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Vol. XI Issue XI - November 2009
Project Management eJournal
PM CASE STUDY:
Supporting the next generation of school leaders
Introducing flexible programme and project management at the National College for School Leadership
By Bob Hendicott
Director, Moorhouse Consulting
UK
It’s a little known fact that around 25% of heads are aged 55 or over and will therefore retire over the next five years. So, who is responsible for finding and guiding the vital next generation of leaders? The National College for School Leadership (NCSL) was set up in 2000 by the Blair government, and its remit is to produce the next generation of quality school leaders by promoting and developing improved leadership skills across the education sector.
Based in Nottingham and with a staff of 250 nationwide, this ‘non departmental public body’ (NDPB) funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families offers its tens of thousands of customers a menu of personal development options that can be tailored to individual need. Training is flexible so it fits around individual school leaders’ preferred learning styles and commitments, and is provided by, currently, around twenty specialist training providers.
A flexible yet robust approach to managing programmes
NCSL was keen to use a programme and project management (PPM) approach to help manage its course content, infrastructure and procurement processes.
A successful approach needed to be flexible enough to encompass their many activities and initiatives, but also robust enough to provide standardised processes. Previous attempts to formalise procedures had been less than successful, so the question this time was - how do we make PPM ‘stick’?
About the Author
Bob Hendicott is a Director at Moorhouse Consulting in the UK, recently voted the Association of Project Management's 'Project Management Company of the Year'. He has many years of programme leadership and management consultancy experience and bases his style on a pragmatic blend of practical common sense and teamwork applied to tried and tested delivery frameworks. He has successfully supported a range of high profile and challenging programmes at the heart of central government and in a range of local authorities. For a period of 2 years he led all Moorhouse Consulting’s work in support of the National College for School Leadership. More recently his consulting activities have focused on the utilities and telecommunications sectors and he is currently supporting a portfolio of strategic out-sourcing programmes in BT. Bob works regularly at Board level but also particularly enjoys operating as part of joint delivery teams. He regards coaching and skills transfer as key elements of his consulting offering. Bob joined Moorhouse Consulting after five years with PA Consulting Group’s public sector practice. Prior to that he was a senior Army officer and brings 25 years’ practical experience of delivering complex programmes and projects as a military engineer supporting intervention operations across the globe. He holds a number of consultancy and programme management accreditations and is also a Chartered Director. www.moorhouseconsulting.com
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