Assurance over GRC, Projects and Programmes: virtual sessions

Overview

Crucial to internal audit success is an audit team that can deliver value adding audits in an efficient manner. This requires a good understanding of technical issues, but increasingly a range of softer skills. This course delivers a range of impactful events to help any audit team deliver to a higher level.

Target Audience

This course is for experienced auditors/audit managers and heads of audit, and will also be a valuable introduction to those involved in process excellence, working in IT, Health Safety & Environment and also Procurement and Project Management.

Course Objectives

You will learn:
• The fundamentals of success – benefits / functionality, cost/budget and timelines.
• How easy it is to get things wrong and why.
• Different project management frameworks – PMBOK, PMI, Prince II, Prince Lite, Agile.
• The importance of role clarity all the way up to a project steering group.
• Engaging 3rd parties/consultants and managing them.
• Being clear about your appetite for risk (in a practical way).
• How to obtain assurances at different stages of a project and what constitutes good assurance.
• How to focus on what’s most important – to see the wood from the trees.

75% will be key tools and techniques and 25% practical issues/actions / solutions of those attending.

Timing

17/06: 09.00-17.00

Comments

o Very informative – many thanks

o James have lots of really interesting and useful examples

o Really good overview and great tools, ideas and examples to take away. I really enjoyed it and want to learn more

o James was fantastic. I would certainly recommend courses by him to other colleagues.

o James has a very engaging delivery method.

o James has a very good delivery style and keeps you engaged on the topic being presented. He is also very good at relating to individuals and getting points of understanding.

o Good pace and discussion

o The delivery was really excellent