OUR COURSES
A cornucopia of loveliness.
Our courses will always be machine-tooled to get your teams delivering better projects, every day. Every course is classroom-based for up to 12 participants. The courses are a mixture of straightforward training, combined with interactive exercises and group discussions around the topics. All our sessions are led by our fully house-trained project manager, Jeremy – you’ll be getting someone with nearly two decades of experience in project management. You can tell by the way he walks the walk*, he’s a project man, and loves to talk.
TRAIN THE TEAM
PRACTICAL PM EXPLORER
PRACTICAL PM ADVENTURER
PRACTICAL PM TRAILBLAZER
Equips your team with the fundamentals needed to work effectively in project management environments.
Course modules:
- The six key principles of project management
- How does it feel? Defining your project scope
- Who’s on the team? (And who isn’t.)
- Building your project schedule
Takes you deeper into project management, giving you the practical tools and confidence to run successful projects in any organisation.
Course modules same as Explorer, plus:
- What could go wrong? An introduction to risk management
- Your hidden weaponry: a project governance overview
- Talk to the plan: effective project communications
- Running the project: day-to-day project management skills
The full monty! Take your team to PM greatness with all of the fundamentals, the practical skills, and the deep dives into specific areas like cost management and risk, rounded off with a practical workshop. It really is outrageously good.
Course modules same as Adventurer, plus:
- All things change: managing issues and change
- How much?! Managing project costs
- Spinning plates: how to manage multiple projects
- Bringing it all together: a project management workshop
Includes:
- One day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- A sense of tremendous well-being
Includes:
- Two days of awesome training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The calm assuredness of someone who knows their shizzle
Includes:
- Three days of stupendous training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- Doors opening, lightbulbs going off and your confidence sparking!
PRACTICAL PORTFOLIOS
For portfolio managers at all levels of experience who are looking to enhance their capability in managing multiple projects and programmes within their portfolio.
Course modules:
- The Six Key Principles of Project Management
- Spinning plates: managing multiple projects
- Occasional change management and dealing with stakeholders
- Talk to the plan: effective project communications
- Portfolio governance: your hidden weaponry
- Risk management: back to basics
- Sponsorship, benefits management and delivering the strategy
- Day-to-day portfolio management and leadership
Includes:
- Two days of awesome training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The skills to spin those plates like a boss
£3,560 + VAT
FOCUS IN ON...
EFFECTIVE PROJECT SPONSORS
PRACTICAL PROJECT PLANNING
CRACKING BUSINESS CASES
Understanding how to approach a project from the perspective of the project sponsor, your specific accountabilities and how to work brilliantly with your PM.
Course modules:
- The six key principles of project management (sponsor’s cut)
- The role of the project sponsor
Includes:
- Half a day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The confidence to be a fantastic sponsor
Gain a high-level overview of the techniques used to build and manage a robust and credible project schedule.
Course modules:
- The best laid plans: building your project schedule
- Talk to the plan: effective project communications
Includes:
- Half a day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The knowledge that you are a bad-ass project planner
We look at the purpose, structure and content of a Business Case, and provide practical tips and examples of how to write really compelling Business Cases.
Course modules:
- The Business Case in context
- What a Business Case isn’t
- Ownership and contents of a Business Case
- Writing great business cases
Includes:
- Half a day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The skills to write a powerful Business Case
PROJECT RISKS
We cover the core principles including identifying, scoring and prioritising risks, as well as strategies for mitigating risks on projects.
Course modules:
- What could go wrong? An introduction to risk management
- Risky business: incorporating risk into your costs, schedules and reporting
Includes:
- Half a day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- That warm cup of Horlicks feeling that your risks are all in order
£1,050 + VAT
ONLINE COURSES
PRACTICAL PROJECTS
EFFECTIVE PROJECT SPONSORS
DEC 2025 COHORT!
A terrific online course for up to 8 people that teaches you a whole bunch of lovely practical ways to ensure your projects get delivered! The course is delivered over four and a half hours, spread over two weeks. Beautiful.
Course modules:
- Key principles of project management
- Scoping a project
- Who’s on the team? (and who isn’t)
- Creating your project plan
Includes:
- One day of amazing training, course materials and lesson notes
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The joy of learning something new while wearing your slippers
Understanding how to approach a project from the perspective of the project sponsor, your specific accountabilities and how to work brilliantly with your PM. This is an on-demand self-paced online course.
Course modules:
- How to run a Steering Group
- The Sponsor/Project Manager relationship
- Working with your PM
- Reading project reports
- What does a good sponsor look like?
Includes:
- 29 bite-sized videos – dip in and out at your own pace, or smash through the lot in a oner
- Course completion certificate and digital badge (for showing off)
- The warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you’re going to smash your next sponsorship gig
By the by… all of these courses are subject to our Terms and Conditions. So, please do take a look at those.
* seriously, though. How good are Pomplamoose?