Course Description

Taking you from idea to delivery with clear governance, a live Project Initiation Document (PID), realistic budgeting and funding preparation, proportionate procurement, and robust delivery control.

You’ll learn how to engage residents, manage change so outcomes stick, and protect projects with simple risk and assurance tools - backed by ready-to-use templates. Ideal for clerks, councillors and working groups, especially as more is expected of our sector.

What’s Included

·        Set Up for Success: Establishing clear governance, roles, decision-gates and a project lifecycle.

·        Defining the Project: Turn ideas into a structured plan using a Project Initiation Document (PID), scope, outcomes and milestones.

·        Resources & Approach: Build realistic budgets and whole-life costs, identify funding routes, and choose the right delivery/procurement approach.

·        Delivery & Control: Manage timelines, contractors, quality, reporting and change control to keep projects on track and on budget.

·        Engagement & Change: Map stakeholders, plan consultation and communications, and manage adoption so the change “sticks”.

·        Risk & Assurance: Create risk, issue and decision controls, maintain an audit-ready project file, and future-proof delivery.