Introducing ICS-TRAINING
What ICS-Training Is All About
Whereas ICS-Institute’s Construction PTM educational programs target specific individuals who would apply acquired knowledge to specific projects, ICS-Training adopts a much broader perspective. For one, its target customer is the construction Owner or Contractor organization, not the individual. For another, its range of products and services are intended for multi-project application, at the corporate or program level.
Think of ICS-Institute as providing “canned” Construction PTM content, whereas ICS-Training provides customized, made-to-order Construction PTM training programs. Most often, these are presented at the client’s facility, in person, or via web-based training.
Most customized training programs are part of a more-encompassing Construction PTM Process Development/Improvement program conducted by ICS-Consulting. Quite often, we are retained to study how things are currently done, and then make recommendations on how they might be improved. Once these changes are approved by the client, we then develop training content meant to bring staff up to speed on the new processes.
Why ICS-Training Was Created
Construction Project Time Management is far more than just construction planning and scheduling, as we have stated repeatedly. In fact, it has taken us four courses to properly explain it for benefit of Owners and Contractors of construction projects in North America.
The best way to explain why we established ICS-Training is to make passing reference to the four core courses that comprise ICS-Institute’s academic programs of Construction PTM and then ask you: where else have you seen a similarly comprehensive treatment of a subject so critical to successful Construction Project Management?
To repeat, here are the four courses:
Whom ICS-Training Is Intended to Serve
Because not everyone has time, patience, or energy to plow through four courses, ICS-Training also offers several had-hitting seminars meant to expand the broader understanding of Construction PTM. These seminars are aimed at the prime consumers and providers of Construction PTM products and services.
While we struggle to keep our seminars professional, entertaining, and engaging, we admit to having smashed the mold with our Straight Talk series. This series of half-day seminars are designed to forego political correctness and boldly inform the emperor that he is naked!
Let’s face it: Knowing what works, and what doesn’t work, translates into a richer bottom line, and Projects that run more efficiently, with less conflict, and a positive track-record:
How ICS-Training Is Organized and Functions
Because not everyone has time, patience, or energy to plow through four courses, ICS-Training also offers several had-hitting seminars meant to expand the broader understanding of Construction PTM. These seminars are aimed at the prime consumers and providers of Construction PTM products and services.
ICS-Training’s key feature is its tailored approach to training. Our process, therefore, begins with candid discussions that probe the client’s informational needs and wants. Sometimes they just want basic Construction PTM training. Often, our pre-developed programs at ICS-Institute are more than sufficient.
But other times, the client wants tailored training that interweaves their unique “way of doing business,” including terminology, processes, and even specific project details. Based on the client’s wishes, we design and deliver customized training at the location of the client’s choosing. We also offer our Straight Talk Series when requested.