Dear All,
We are looking for some references about the implications of PM training, and specifically Risk Management related, on project success.
Highly appreciated if you could point me out to some relevant PM literature.
Thanks in advance,
Luis Saving Changes...
Great topic, Luis! I would expect that training by itself will be of limited value. Given the heavy emphasis on judgment and other soft skills to succeed in the profession, I'd suggest that while training has its place, relationship and experiential learning are more valuable to improve project outcomes as well as having the right "systems" (e.g. performance measurement, management support) in place.
Thanks for your input Kiron. I would like to add some further context. We are looking for compiling evidences of the positive implications related to PM training (and Project Risk Management specific) on project success. Outcome will be presented to a non-PM audience (e.g. Management) with man-power while approving budget and/or time allocation from different resources for PM training, and also for reinforcing some internal processes and workflows within our organization (it has been recognized by us that we have significant room for improvement on that). Strong references from our PM literature on this matter will be highly appreciated. Saving Changes...
Have you assessed what the non-PM audience already know and how they feel about Risk Management? It would be good to understand if they have specific concerns or frustrations due to past experiences before you get in front of them. Likewise, it would be helpful to know who your supporters would be.
There are a lot of articles about risk management on PMI.org, but I haven't seen any studies or reports that dig into the value of Risk Management training. I did find the following article tying risk management to strategic advantage:
You might consider that management is going to be more interested in the strategic value of improving risk management maturity than the tactical activities needed to make it work - talk about impact to dollar signs and the bottom line before you get into governance and processes. Saving Changes...
The challenge with any research is that it will be difficult to isolate the benefits to just the training. Risk management, like all PMBOK knowledge areas is affected by the system within which it operates and the quality of the inputs. Unless you can lock down the system and inputs and only introduce training, how will you prove that the training led to better outcomes?
Kiron Saving Changes...
Alan BergsmaDirector of Project Risk Management| ALB ConsultingParadise Point, Qld, Australia
If I was going to create that presentation, my first question would be why the audience should care.
Solution: explain the relevance through case studies.
You will inevitably flood them with information about what you've learned and why it will make their lives better. First set the stage with why they should care about listening to your road of discovery. Saving Changes...
Keith, Alan, Kiron, Aaron and all, thank you very much for your contributions on this matter. Some further context on this one: In the geographical area where I am currently working on, my organization has a small group of people helping with PM relevant tasks. Most the PM team members are accidental PMs, and several of them are performing a dual role, where the PM role is a secondary one for them, additionally they have never received a formal PM training. Our PM PKIs statistics are not too bad, still, there is room for improvement. As a team we are currently challenging our way of working for identifying opportunities for improvement. All the team members (about 15 in total) agreed that paying more attention to the PM training will help the team to perform even better. We are currently focused on the review of our project Risk Management practices review (which was the topic ranked by us as priority one). After compiling the results of our research, results will be summarized to the roles with decision-making power while approving budget for PM training. I have just googled this one, and for the time being I am planning to point to the info shared at https://iaeme.com/MasterAdmin/Journal_uplo...T_09_07_133.pdf and at https://edu.arrow.com/__Contents__/media/f...ining_2011.pdf. Thanks again to the community for the support provided so far on this one. Luis. Saving Changes...
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