Advanced Project Management: Monitoring, Evaluation and Performance Control

Advanced Project Management training course provides professionals with the advanced skills to ensure every project component functions cohesively and delivers the intended outcomes. Even small disruptions can lead to delays, increased costs, and stakeholder dissatisfaction. This training course strengthens participants’ ability to manage complexity, monitor performance, evaluate progress, and maintain effective control throughout the project lifecycle.

Through this training course, participants gain a deeper understanding of how to establish baselines, define success criteria, align projects with strategic objectives, and identify meaningful performance indicators. As projects transition into execution, project leaders must apply the right mix of analytical tools, structured controls, sound judgement, and interpersonal skills to keep teams aligned, respond to changing priorities, and ensure deliverables remain on track.

This Advanced Project Management training course also emphasises the importance of leadership behaviours such as communication, negotiation, influence, and stakeholder management. These capabilities complement technical project management methods, enabling project managers to make informed decisions, address risks proactively, manage competing expectations, guide team performance, and maintain transparent reporting mechanisms from initiation to closure. By combining strategic thinking with practical project management discipline, professionals can strengthen project governance, improve decision-making, and contribute more effectively to successful business outcomes.

This advanced project management training course equips participants with the knowledge, tools and practical techniques needed to plan, monitor, measure, and control project performance effectively. It combines structured project management practices with strategic thinking, leadership, stakeholder management, and performance analysis to support successful project delivery and business outcomes

By the end of this Advanced Project Management training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how projects originate, initiate, and align with organisational strategy and business objectives
• Establish clear project baselines, KPIs, success criteria, and performance measures
• Apply structured planning processes, analytical tools, and risk-focused techniques to manage project complexity
• Analyse project performance, identify emerging issues, and make informed decisions to maintain delivery momentum
• Lead and influence stakeholders to build commitment, manage expectations, and support successful project delivery
• Recognise team dynamics and apply effective approaches to develop high-performing project teams
• Develop dashboards and scorecards that provide clear, timely, and meaningful project performance information
• Apply earned value management techniques to measure performance, forecast outcomes, and communicate project status
• Strengthen project governance and performance controls throughout the project lifecycle
• Respond proactively to risks, changing priorities, and performance challenges to improve project outcomes

This training course is designed for professionals involved in managing, supporting, or contributing to projects who want to strengthen their monitoring, evaluation, and performance control capabilities.

This Advanced Project Management training course is especially beneficial for:

• Project Managers and Team Leaders
• Project Technical Leads and Workstream Leaders
• PMO staff responsible for oversight and reporting
• Project Sponsors and Owners involved in key decisions
• Business functional managers engaged in project delivery
• Individuals seeking to enhance project monitoring and evaluation skills

This Advanced Project Management Training Course is delivered using interactive, practical, and experience‑based learning methods. Participants work through real project scenarios, applying structured tools and leadership techniques to strengthen their monitoring and control capabilities.

Participants will engage in:

• Case studies based on real project environments
• Diagnostic self‑assessments to identify strengths and development needs
• Role‑playing to practice communication, negotiation, and conflict handling
• Group discussions exploring practical applications of monitoring principles
• Exercises reinforcing planning, baselining, and earned value control

This blended approach ensures participants leave with both technical insights and leadership skills that can be applied immediately in their workplace.

• AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course