisational competencies to support programme management
• Complexities & international working
• Personal competencies to support programme management
• Realising and embedding org. change and benefits
• Relationships in contracts and supply chains

HOW THE PM FORUM WORKS

There is an annual membership fee of £7,500 +VAT. The fee entitles member firms 3 places at each quarterly meeting.

ELIGIBILITY

Membership is open to all public and private sector organisations, but the forum does not accept applications from consultants or individuals.

If your organisation is not already a member and are interested in attending, please contact icpm@cranfield.ac.uk

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

For your organisation:

• NEW: Corporate discounts across Cranfield School of Management Executive Development Programmes
  • 25% off ALL Specialist Open Programmes
  • 20% off ALL General Management Programmes (Open Programmes
  • The discounts apply to ALL employees within a research club member organisation
• Gain practical insights from the latest research, concerning effective strategies for creating organisational programme and project management capabilities.
• Identify the means to improve programme and project management performance, from inception through to successful delivery of the intended business benefits.
• Understand how to remove constraints to effective implementation, through actively managing the complexities imposed by both the external environment and internally, by organisations themselves.

For you (the individual attending):

• Work with other business leaders and ICPM’s research and development teams, in customising solutions to the particular challenges being faced in your organisation today.
• In addition, be a part of shaping the future of research and practice in the field of PPM, together with peers from a range of other sectors.