UK Armed Forces

Strengthening defence project delivery with accredited expertise, secure delivery and immersive learning.

Business Simulation, Project and Programme Management

Defence procurement organisation and major UK Armed Forces organisation – Project and Programme Management

Quanta has delivered Project and Programme Management (PPM) training to defence procurement organisation since 2015, and a major UK Armed Forces organisation since 2011. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of accredited PPM training, alongside business simulations and specialist programmes designed to strengthen project delivery capability across the defence sector.

The two organisations require accredited PPM training to meet government and military standards, ensuring their project managers have the skills, knowledge, and qualifications needed to deliver complex defence programmes effectively. They use structured learning pathways, incorporating qualifications such as MoP® and MoR®, to build capability aligned to organisational objectives and professional frameworks. To support this, they need a trusted training partner with security-cleared trainers who can deliver high-quality, contextualised training within the defence environment. Alongside accredited learning, they use experiential training solutions to address operational challenges, such as strengthening collaboration during organisational change and developing less experienced project managers through realistic, simulated project environments.

Why Quanta?

Both organisations choose us to deliver training because we bring proven experience, and having worked with both organisations over many years, have built strong partnerships with them founded on consistency, quality, and trust. We provide accredited, BPSS-cleared trainers who can operate confidently within high security environments. Our in-depth knowledge of both organisations and the wider defence sector enable us to tailor training to specific operational requirements, ensuring we deliver learning to project managers that is practical and relevant to their roles.

Delivering training within the defence sector presents unique challenges, including operating within security-sensitive environments and ensuring learning reflects the realities of military project delivery. We address these challenges through BPSS-cleared trainers, secure on-site delivery, and highly contextualised training that incorporates defence-specific examples and scenarios. This enables learners to discuss real-world challenges openly and confidently apply learning to their operational environments.

Solution

We deliver a comprehensive portfolio of accredited Project and Programme Management and technical IT (i.e. we deliver CompTIA Security+ at the defence procurement organisation), and experiential learning solutions to support capability development across both organisations, including:

  • PPM qualifications and frameworks: Management of Portfolios (MoP®), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®), Management of Risk (MoR®), Managing Benefits, Change Management, Earned Value Management, and the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
  • Experiential learning: We deliver experiential business simulations to address specific operational challenges. Within the defence procurement organisation, we use Heist! The Ultimate Team Collaboration Game to strengthen collaboration, communication, and team integration during organisational restructuring. Within the major UK Armed Forces organisation, we deliver Project Phoenix, enabling project managers to develop practical project delivery skills in a safe, simulated environment before applying them to live defence projects.

Innovations/new practices: Through our work with both organisations, we identified experiential learning as a highly effective way of embedding knowledge and developing practical capability. This led to the introduction of our business simulations, including Heist! The Ultimate Team Collaboration Game at the defence procurement organisation and Project Phoenix at the major UK Armed Forces organisation, providing delegates with engaging, hands-on learning experiences that reinforce key project delivery concepts in realistic scenarios. We also contextualise all training to reflect the defence environment, incorporating relevant examples, challenges, and case studies that enable learners to apply theory directly to their roles and the complex projects they support.

Impact

Our partnership with both organisations has delivered consistently strong outcomes, helping project managers build the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to manage complex defence programmes. The longevity of our relationships with both organisations is a clear indicator of success. Continued investment in our services and the expansion of training beyond core PPM qualifications into areas such as CompTIA Security+ and experiential learning demonstrate the trust placed in us and the value our training continues to deliver.

Trusted By

Training was excellent, our trainer, Tim Finch, was really knowledgeable and helpful. He tailored the course to suit our needs and could tell that he had a passion for the…
- Gareth Davies
The interactive activities were excellent, and really got people thinking about the Agile process.
- Richard Mitchell-Williams, NPower Ltd Rainton
Excellent and informative instruction. Pleased to see some intelligent use of the short time frame to use Agile to resolve our questions.
- Mark Wilson Ramsay, Jaguar Land Rover (Whitley)
The tutors were superb, and I learnt far more than expected, the way the training was tailored was excellent. It far exceeded my expectations.
- Mark Ellison, Jaguar Land Rover (Whitley)
Tim is a fantastic tutor and really brings the content to life. He made us all very relaxed about the next stage of the course.
- Isobel Walker, University Of Birmingham

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