Case: The municipality that wanted to make better use of project management training
The management of the large Swedish municipality has had project management training for its staff since 1996. About four years ago it decided to change the course provider. They wanted more control over training themselves, and have a stronger link between training content and existing practices. The course would be directly useful in work – the course binder would not end up on the shelf.
In PlanB, the municipality found a partner who customized a training program for the organization’s project managers and project members. PlanB learned the language of the organization’s projects and developed the course material from it.
- People are satisfied with the training. Now when we run training in-house, we have more control than before. In addition, it is cheaper than outsourcing the entire course, says the development manager at the organization.
The course participants develop their ability to run projects, while the specific projects they are sitting with is further developed. Course participants will develop together and make suggestions on how the entire operation can be improved to better support the projects. Parallel to the PlanB training, the organization itself has evolved and has developed a new project support system.
One of the advantages of PlanB’s flexibility is that the administration has great potential to act on the evaluations made after the end of the course. The management and PlanB work out changes, which can be radical from time to time. In this way the municipality ensures to get the best possible education based on the real conditions, and evaluation scores range from high to higher.
- PlanB adapts to our needs. They are flexible and sympathetic, and they have no fixed agenda that they follow – they can change everything.
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