Bring your team
A private cohort of up to 12 of your own people, on dates you choose, shaped around your organization’s work. Each delegate works toward the IM Professional Certification.
One person can’t carry information management for a whole organization
When one person holds the knowledge, every project waits for them – and in a large organization, people in different offices and regions often have their own understanding of how new ways of working should be put in place.
A closed cohort brings a group of your people through the pathway together. They build a shared understanding of how to make the case for managing information, using the same methods, and close working relationships with each other along the way. So the conversation with clients, colleagues and leadership doesn’t depend on one person any more.
A cohort built around your organization
Your People
Up to 12 delegates
Including up to four named people from outside your organization, such as a client or supply-chain partner.
Your Dates
A schedule that suits you
You choose the session dates and times, with the Kick-off Session within three months of purchase, subject to facilitator availability.
Your Context
Shaped to your business
Stakeholders, topics and worked examples can be shaped around the way your organization works.
Your Projects or Appointments
Real work, reflected on
Every Pathway Project looks at work your organization has completed. You can assign projects or appointments to get a cross-section of your work.
“I was completely surprised by how much work the team had put into redesigning the sessions specifically for us. Instead of generic information-provider-focused training, it felt like a customised workshop.”
Yi Lu, Digital Engineering Coordinator, KiwiRail
The same pathway, for your whole team
Five facilitated modules over 24 weeks, each ending in a four-hour live session, with a Pathway Project running alongside. Every live session is run by an experienced Operam Academy facilitator.
Module
1
Creating a Compelling Value Proposition
Weeks 1 to 4, live session in week 4
Build and deliver a value proposition for managing information, adapted to the stakeholders in front of you. You finish with a 5-minute pitch.
Module
2
Making the Seemingly Complex Simple
Weeks 5 to 8, live session in week 8
Explain the information management process to people who aren’t specialists. No jargon, and nothing distorted.
Module
3
Communicating Risk With Clarity
Weeks 9 to 12, live session in week 12
Use simple, structured techniques to map what could go wrong with information, why, and what stops it, then explain that to a project or business audience.
Module
4
Communicating the Need for Change
Weeks 13 to 16, live session in week 16
Make the case for change in 60 seconds. Then handle the resistance that follows, in a live role-play.
Module
5
Achieving Sustained Success
Weeks 17 to 20, live session in week 20
Work out what an organization needs in place to move from ad-hoc to repeatable, and draft a policy and a one-page plan for a pilot project.
Making the case internally
One fixed price for the whole cohort: £17,999 +VAT.
A verifiable digital credential for each delegate who completes, which doesn’t expire.
Evidence you can show auditors, clients and bid assessors: a team that holds the IM Professional Certification demonstrates your organization’s information management capability and capacity.
A money-back guarantee for the group after the first module.
Funding may be available: CITB-registered UK employers may be able to claim a grant, and employers in Ireland may be able to use CITA Skillnet.
The value doesn’t end at the Wrap-up Session. Every delegate produces a value proposition, a plain-language explainer and a reflective case study based on your own work. Your organization keeps them, and can reuse them for lessons learned and knowledge sharing long after the pathway.
How a closed cohort compares with an open cohort
| Open cohort | Closed cohort | |
|---|---|---|
| Dates and times | Set regional dates, published in advance | Dates and times you choose |
| Project or appointment for the Pathway Project | Each delegate’s own completed project or appointment, or a publicly documented project | A real-life project or appointment your organization has completed |
| Value proposition stakeholders | Realistic worked scenarios | Option: base activities on your real stakeholders |
| Explainer topics | Recognized good practice | Option: base activities on your internal standards, methods and procedures |
| Projects or appointments | Each delegate’s own projects or appointments | Option: choose which projects or appointments are used for the reflective case studies |
| Outputs | Each delegate’s own, to use in their work | Shared across your organization for lessons learned and knowledge sharing |
| Price | £1,799 +VAT per place | £17,999 +VAT per cohort of up to 12 |
These are options, not requirements. Configure as many or as few as you like, or go with the default options.
“It’s changed the way we provide our services and advise our clients. It lets us demonstrate capability and capacity, and ultimately helps us win projects.”
Glenn Jowett, Technical Director, Digital Engineering Advisory, Beca
Closed Cohort Private cohort
For up to 12 of your own people
£17,999+VAT per cohort
Included:
A private cohort of up to 12 delegates, including up to four named people from outside your organization
The five modules, the Pathway Project and every live session
Session dates and times you choose, and topics shaped to your business
12 months of Operam Academy NETWORK for each delegate from the Kick-off Session
On completion, the IM Professional Certification as a digital credential for each delegate
Not included: the IM Practitioner Certification, which each delegate needs by the Kick-off Session.
Satisfaction Guarantee for the group
After the Module 1 live session, your primary contact has 72 hours to decide, for the whole cohort. End the pathway and we’ll refund the closed-cohort price in full, or do nothing and the cohort continues.
Only the pathway price is refunded, not any associated licences or a separately bought subscription. Read the full guarantee terms
How it works
1
Enquire and tell us about your team and when you’d like to start.
2
Agree your dates and options, and nominate a cohort coordinator for scheduling and attendance.
3
Your cohort meets at the Kick-off Session. Until then, you can swap a delegate at no charge.
Enquire about a closed cohort
Tell us about your team and we’ll come back to you with dates and options. Or email sales@operamacademy.com.
The questions we’re asked most
Can people from outside our organization join?
Yes. Your cohort of up to 12 delegates can include up to four named people from outside your organization, such as a client or supply-chain partner.
How soon can we start?
The Kick-off Session needs to fall within three months of purchase. We’ll agree dates with you, subject to facilitator availability.
Can we change a delegate?
Yes. You can swap one delegate for another at no charge, up to the Kick-off Session, as long as they meet the prerequisite.
Does everyone need the IM Practitioner Certification?
Each delegate needs it, and the pre-pathway self-assessment, by the Kick-off Session to be awarded the IM Professional Certification. Your people can earn it through the IM Practitioner Track on any Licence, from INDIVIDUAL to ENTERPRISE. Compare licences
Can I get funding for this?
You may be able to. Operam Academy is CITB registered, so UK employers that pay the CITB levy may be able to claim grant funding. Employers in Ireland may be able to access funding through CITA Skillnet. If there’s another scheme you’d like to use, talk to us and we’ll look at it with you.
What if we don’t have 12?
A closed cohort needs a minimum of eight delegates, and we prefer an even number. Below 12, you have three options. Run the closed cohort with eight or more of your own people, at the same fixed price. Fill spare places with up to four named people from outside your organization, such as a client or supply-chain partner. Or, with fewer than eight people, book places on an open cohort instead, at £1,799 +VAT each, where they’ll learn alongside practitioners from other organizations. See the IM Professional Pathway
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