Overview 

Strong project governance is key to delivering successful projects. 

On this course you’ll learn about project governance principles and how to apply them to your projects.

This course is designed to help business stakeholders and IT teams:

• Understand that strong governance is required on all projects. 
• Gain knowledge of pragmatic project governance that can be applied regardless of the project’s size or complexity.
• Implement governance in an Agile environment without impacting the effectiveness of this methodology.

This course covers the key principles of IT governance and demonstrates that governance is beneficial on all projects.

The course is taught by a Pathway IT expert with over 30 years’ experience delivering complex, business-critical projects that required strong governance. 

Course objectives

 The course aims to help you:

• Understand the principles of effective project governance.
• Develop knowledge that will allow you to implement pragmatic project governance across a range of projects.
• Use governance principles to align Agile delivery with your organisation’s strategic objectives.
• Understand the role of the project board in governance.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for anyone with an interest in IT governance and how it is used on projects or programmes. 

It will be valuable for project managers, business stakeholders, IT directors, programme managers, support teams, quality assurance managers, IT security teams, data managers, test teams or anyone involved in IT projects.

Learning outcomes 

At the end of the course you should:

• Have an understanding of the role of governance in projects, regardless of methodology.
• Understand the differences in governance on Waterfall and Agile projects.
• Have knowledge of escalation procedures within project governance.
• Understand that all projects require governance.
• Know how to implement governance on Agile projects.
• Understand ways to tailor your approach to ensure pragmatic governance on all projects.