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Description

Training Project Manager: Designing, Steering and Evaluating a Learning Project

Turn a vague training request into a scoped, budgeted programme evaluated on its real impact

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

A training request rarely arrives expressed in terms of skills: it comes as a catalogue order to be placed or as the response to an incident. The project then starts with no needs analysis, no evaluation criteria and no commitment from managers. Sessions take place and then nothing changes in day-to-day practice.

These two days structure the management of a learning project from analysing the request through to measuring its effects. Scoping the need, selecting delivery formats, drafting the specification, choosing providers, steering the roll-out and designing the evaluation framework are addressed in sequence. Each participant works on a live project.

Learning objectives

  • Analyse a training request and translate it into a skills need
  • Define learning objectives and the expected evaluation criteria
  • Select delivery formats suited to the target workplace situations
  • Draft a specification and select providers
  • Steer the roll-out and the budget of the programme
  • Measure the effects of training on professional practice

What makes this programme different

Each participant works on a live project from their own organisation throughout the two days
A complete specification is drafted and then reviewed critically by the group
The evaluation framework is built before content is selected

Programme

1Analysing the Request and Scoping the Project

From symptom to skills need

  • Clarification interview with the sponsor
  • Distinguishing the stated request from the actual need
  • Identifying the workplace situations concerned
  • Formalising the scoping note and the stakeholders to involve

2Designing the Programme

Choosing formats before content

  • Writing observable learning objectives
  • Choosing between in-person, virtual and workplace-based learning situations
  • Sequencing modules and setting the overall duration
  • Taking account of scheduling and accessibility constraints
  • Defining the evaluation framework from the design stage

3Sourcing and Organising

Specification and provider selection

  • Structure of a training specification
  • Criteria for comparing the proposals received
  • Negotiating and contracting with the selected provider
  • Project budget and available funding sources
  • Logistics, invitations and administrative follow-up

4Steering, Rolling Out and Evaluating

Measuring more than satisfaction

  • Dashboard for tracking the roll-out
  • Involving managers before and after the training
  • Evaluation levels and associated indicators
  • Gathering evidence of effects on professional practice
  • Project review and report back to the sponsor

Who is it for

Learning and development managers and officers, human resources professionals and managers responsible for leading a skills development project.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.