
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Overview of the techniques that help Seven Consulting successfully manage over $4 billion of programs each year for their clients. Hear from two of their most experienced practitioners and thought leaders about:
- Setting Projects Up for Success
- Program Controls
- Creating a Strong Program Culture
- Leading indicators
- Vendor Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Tips around Functional Streams

Declan Boylan
Founder, Seven Consulting
Declan Boylan founded Seven Consulting in 2002. Seven Consulting now delivers billions of dollars of transformation programs that range in size from <$1m to >$500m annually to 40 major organisations. Seven Consulting has achieved over 98% customer satisfaction and over 95% team satisfaction every year. Declan has personally delivered over 30 programs, including Netbank for CBA.

Rob Thomsett
Thought Leader, Seven Consulting
Rob has over 50 years of experience working with industry and commercial leaders and is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of modern project management in Australia. Rob has directed, developed, trained and supported numerous numbers of programs including the initial Project Management framework for the Australian Federal Government and Agile Project Management frameworks for major organisations globally. Rob has also published and is the author of 7 books, including Radical Project Management, The Real Benefits Workbook, The Team Toolkit, The Sponsor Guide, and The Essential Change Management Guide.
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COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 9:00AM – 9:30AM | Introduction |
| 9:30AM – 10:40AM | Session 1: Setting Up The Project Levers |
| 10:40AM – 11:10AM | Session 2: Agile V Waterfall |
| 11:10AM – 11:30AM | Break |
| 11:30AM – 12:50PM | Session 3: Governance Cycles, Upwards Management, and The New Role of Sponsors and Steering Committees |
| 12:50PM – 1:35PM | Lunch |
| 1:35PM – 2:45PM | Session 4: Scope Objectives & Scope Change Management and Benefits Realisation |
| 2:45PM – 3:00PM | Break |
| 3:00PM – 4:15PM | Session 5: Project Stakeholder Buy in and Engagement |
| 4:15PM – 4:45PM | Session 6: Quality Agreement |
DAY 2
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 9:00AM – 9:20AM | Recap |
| 9:20AM – 10:10AM | Session 7: Scheduling / Planning |
| 10:10AM – 10:30AM | Break |
| 10:30AM – 11:40AM | Session 8: Functional Testing, Quality Assurance and External Reviews, and Non-Functional Testing |
| 11:40AM – 12: 05PM | Session 9: Financials |
| 12:05PM – 12:50PM | Lunch |
| 12:50PM – 1:50PM | Session 10: Issue Risk and Assumption Management |
| 1:50PM – 3:10PM | Session 11: Implementation and Ops, Vendor Management, Change Management, and Data Migration |
| 3:10PM – 3:30PM | Break |
| 3:30PM – 3:50PM | Session 12: Prioritisation |
| 3:50PM – 4:30PM | Session 13: Project Culture and Motivating a Team |