Training
Project controls training, built by practitioners.
Small cohorts. UK conventions. Named instructors with live-programme experience. Certificates that verify. No textbook teachers.
Who it is for
Built for people doing the work — not people writing about it.
New planners
Moving from a graduate scheme or a related discipline into project controls.
QS and cost engineers
Strong on the commercial side; want the schedule-cost interface to stop being a mystery.
Risk managers
Confident on the qualitative side; want to model uncertainty in @Risk and present it credibly.
PMO managers and assurance leads
Need enough fluency to read a schedule, a QRA, an EV report — and call weak work.
Project and programme managers
Accountable for delivery; want to interpret controls outputs without becoming the planner yourself.
Whole PMOs
Want consistent, modern controls capability built across the team in one focused engagement.
Open courses
5 courses, four disciplines.
Every course is built by a practitioner who has lived on the programmes they teach. Open cohorts run by demand — register interest and we will bring the next cohort forward when there is quorum.
Schedule
FlagshipPrimavera P6 for Real Projects
A hands-on course that takes you from zero to confidently building, resourcing, and updating a P6 schedule on a live UK construction or infrastructure programme. Written and taught by practitioners who use P6 every week, not trainers who last touched a project in 2015.
- Format
- 4 × 3-hour live-online sessions over 2 weeks
- Price
- £895 / seat
- CPD
- 28 CPD hours (pending APM accreditation)
Schedule
MS Project and Planning Fundamentals
A practical two-session course for project managers, engineers and commercial leads who need to build, maintain or credibly challenge a schedule in Microsoft Project — without spending three months in planning school. Not a full-fat planner qualification; enough fluency to run the work yourself or to sharpen your questions to the people who do.
- Format
- 2 × 3-hour live-online sessions over 1 week
- Price
- £495 / seat
- CPD
- 10 CPD hours (pending APM accreditation)
Risk
FlagshipQuantitative Risk Analysis Practitioner
A complete, practitioner-level course in Quantitative Risk Analysis — from running the workshop that produces your inputs, through building a QSRA and QCRA in @Risk, to presenting results at board level. For people who need to own a QRA end to end, not just run the model.
- Format
- 5 × 3-hour live-online sessions over 2.5 weeks
- Price
- £1,395 / seat
- CPD
- 35 CPD hours (pending ACostE / APM accreditation)
Cost
FlagshipCost Management & Earned Value
A five-session practitioner course covering the complete cost lifecycle: building a credible estimate to the AACE class framework, structuring it as a Performance Measurement Baseline, and running Earned Value Management through delivery. For people who own cost numbers and need to defend them.
- Format
- 5 × 3-hour live-online sessions over 2.5 weeks
- Price
- £1,195 / seat
- CPD
- 35 CPD hours (pending ACostE / APM accreditation)
Cross-discipline
Project Controls for Project Managers
A single-day course for project managers and programme directors who receive project controls outputs and need to know whether they’re being handed something credible or something that’s been dressed up to look credible. Not enough to do the work yourself — enough to grade it.
- Format
- 1-day intensive — 3 × 2-hour sessions with breaks (can be split across two half-days)
- Price
- £495 / seat
- CPD
- 6 CPD hours (pending APM accreditation)
Every confirmed cohort includes access to the SOMA learner portal — pre-read materials, exercises, knowledge checks, certificates and the recording of the post-course clinic. The portal is in early build; enrolled learners receive an invitation when their cohort opens.
Brochure pack
Take all 5 brochures away in one zip.
One PDF per course — full syllabus, what is included, and the at-a-glance facts. Useful for procurement, L&D, or anyone shortlisting training across a team.
In-house
Train your whole PMO in a month, on your real programmes.
Bespoke programmes for a single client team — scoped to your toolchain, your standards, your projects. Typical engagement 2–5 days, 6–30 students, priced by day rate.
Indicative £1,500–£2,500 / instructor-day plus preparation. Every engagement starts with a scoping call to understand what you need before we price it.
Talk about in-house training1:1 Mentoring
For senior practitioners moving into controls leadership.
Monthly 90-minute sessions, async access between sessions, quarterly review. Monthly retainer of £400–£750 depending on scope.
Book a 15-minute discovery call →Why SOMA
The difference, in one table.
| Angle | US online providers | SOMA |
|---|---|---|
| Geography | US-centric conventions | UK conventions — SCL Protocol, NEC, CESMM |
| Accreditation | PMI CEUs | ACostE + APM CPD (UK-relevant) |
| Instructors | Mixed; often corporate trainers | UK practitioners with live programme scars |
| Cohort size | Often 50+ or self-paced | ≤ 12 (visibility + interaction) |
| Case material | Generic | UK infrastructure, real projects |
| Post-course | Limited | Follow-up clinic included; async access |
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Want to talk about training your team?
Tell us the shape of your programme and your team's level. We will come back with a recommendation that fits — open course, in-house, or a mix.