About the Program
This program was formerly known as “Project Initiation”. While the program has been renamed, the content and focus of the program remains the same. This program is part of the Certificate in Complex Project & Procurement Leadership and may be taken as part of the certificate program or on a stand-alone basis. Please visit the main page for the Certificate in Complex Project & Procurement Leadership for more information.
A successful project depends on proper analysis and planning in the early and key phase of project initiation. This three-day module will provide an overview of the process to develop the initial scope and high-level requirements for a project. Participants will learn strategic options analysis techniques, foundational elements of acquisitions strategies, complex procurement principles and tools for engagement with supplier communities and the principles of agile procurement. Acquisitions strategies will encompass the linkages between performance-based procurement, remuneration strategies, contractual relationships and project implementation risks, including sustainment and in-service support. The module will also identify important stakeholder engagement strategies. Industry participants will gain an understanding and perspective of how to interact effectively with the government from project initiation to contractual approval and project implementation.
Who Should Attend?
Senior military and Public Service leaders and industry executives who have or will have responsibility to lead and manage the planning and implementation of medium to large programs. It will be of particular benefit to newcomers to Ottawa and those with less previous experience with the processes and stakeholders involved with major Government funded investments.
What You Will Learn
- Key fundamentals to project success and how that success is shaped, for good or otherwise, by key early decisions.
- An understanding of acquisitions strategies, procurement options analysis factors, opportunities for industry engagement and risk analysis.
- An understanding of the impact of contractual relationships and remuneration strategies on implementation risks.
Program Takeaways
- How to position the project for success through careful initial planning and assessment of strategic options.
- How to identify acquisitions strategies, and correlate them with procurement strategies and plans.
- How to engage with industry and develop a winning procurement and contracting approach, inclusive of sustainment and in-service support.
- How and when to engage key stakeholders.
Program Facilitators
Dan Ross
Facilitator
Dan Ross
Facilitator
Dan Ross brings over 40 years of experience as a military leader, senior public service officer and teacher.
He holds a BSc in mathematics from the University of Saskatchewan and is a graduate of the National Defence College, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College and the Land Force Command and Staff College.
He commanded the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and Land Force Western Area. In the rank of Colonel, he served three Chiefs of Defence Staff as Executive Assistant. In the rank of Brigadier-General, he served as the deputy Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister for three years. From 2002 to 2012 he served as an Assistant Deputy Minister with Public Works and Government Services Canada and National Defence, the last seven as Assistant Deputy Minister Materiel where he led eleven multi-billion-dollar defence programs through to Government Approval. In 2010, he was awarded the Head of the Public Service Award for Management Excellence.
He currently delivers a 20-day Certificate in Complex Project and Procurement Leadership at the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa. He is also a visiting professor to the Masters of Business in Complex Project Leadership at Telfer.
Mariette Fyfe-Fortin
Facilitator
Mariette Fyfe-Fortin
Facilitator
A dynamic leader with proven ability to transform vision into action and deliver targeted results, Mariette Fyfe-Fortin is recognized for her leadership of government business transformations and change management initiatives, complex project procurements, and services delivery in sectors ranging from acquisitions/procurement, corporate services, information management, to real property management. Retired from the Canadian Commercial Corporation as Vice-President, Strategy and Organizational Development (2009-14), she oversaw the corporation’s strategic planning, managed government relations and communications, and corporate services. Supporting the President and the Board of Directors, she acquired unique perspectives in corporate governance, investment management, business development and capture, and legal risk management. While in tenure, Mariette was also a member of the Clerk of the Privy Council Assistant Deputy Minister Learning Advisory Committee from 2012 to 2014, dedicated to the development and implementation of the learning and continuous development for Assistant Deputy Ministers and equivalent positions across the federal public service.
Most recently Mariette has participated in the development and taught at the University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management in the Complex Project and Procurement Certificate program (2015-19). She holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Université de Montréal (1978) and has accessed the executive cadre through the federal government Career Assignment Program (1993).
Details
- Registration
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Please note that participation in this program requires the completion of two (2) courses as prerequisites: Government & Industry Processes & Stakeholder Engagement and Systems Thinking. If you have completed the prerequisites and wish to register for this program, please email us.
Registration for this module will open in Fall of 2021. If you are looking to register, please contact us at executiveprograms@telfer.uottawa.ca to be notified when registration is open.
- Virtual Program
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Cohort 13: November 29 - December 3, 2021
Cohort 14: December 6-10, 2021
- Fee
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$2,550 + HST
Cancellation & Payment Policy
- More Information
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executiveprograms
@telfer.uOttawa.ca
613-562-5921
- Location
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Telfer School of Management
Centre for Executive Leadership
99 Bank Street, Suite 200
Ottawa ON K1P 6B9
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