• Canadean - Needle in a Haystack
• Microsoft - Interim programme and project professionals
• Vodafone – Training needs analysis leads to targeted development
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• Network Rail - Identifying training needs of 2000 project professionals
• MOD - Accrediting project managers
• Choosing the best project managers
• North Devon Council - Project management method implementation
• Oxfordshire County Council – Tailored PRINCE2® based training
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - Development of programme managers
• VT Group - Best practice training for a range of staff
• Nationwide – Tailored training leading to qualifications

The Challenge

Vodafone required a training needs analysis of three different groups of project staff within its UK business.  The objectives were to assist in steering individuals own professional development, to benchmark capability and to provide guidance on where to focus training investment.

The Solution

Provek was invited by Vodafone to deploy its leading PMA5 on-line assessment tool to 50 project staff  to first benchmark their project management capabilities against agreed standards and second to identify any training and development priorities.  Management reports were produced for each of the three groups of project staff comprising benchmarked results and recommendations.   Following acceptance of the recommendations, Provek was invited to design a two-day training intervention for project managers on specific topics.  This was delivered a number of times and received very positive feedback from delegates.

The Benefits

Vodafone achieved its objectives with key stakeholders and individual project staff fully engaged in the process and comfortable with the face validity of the detailed project management technical and behaviour assessment results.  The training provided the project managers with, in their own words, “practical, valuable and useful techniques that can all be applied in the office”.