Categories: ISEB Project Management ,  ISEB Training

Certificate in Programme & Project Support Office Essentials

Introduction
Within our client base, the popularity of the Programme & Project Support Office has been growing rapidly for a number of years. This is not surprising; given the array of benefits the PPSO can bring to organisations carrying out multiple projects and/or programmes.
With a growing appreciation of the need to manage increasingly larger programmes and numbers of projects, the role of the Project and Programme Support Office team has itself expanded to become a significant force.

The British Computer Society’s Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) has no made qualifications available in this area and Xansa offers a range of high-quality training in support of candidates aiming to gain these qualifications. The foundation certificate is the first of these.

Who will benefit?
The course is primarily aimed at those wishing to gain a qualification in this important project management area. In addition, the course will be essential to: 
- Anyone who is new to PPSO work and will be working at a relatively junior level 
- Existing programme & project support personnel who need to increase their understanding of the potential of their role in order to ensure they provide the best possible support to their customers 
- Anyone wishing to gain the foundation or advanced qualification 
- Senior managers / project managers who wish to appreciate the benefits a fully developed PPSO will bring.

Course Content 
- The PPSO in context 
- PPSO services 
- Organisation 
- Programme & project planning 
- Estimating 
- Activity networks 
- Gantt charts 
- Resource planning 
- Programme & project monitoring and reporting 
- Exception situations 
- Management of risk  
- Business case 
- Configuration management & change control 
- Quality management 
- Supporting the management team 
- The course is delivered in an entertaining and 
- highly interactive manner with many real life 
- examples used to illustrate the subject. There 
- is a high degree of delegate participation, 
- examination preparation and practice.

Prerequisites
Candidates should have a basic working knowledge of IT.

Duration
This is a four-day course with the examination on day four.

Examinations
The foundation is a closed-book, one-hour multiple choice examination.

Accreditation
This course is accredited by the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB). ISEB is a division of the British Computer Society.