Project Health Checks & Troubled Project Recovery Training Course

The Project Health Checks & Troubled Project Recovery Training Course equips project managers, program and portfolio managers, PMO professionals, sponsors, and senior leaders with the methods and skills needed to assess project health objectively, detect problems early, diagnose root causes, and lead the recovery of projects that are failing to meet their objectives. In government entities, ministries, public authorities, banks, healthcare systems, energy and utility companies, construction, infrastructure, and technology organizations, and large corporations, troubled projects consume disproportionate resources, delay services and benefits, damage stakeholder confidence, and can create significant financial and reputational exposure. The earlier problems are identified and addressed, the greater the chance of successful recovery. Troubled projects rarely fail suddenly. Warning signs such as repeated schedule slippage, growing scope, declining productivity, unresolved issues, rising change requests, weak sponsor engagement, team turnover, and deteriorating supplier relationships often appear long before failure is acknowledged. Yet status reports may continue to show positive ratings, stakeholders may avoid difficult conversations, and organizations may continue investing in the original plan because of sunk costs and optimism. When recovery is finally attempted, it may focus on symptoms rather than root causes, lack clear leadership and decision making, or be undermined by unrealistic new commitments. This course provides a structured and practical approach to project health checks and troubled project recovery. Participants learn the common causes of project distress, including unrealistic baselines, unclear requirements, weak governance and sponsorship, stakeholder misalignment, capability gaps, supplier problems, and technology risk, and how to recognize early warning indicators. The program covers health check frameworks and processes, including triggers, scope, terms of reference, evidence gathering through interviews and document review, quantitative analysis of schedule, cost, earned value, and trends, and assessment across strategy, business case, governance, stakeholders, scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, resources, commercial arrangements, and benefits. Participants then learn how to diagnose root causes, report findings candidly, and evaluate recovery options, including continuing with adjustments, re-planning, re-scoping, pausing, or stopping the project. The course also addresses developing and leading recovery plans, including stabilization, triage, governance reset, re-baselining, leadership and team changes, supplier and contract recovery, quick wins, stakeholder management and communication during recovery, rebuilding trust, monitoring recovery progress, and capturing lessons learned and establishing portfolio-level early warning and intervention protocols to prevent recurrence. The course is delivered through an interactive, application-focused approach with real-world case studies, early warning analysis, a simulated project health check, recovery decision workshops, and role plays for difficult stakeholder conversations. Participants leave with a project health check framework and assessment tool, an early warning indicator checklist, a health check interview guide, a root cause analysis template, a recovery options evaluation matrix, a recovery plan template, and a portfolio intervention protocol.