This course equips professionals with the essential skills and tools to confidently deliver complex projects from initiation to execution while managing stakeholders and change.
Overview:
This full-day course equips professionals with the core disciplines, tools, and behaviours required to deliver projects successfully in complex organisational environments. Blending proven project management frameworks with practical, real-world casework, participants will learn how to initiate, plan, govern, and execute projects with confidence, while managing stakeholders and change effectively.
Who Should Attend:
Project managers, programme leads, finance and operations leaders, transformation managers, and professionals responsible for delivering cross-functional initiatives.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the day, participants will be able to:
- Structure projects for clarity, control, and accountability
- Build robust plans that balance scope, time, cost, and quality
- Apply practical governance and risk management techniques
- Lead stakeholders and teams through delivery and change
- Identify and avoid the most common causes of project failure
Course Agenda:
- Foundations of Successful Project Delivery
- Planning for Control and Predictability
- Governance, Risk, and Assurance
- Stakeholder and Team Leadership
- Execution and Recovery
- From Learning to Application
Speaker: Waleed Saleem
Waleed is a seasoned transformation leader who partners with finance and operational teams to drive strategic impact and lasting change across organisations. With deep expertise in strategy development, operating model redesign, and automation through AI, Waleed brings a hands-on, pragmatic approach to transformation. He began his career at Deloitte, working across Audit and Strategic Consulting within Financial Services, before expanding his experience across Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Boutique Advisory.
What sets Waleed apart is his dual role working both in practice and as a trainer. This unique combination enables him to stay close to the real challenges organisations face, ensuring his advice and guidance remain grounded and relevant.