In this practical 1-day course (or 4 x 2-hour sessions), you will assess the impact and implications of projects, examine approaches to planning and managing projects, and recognise the challenges of organisational change and the methods to manage, achieve and maintain it. Choose the short course on its own, or add the optional CIPS L5M8 exam to earn 6 credits towards the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Description
Are your procurement projects and changes stalling because of resistance or poor planning?
In this practical 1-day course (or 4 x 2-hour sessions), you will assess the impact and implications of projects, examine approaches to planning and managing projects, and recognise the challenges of organisational change and the methods to manage, achieve and maintain it.
The speed of development and the drive for maintaining organisational competitiveness mean that change is inevitable in the modern workplace. As you work and manage in your organisation, you will be expected to deal with change initiatives and manage the projects that result. You will recognise the wider environment in which you work and be prepared to apply the tools and techniques that lead to the successful management of projects and change.
Delivered by AcademyGlobal faculty who are experienced procurement practitioners and hold MCIPS or FCIPS qualifications, the course combines practical activities, group discussion and locally relevant examples drawn from the Australian and New Zealand procurement environment.
AcademyGlobal is Australia and New Zealand's first and only CIPS Centre of Excellence, recognising the quality of our CIPS teaching, learner support and study centre delivery.
Choose your learning pathway
Two pathways, depending on your goals.
Option 1: Short course
Build practical skills you can apply immediately in the workplace. Complete the course and receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion recognising your professional development. There is no requirement to become a CIPS member or sit an examination.
Option 2: Short course + CIPS exam
Build your skills and progress towards the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply. Complete the course and register for the official CIPS L5M8 exam. Pass the exam to earn 6 credits towards the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Eligibility: you need the CIPS Level 4 Diploma first.
What the course covers
• Aspects of projects, stakeholders and measures of success
• Supply chain relationships for projects, including sub-contractors and joint ventures
• Project resources and project life cycles
• Types of organisational change and the situations that lead to it
• Responses to change, including resistance and the change cycle
• Methods to manage, achieve and maintain change
• Corporate governance structures for projects
• Project objectives and the balance between cost, quality and time
• Managing risks for projects, including risk registers
• Planning methodologies, including critical path, PERT and Gantt charts
What you will be able to do
By the end of the day, you will be able to:
• Analyse aspects of projects in organisations and their project life cycles
• Evaluate the impact on supply chain relationships of undertaking projects
• Analyse the types of organisational change and situations that lead to it
• Evaluate organisational responses to change
• Analyse methods to manage, achieve and maintain change
• Analyse approaches to the management of risks for projects
• Critically compare methodologies for the planning of projects
Course format
• Duration: 1 day or 4 x 2-hour sessions
• Delivery: in person or virtual, with practical activities and group discussion
• CIPS module: L5M8 Project and Change Management (https://www.cips.org/qualifications/advanced-diploma-in-procurement-supply/project-and-change-management)
Fees
• Standalone short course: $475 incl. GST per participant
• CIPS pathway: $695 incl. GST (includes one year CIPS student membership)
• The CIPS exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees)
Assessment
Option 1: Short course. This option is for participants who wish to complete the training without undertaking a CIPS exam or other formal assessment. On completion of the course, you will receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion, confirming your participation in and completion of the training. This option does not include assessment, a CIPS examination or credits towards a CIPS qualification.
Option 2: Short course and CIPS exam. After completing the course, you can sit the CIPS L5M8 Objective Response (OR) exam during one of CIPS’ scheduled exam periods throughout the year (see the CIPS exam schedule: https://www.cips.org/students/exam-success/exam-schedules). A pass gives you 6 credits towards the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply. To sit the exam, you must first have achieved the CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply, which is the CIPS entry requirement for Level 5. This applies only if you choose to sit the exam. You do not need it to attend this course.
The exam is a computer-based Objective Response examination. Rather than writing extended or essay-style answers, you are presented with questions and select the correct response from a range of possible answers. The pass mark for Objective Response examinations is 70%.
Objective Response exams are held during designated CIPS examination periods. CIPS currently schedules exam periods five times each year, in March, May, July, September and November.
All CIPS examinations are computer based, and you can sit the exam through remote invigilation. This means you can undertake the examination from a suitable location such as your home or office, provided you meet CIPS’ technical and examination-environment requirements.
For a remotely invigilated exam, you will need an appropriate desktop or laptop computer, stable internet connection, webcam and suitable private examination environment. The examination itself is completed through CIPS’ computer-based TestReach platform while an approved remote invigilator supervises the examination. CIPS provides candidates with instructions and technical requirements ahead of the exam.
The exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (see the CIPS exam fees: https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees), and AcademyGlobal will take care of your exam registration and support you with the associated administration.
You must hold current CIPS membership to sit the examination. If you are not already a CIPS member, the CIPS exam pathway fee includes one year of CIPS student membership.
Exam format (objective response): you select a response from a list of possible answers. The exam is 1.5 hours long.
