All strands of governance must align to drive project investment, initiation, monitoring and optimum benefit realisation.
About the Spring School
The latest in the highly successful BCS Project Management Group’s Spring Schools series over 4 weeks focuses on Making Governance Work.
Speaker
Nick Dobson, CITI
Agenda
6:30pm - Intro & announcements
6:40pm - Talks commence
8:00pm - Talks conclude with (optionally) post-event networking
9:00pm - Building closes
Synopsis
This participative presentation and discussion-based session will bridge the gap between the theoretical (and often fictional) activity of planning and mapping benefits and the actual attainment of real value by the organisation.
Whilst the project and its manager cannot be held accountable for benefits focus will hinge on what their responsibilities, in this area, really need to be. More importantly, perhaps, are the answers to the question of who else and what else needs to be brought into play, beyond the project team, in making benefits really happen?
Much of the discussion is therefore likely to hinge on the roles of the sponsor, senior user, change agent, operational user and client. What strategies (force majeure, marketing, engagement) prove more effective in which situations, to embed the changes will also, likely, be a rich vein of discussion.
Followed by a panel session with all speakers.
About the speaker
Nick Dobson has been a practitioner, consultant, and educator in project and programme management for forty years. His experience ranges from large built-environment programmes to modest business change initiatives – and everything in between. Early in his career Nick was steeped in a culture and processes that demanded outcome orientation from the word go. This prompted an early recognition that the only impetus for change is to improve on the current position, this resulted in impacts and, particularly, benefits, becoming a career-long area of interest and focus.
Spring School Sessions
Week 1 - Setting the scene, project organising for IT projects
Week 2 - Achieving robust IT project governance for the organisation: Governance is people and people shape governance - both aspects must be understood to achieve IT project success
Week 3 - Governance in practice: top-down and bottom-up oversight from concept to live operation
Ticket costs
(Prices stated are inclusive of fees, and VAT will be added.)
Tickets give you access to all four weekly sessions. The slides and recordings will be available only to attendees.
Venue tickets:
- BCS members: £45.00
- Non-members: £90.00
- Students / Unwaged: £22.00
Online tickets:
- BCS members: £20.00
- Non-members: £40.00
- Students / Unwaged: £12.00
Refunds/cancellations
A refund, excluding fees, will be issued if a cancellation request is received within 14 days of the booking date or by noon on Thursday, 26 February 2026; otherwise, name substitutions will be allowed after this date.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. Join BCS today
Please note: if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk, and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.
If you are attending in person, please familiarise yourself with the Visitor Instructions for the BCS London Office.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is brought to you by: Project Management specialist group (PROMS-G)
