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Project Delivery Programmes

Our project delivery programmes are designed to provide the skills and approaches for enhancing successful project delivery, building strong client relationships, solving problems, making informed decisions, and delivering client added value to optimise project delivery effectiveness, efficiency, and outcomes.

Our programmes include:

Our programme overviews provide an insight into what we offer. To ensure our programmes meet your specific needs, we tailor the design and content to align with your learning outcomes and business objectives. We create bespoke case studies and scenarios that reflect your project delivery situations and form the foundation of training and role play exercises.

Elevation Learning - Project Delivery Programmes

Essential Consulting Skills

The Essential Consulting Skills programme is designed to provide an understanding of the essential tasks, skills, and approaches required for successful project delivery and working effectively with clients. The programme’s structure is based on our CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process.

Programme aims

The programme participants gain insights into the essential:

  • Project delivery tasks
  • Skills for developing client relationships
  • Models and approaches for successful project delivery

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Consulting context – CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process and consulting models
  • Entry – understanding the client’s situation, building trust, and conducting productive meetings
  • Contracting – understanding client expectations and project constraints
  • Diagnosis – applying problem-solving techniques
  • Intervention – developing recommendations
  • Closure – optimising project closure

Who is it for?

The programme is for consultants starting their careers who wish to understand the project delivery essentials.

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A one-day in-person course
  • Four two-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery

Post programme qualification option

Attendance on the programme is a pathway to enrol on the CMI Level 5 Award in Management Consulting Practice. Please note that an additional fee per participant will be charged for the qualification.

Core Consulting Skills

The Core Consulting Skills programme is designed to provide the core tasks, skills, and approaches required for successful project delivery. This includes managing client relationships, identifying and solving client problems, and delivering impactful client reports. The programme’s structure is based on our CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process.

Programme aims

The programme equips participants with:

  • A consistent and effective project delivery approach
  • Skills to develop trust-based client relationships
  • Models and approaches for successful project delivery

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Consulting context – CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process, consulting models, and consulting challenges
  • Entry – consultant roles, client situation appraisal, stakeholder analysis, managing first impressions, conducting productive meetings, influencing, building trust, and building rapport
  • Contracting – managing client expectations and project constraints
  • Diagnosis – fact-based problem-solving technique, data collection, and solution generation
  • Intervention – developing recommendations and client reporting
  • Closure – optimising project closure

Who is it for?

The programme is for consultants early in their careers who wish to develop the core project delivery skills.

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A two-day in-person course
  • Four four-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery

Post programme qualification option

Attendance on the programme is a pathway to enrol on the CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management Consulting Practice.

Please note an additional fee per participant will be charged for the qualification.

Excellence in Professional Consulting

The Excellence in Professional Consulting programme is designed to provide the fundamental tasks, skills, and approaches required for successful project delivery. This includes managing client relationships and expectations, delivering client added value, productive team collaboration, managing and assessing projects, identifying and solving client problems, and delivering impactful client reports. The programme’s structure is based on our CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process.

Programme aims

The programme equips participants with:

  • A consistent and effective project delivery approach
  • Confidence and skills to develop trust-based client relationships
  • Models and approaches to manage and deliver client added value projects

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Consulting excellence – CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process, consulting models, and consulting challenges
  • Entry – consultant roles, client situation appraisal, stakeholder management and analysis, understanding client expectations, consultant characteristics, managing first impressions, conducting productive meetings, influencing, building trust, building rapport, and team working
  • Contracting – client added value, developing terms of reference, and managing projects
  • Diagnosis – fact-based problem-solving technique, data collection, and solution generation
  • Intervention – managing change, developing recommendations, client reporting, implementation priorities, and assessing project success
  • Closure – optimising project closure

Who is it for?

The programme’s flexible design means it can accommodate:

  • Consultants early in their careers who wish to develop their fundamental project delivery skills, and
  • Experienced consulting practitioners who wish to refine or refresh their project delivery skills, insights, and approaches

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A three-day in-person course
  • Six four-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery

Post programme qualification option

Attendance on the programme is a pathway to enrol on the CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management Consulting Practice or Level 7 Award in Professional Consulting.

