Creating Alliance Awareness - Fundamentals

The purpose of the workshop is to establish what an Alliance is and how they work, commercially, culturally and legally. The workshop is targeted to professionals who are unfamiliar with Alliancing or need to develop a high level understanding.

Objectives

• To inform participants of the fundamental aspects of Alliancing delivery methodology

• To give participants practical experience in the fundamentals through exercises

• To identify views, ideas and opportunities put forward by participants.

Who should attend?

• Participants wishing to acquire a high level understanding of the nature of Alliances

• Prospective or current participants in project or program Alliances at any level

• Prospective or current stakeholders in Alliances from other business areas such as HR, Finance, Commercial or Government Treasury or Audit Offices

• Prospective or current participants in other forms of Alliancing such as service Alliances or strategic Alliances

• Prospective Alliance participants from overseas.

Benefits

Participants will gain a fundamental conceptual understanding of the key terms used in Alliancing and of the life cycle stages of a project/program Alliance.

Course Overview

General Overview on Alliances

• Introduction to the Alliance methodology and how it differs from other types of contracting structures

• Overview of the main types of Alliances and main characteristics: project, program, services

• Examples of Alliance applications.

Project-based Alliance specifics

• Introduction to the concept of project based Alliances

• Benefits, challenges, complexities and current issues

• Value For Money

• Key resources available and their role to Clients/NOP.

Alliancing Fundamentals