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Programme and Portfolio Management

Running many projects at once is a different discipline from running one well, and the shift shows up in how benefits are tracked, how scarce specialists are allocated across competing initiatives, and how an organisation decides what to stop funding when the capital budget tightens partway through the year.

What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish the accountabilities of a project manager, programme manager and portfolio owner.
  • Structure a portfolio governance forum with clear mandates and escalation paths.
  • Score and rank candidate projects against strategy, capacity and available funding.
  • Define benefits and track their realisation well after project closure.
  • Allocate scarce technical skills across competing projects without stalling delivery.
  • Recommend when to pause, descope or terminate an initiative already under way.

Course outline

  1. 01From single projects to programmes and portfolios
  2. 02Portfolio governance structures and decision forums
  3. 03Prioritisation, scoring models and funding gates
  4. 04Benefits definition, measurement and realisation tracking
  5. 05Capacity planning and contested resource allocation
  6. 06Interdependencies, aggregated risk and programme reporting
  7. 07Pause, descope and closure decisions
  8. 08Public sector portfolio constraints under PFMA and MFMA

Who should attend

Programme managers, senior project managers, PMO heads, portfolio analysts and executives accountable for a body of capital or change projects. Relevant to public sector programme managers working within PFMA and MFMA requirements.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 21 Aug 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800
24 to 28 Aug 2026Pretoria5R18,000
31 Aug to 4 Sep 2026Cape Town5R18,000
14 to 18 Sep 2026Online5US$900
21 to 25 Sep 2026Mozambique5US$1,800
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Cairo5US$1,800
5 to 9 Oct 2026Accra5US$1,800
12 to 16 Oct 2026Lusaka5US$1,800
19 to 23 Oct 2026Kigali5US$1,800
26 to 30 Oct 2026Nairobi5US$1,800
2 to 6 Nov 2026Durban5R18,000
9 to 13 Nov 2026Johannesburg5R18,000
23 to 27 Nov 2026Mauritius5US$1,800
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Dubai5US$1,800
7 to 11 Dec 2026Lagos5US$1,800
14 to 18 Dec 2026Harare5US$1,800
21 to 25 Dec 2026Kampala5US$1,800

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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