One-Day Intensive Management Courses

Building the Business Case (RoI) for Geospatial Development Projects
Thursday 8th July, 2010; St Albans - £395

Managing Successful Geospatial Development Projects
Thursday 22nd July, 2010; St Albans - £395

All prices exclusive of VAT

Special Offer! Book both courses for £725

Hosted by ConsultingWhere
In today's economic climate, establishing the Return on Investment (RoI) in terms senior management understand is even more critical to getting your geospatial project approved. Once it is "off the ground" delivering it on time and to budget then becomes the focus.

Building the Business Case for Geospatial Development Projects

8th July 2010

"Excellent. So good I won't recommend it to my competitors." [Course feedback]

Geospatial development projects are often dogged by the inability to gain the attention of the Chief Executive and establish a Return on Investment (RoI) that convinces the Chief Financial Officer. In a tough economic climate, it is particularly important that any project that requires investment can show a very rapid return so as not to undermine already tight budgets.

This course introduces a "light touch" approach, providing attendees with a set of tools and techniques that they can take back to their organisations and apply quickly and effectively.

The course is designed for business analysts and project managers faced with the challenge of justifying investment in geospatial technology and projects.

Key Topics

• The concepts and language of business case development
• How to match geospatial applications with your organisation's key business drivers
• Modelling techniques to identify the business process changes to improve efficiency
• Cost and benefit assessment, including measurement principles for "intangible" factors
• Where to find case studies that provide evidence for Return on Investment on comparable projects
• Prioritising and evaluating of alternative options
• Crafting the executive presentation

Managing Successful Geospatial Development Projects

22nd July 2010

"I found the whole course useful and felt that there were key points from every session - that to me is always a winner. . . it was particularly useful to think about how GI projects differ from other projects and focusing on risks." [Course feedback]

The course is aimed at experienced project managers new to geospatial development and those managers with some familiarity of this type of development but who want to deepen their knowledge.

Key Topics

• The factors that make geospatial development projects different
• People - selecting and building the team, clear roles and responsibilities. Engaging the champion at the top
• Knowing the risks on geospatial projects and how to manage them
• Setting off in the right direction: 10 things to do at the start of the implementation
• Planning for change
• Courage and leadership - saying things management don't want to hear but also celebrating success
• What goes wrong - reasons for failure
• Understanding data - modelling, access, quality, maintenance, storage and management
• Recovering from setbacks - crisis management
• Monitoring and controlling progress - avoiding death by a thousand cuts

Presenters

The courses will be delivered by Andrew Coote and Les Rackham. Both have operated at senior management level within both private and public sector organisations and bring with them over 50 years experience of justifying and managing major projects within the geospatial industry. The approach will be informal and interactive with an emphasis on the practical and the sharing of experiences.

Venue

The course will be held at ConsultingWhere's offices at Redbourn near St. Albans, just north of London. There are convenient links to the M1 and M25 motorways, Luton airport and trains to the north and central London.

Fee

The fee for either of the one day courses including a buffet lunch and refreshments is £395.00 (exclusive of VAT).

Book for both courses and get a reduced rate. ConsultingWhere is able to offer a reduced rate of £725.00 (exclusive of VAT) if you enrol for both courses - normal rate for both courses £790.00 (exclusive of VAT).

Further information and enrolment

For further information and to enrol go to the ConsultingWhere training page. Email us at info@consultingwhere.com or telephone: Les Rackham +44 (0)1794 323797