GO FORTH Standard Courses
GO FORTH offer the following standard courses which are accredited by the ACostE:
- Project Management Specifics
- Understanding Project Controls
- Advanced Project Controls
These courses contain GO FORTH developed teaching and learning material that is accredited by the Association of Cost Engineers.
Project Management Specifics
GFM01 Strategy, Projects, Programmes and Portfolios
GFM02 Project Life Cycles
GFM03 Options Analysis, Selection and FID
GFM04 Project Objectives and Success Criteria
GFM05 Business Case, Sponsorship and Benefits
GFM06 Stakeholder Management
GFM07 Commercial and Procurement Management
GFM08 Requirements, Scope and Deliverables
GFM09 Governance and Project Management Plans
GFM10 Project Assurance
Understanding Project Controls
GFUC01 Understanding Project Controls
GFUC02 Understanding Breakdown Structures
GFUC03 Understanding Estimating
GFUC04 Understanding Planning and Scheduling
GFUC05 Understanding Cost Control
GFUC06 Understanding the Baseline
GFUC07 Understanding Progress and Performance
GFUC08 Understanding Risk and Change
Advanced Project Controls
GFAC01 Scope, Breakdown Structures, Deliverables
GFAC02 Estimating Practice
GFAC03 Commercial Support
GFAC04 Planning and Scheduling Practice
GFAC05 Budgeting and Cost Control
GFAC06 Budgets and Baseline Management
GFAC07 Physical Progress
GFAC08 Data, Variances, Performance and Forecasting
GFAC09 Advanced Statistical Analysis
GFAC10 Cost and Schedule Optimisation
GFAC11 Risk, Change and Issue Management
GFAC12 Ethical Reporting
GFAC13 Project Controls Plan
If you need Something New
If you don't see what you need in the GO FORTH standard modules, or need help to establish your requirements, GO FORTH would be pleased to work with you to provide what you are looking for.
About Shane Forth
Shane Forth FAPM FACostE - Principal Consultant
Over the course my 50-year career as a project controls leader in the oil and gas, nuclear, power, process, infrastructure, steel, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries, I have become an internationally acknowledged authority, formally recognised in 2023 with a global award for my lifetime contribution to project controls. I have consistently taken the lead as an early adopter and implementor of cutting-edge project control techniques. Since 2021, as GO FORTH, I help give people the skills to manage and control projects well and have delivered ECITB and other Project Controls short courses to 50+ ECITB in scope companies and 400+ delegates in the UK Engineering and Construction industry.
As past chair of the BCECA Project Control Managers Committee and a fellow of APM and ACostE, where I served two terms as Vice-President, my industry leadership, uniting groups and individuals, has reaped benefits for the project controls community such as higher professional recognition and apprenticeship programmes.
In 2012 I received the ECITB award for Outstanding Contribution in the Leadership of Training and development. I am considered an exceptional thought leader, known for sharing my knowledge and experience, speaking at prestigious international conferences. I have developed close relationships with academia as a visiting lecturer, and am consulting editor/author of the Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls.
Global Project Controls Lifetime Contribution Award 2023
Honoring Excellence in Project Controls. I was the recipient of the Global Project Controls Lifetime Contribution Award at the Project Controls Expo in November 2023, held at Wembley Stadium.
This award recognises my outstanding contribution and dedication to the Project Controls profession throughout my career and my lasting positive impact to the professional community and moving it forward. The award was presented to me by Professor Adam Boddison OBE, CEO of the Association for Project Management.
Benefits
GO FORTH provide a rich and high-quality interactive virtual learning environment. This replicates as closely as possible the physical classroom environment to provide all of the advantages of a structured virtual learning environment. The delegate experience is further enhanced by access within Microsoft Teams to a number of ‘apps’ specially selected by GO FORTH and integrated into the platform for:
- Whiteboards
- Quizzes
- Polls
- Breakout rooms
- Team exercises
- Individual assignments
- Workbooks
For optimum focus and participation of delegates, GO FORTH virtual delivery is based on:
- Minimum 4 and maximum 8 x attendees
- Between 4-5 hours teaching time/day
- Generous Comfort Breaks (to suit learner attention span)
Who GO FORTH work with
Industry
GO FORTH were awarded ECITB Approved Training Provider status for their project controls training courses in November 2020. Clients include almost 50 ECITB member companies in the following sectors:
- Oil & Gas
- Clean Energy
- Renewables
- Nuclear
- Pharmaceuticals
- Process
- Chemicals
- Rail
- Highways
- Defense
- Water
- Steel
- Manufacturing
- Hyperscale Date Centres
Academia
York St John University; Shane Forth was an External Panel Member for their BSc in Project Management and was talking head in eight video recordings associated with taught modules for their International Project Management MSc
London Metropolitan College; Shane Forth developed the Organisational Strategy Module for their BSc in Proj
York St John University; Shane Forth was an External Panel Member for their BSc in Project Management and was talking head in eight video recordings associated with taught modules for their International Project Management MSc
London Metropolitan College; Shane Forth developed the Organisational Strategy Module for their BSc in Project Management
University of Warwick; Shane Forth prepared and delivered a lecture entitled Difficulties in Cost Prediction of Construction Labour Hours for Major Projects for their Project Professionals Programme.
Manchester Metropolitan University; Shane Forth prepared and delivered interactive lectures with real world industry views of :
Project Scoping and Scheduling
Project Planning and Control
for their MSc Project Management and MSc Engineering Project Management
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships
Middlesbrough College of F.E.; Shane Forth developed the teaching and learning materials for and taught the full syllabus of the ECITB Level 3 Diploma in Project Controls Practice and Techniques (RFQ) consisting of 12 Qualification Units to two project controls apprenticeship cohorts.
Association of Cost Engineers; Shane Forth provided co
Middlesbrough College of F.E.; Shane Forth developed the teaching and learning materials for and taught the full syllabus of the ECITB Level 3 Diploma in Project Controls Practice and Techniques (RFQ) consisting of 12 Qualification Units to two project controls apprenticeship cohorts.
Association of Cost Engineers; Shane Forth provided consultancy services to the for Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship EPA. This involved the creation of a 'real world' project project case study and suite of related materials. 22 apprentices have since completed the End Point Assessment with the ACostE.
Projcon; Shane Forth provided Quality Assurance to for their Skills Assessment Reports (SARs) for the Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship and recommended and created new SARs for them. All work was completed to challenging deadlines.
CPM Scheduling for Construction
Best Practice and Guidelines
Published: January 2014
This authoritative guide builds on the work coordinated by the Scheduling Excellence Initiative (SEI), providing standardized best practices and guidelines for effective project scheduling in the construction industry.
The Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls
Edited by: Denis Lock Consulting Editor: Shane Forth Publisher: Routledge
Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts.
This book is a comprehensive guide to the procedures needed to ensure that projects will be delivered on time, to specification and within budget.
Eight expert contributors have combined their considerable talents to explain all aspects of project control from project conception to completion in an informative text, liberally supported where necessary by clear illustrations.
This handbook will benefit all project practitioners, including project managers and those working in project management offices. It will also provide an invaluable guide for students studying for higher degrees in project management and its associated disciplines.
20:20 Project Management
How to Deliver On Time, On Budget and On Spec
Published: October 2012
Delivering projects on time, on budget, and on specification, this practical reference captures insights from experienced professionals across multiple industries. A valuable companion for both aspiring and established project managers.