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Friday 18 July 2014

Prism PMA: new service to develop highly-competent project managers

A new service launching by Prism Project Management Associates this September claims to develop greater P3M competence and professionalism in project managers.

Director Jan Underdown said: “P3M (project, programme and portfolio) competence is the key to your organisation achieving its strategic objectives.

“Our claim to improve competence is based on this premise – it’s not knowing about project management that counts, but the ability to do it. A knowledge-based qualification may provide a foundation – but it’s not enough to equip for action. Focussed competence-based training fills the ‘knowing–doing’ gap and will provide your company with a return on your training investment.”

Prism will launch with the following suite of services: Competence-based training, coaching/mentoring, competence assessment tools, behavioural assessment, resources for project managers, career path development, project life cycle development and project health checks.

Services and products are available for both individual project/programme/portfolio managers and organisations with a portfolio of change initiatives.

Jan said: “All our services and products enable experimental learning within a safe environment for the development of practical experience. These development forums provide project managers with the skills and confidence to give organisations real benefits, as well as a return on their investment.

“There are plenty of benefits to organisations and individuals, especially a better return on training investment, enhanced project team members’ core skills, greater mobility between projects, increasing an organisation’s capacity and the development of a competent and capable project management team.”

Jan has 25 years’ experience developing project managers and specialises in the design and development of innovative P3M programmes – using facilitated workshops, coaching, mentoring and 'train the trainer' programmes to embed best practices and ensure onward sustainability.