Please note an additional fee per participant will be charged for the qualification.

Professional Consulting Foundation

The Professional Consulting Foundation programme is designed to provide the tasks, skills, and approaches required for successful project delivery. This includes managing client relationships and interactions, delivering client added value, productive team collaboration, managing projects, identifying and solving client problems, analysing data, and delivering impactful client presentations and reports. The programme’s structure is based on our CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process.

Programme aims

The programme equips participants with:

  • A consistent and effective project delivery approach
  • Confidence and skills to successfully manage and engage with clients, and develop trust-based client relationships
  • Models and approaches to manage and deliver client added value projects

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Consulting excellence – CONSULT 5-stage project delivery process, context and challenges of consulting work, and consulting models
  • Entry – consultant roles, client situation appraisal, issue analysis, stakeholder management and analysis, managing client expectations, consultant characteristics, managing first impressions, conducting productive meetings, facilitating meetings, managing client relationships, influencing, building trust, building rapport, team working, giving and receiving feedback, and handling challenging conversations
  • Contracting – defining client added value, developing value propositions, developing terms of reference and managing projects
  • Diagnosis – fact-based problem-solving technique, data collection, leveraging AI, data analysis, and solution generation
  • Intervention – managing change, developing recommendations, client reporting, delivering presentations, data visualisation, and implementation priorities
  • Closure – optimising project closure

Who is it for?

The programme is for consultants early in their careers who wish to kick-start their client engagement and project delivery skills.

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A four-day in-person course
  • Eight four-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery

Post programme qualification option

Attendance on the programme is a pathway to enrol on the CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management Consulting Practice. Please note an additional fee per participant will be charged for the qualification.

Project Management Fundamentals

The Project Management Fundamentals programme is designed to provide the fundamental knowledge and skills a Project Manager requires to manage and deliver successful quality projects.

Programme aims

The programme equips participants with:

  • An understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Project Manager
  • Knowledge and skills to manage and deliver quality projects

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Project management – what is a project, what is project management, why projects fail, Project Manager characteristics, and project delivery challenges
  • Project start up – project management lifecycle, identifying project objectives and benefits, and defining scope
  • Governance and stakeholder management – Project Manager role and responsibilities, client sponsor role and responsibilities, forming steering committees, and identifying and analysing stakeholders
  • Project planning – principles of project planning and planning multiple projects
  • Risk management – identifying risks and developing contingency plans
  • Conflict management – typical project conflicts and conflict resolution
  • Project tracking – managing scope changes, milestone tracking, and managing multiple projects
  • Reporting – project reporting principles and conducting steering committee meetings

Who is it for?

The programme is for consultants moving into a Project Manager role.

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A two-day in-person course
  • Four four-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery

Problem Solving and Decision Making

The Problem Solving and Decision Making programme is designed to provide the models, skills, and confidence to navigate problem-solving scenarios, generate innovative solutions, and make optimal decisions that add significant value to the client and consultancy.

Programme aims

The programme equips participants with:

  • Models to analyse problems and generate practical, creative solutions
  • Confidence to make well-informed judgements that lead to optimal decisions
  • Skills to present decisions with impact and gain agreement

Programme content

The programme includes:

  • Problems vs decisions – problem-solving and decision-making principles, and blockers to optimal problem-solving and decision-making
  • Decision-making – decision-making processes and thinking, whole brain thinking, and enhanced decision-making
  • Everyday problem-solving – efficient everyday problem-solving and developing solutions
  • Complex problem-solving – complex problem-solving techniques, identifying root cause, finding the ‘right’ information, and developing and evaluating solutions
  • Team decision-making – collaborative problem-solving and decision-making
  • Decision presentation – presenting decisions and proposals

Who is it for?

The programme is for senior consultants who need to solve complex problems and make informed decisions.

How is it delivered?

The programme is delivered in three formats:

  • A one-day in-person course
  • Four two-hour online modules
  • A blended approach combining in-person and online delivery