Training that builds capability, not just attendance.
Every BRISK program starts with a question about performance, not a course outline. We assess where your people are, define where they need to be, and design learning that closes that gap, then we measure whether it did. As a PMI® Authorized Training Partner at the Premium level, we build every program on global standards and tailor it to your organization, your sector, and your language.
One Framework, Three Levels
An integrated human development framework
Strategy only becomes results when every level of the organization can play its part. We design learning for each level, so that what executives decide, managers can deliver and teams can execute.
Executive level — Are we making the right strategic decisions? Coaching for the CxO suite on translating strategic objectives into executable initiatives, programs, and projects; rationalizing investment and capital across the organization; and keeping the portfolio aligned with the benefits it is meant to deliver.
Management level — Are our projects producing the results we anticipate? Development for middle management on driving execution through standardized processes, aligning governance, integrating work planning and risk mitigation, reporting progress effectively, and turning outputs into outcomes and realized benefits.
Delivery level — Are we producing our deliverables the right way? Skills for the teams closest to the work: planning and controlling tasks, operations, and projects; measuring performance; taking corrective action; escalating and resolving issues and risks; and reporting accurately and on time.
Built on Global Standards
Competencies defined by PMI, applied to your context
We build our assessments and course material around PMI’s Project Manager Competency Development Framework, developing both the personal and the performance competencies that effective practitioners need across three dimensions: technical project management, leadership, and strategic and business management.
Our team members don’t just teach the standards; many of them helped write them, serving as subject matter experts and contributors to PMI’s standards for portfolio, program, and project management and to its practice guides.
Pull quote: Project management is both a science and an art. Participants leave with the tools (Gantt charts, PERT estimates, network diagrams, communication plans) and the judgment to use them (emotional intelligence, communication, leadership, interpersonal and coaching skills).
People at the Center
Because projects succeed through people
Stakeholder commitment naturally dips during execution. Our participants learn how to recognize that decline and rebuild buy-in by assuring teams of their peers’ capability and commitment, leading and motivating, making the personal benefit clear, and connecting everyday work to its impact on clients and community. The result is engaged, committed, and productive teams that carry projects through to their benefits.
How We Design a Program
It starts with a Training Needs Assessment
We use a standardized, proven Training Needs Assessment (TNA) to make sure every hour of training is aimed at a real performance gap.
- Design the sampling method. We build a sample that truly represents the wider population, developing and vetting alternatives before choosing one.
- Define the intended outcomes. We document the skills and capacities you envision and break them into smaller, measurable components.
- Perform the gap analysis. We assess personal and performance competencies against current and future job profiles through HR records, interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires.
- Develop the competency framework. Based on the findings, we define the professional and personal competencies that matter for each role, and deliberately leave out “nice-to-haves” that don’t move performance.
Assessments That Measure Real Progress
Custom assessment tools, digital and manual
We develop assessment tools at multiple levels to test core competencies, personal competencies, business acumen, and strategic orientation. Each tool follows a continuous cycle: design → deploy → monitor results → improve, so the measurement gets sharper with every cohort.
Materials Built for You
A complete learning package for every module
- Trainer manual with guidance notes and storyboards, answers to exercises, activity guidance, and tips for engaging the audience
- Participant manual that goes beyond the slides, with answers to review questions
- Presentation slides
- Pre- and post-course assessments
Content is developed 100% in your preferred language and curated by native-speaking subject matter experts. It complies with your communication guidelines, and nothing is delivered until you have approved the agendas, manuals, presentations, and tests.
How We Deliver
A delivery process shaped by your input
- Agenda, objectives, and draft materials shared with you
- Your comments received and incorporated
- Final agenda, objectives, and materials confirmed
- Content adapted to the needs and profiles of the actual participants
- Pre-course assessment deployed
- Course delivered
- Post-course assessment conducted
- Post-training report compiled and delivered to you
In the Classroom
Learning by doing, with a coach beside you
One facilitator, start to finish. Each program is led by the same facilitator throughout, for consistency. They act as a coach: answering questions, giving additional examples, checking progress at critical points, and providing one-to-one feedback.
Practice over theory. Sessions are built around exercises, case work, and discussion. Participants apply each tool to a current project of their own and understand not just how it works, but why and where it fits in the wider project lifecycle.
Your real challenges, on the table. Participants are encouraged to bring the issues they face at work. The facilitator helps resolve them using globally accepted standards and the tools that fit their environment.
Enriched delivery. Videos, activities, and group exercises are woven in wherever they deepen the learning.
Online Learning
Online courses tailored to your requirements
Express Course. Fresh, dynamic microlearning: short and to the point.
Classic Course. Longer, structured programs for in-depth development with an intuitive, engaging eLearning experience.
Our SCORM-compliant material works on any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone) and plugs into your learning management system.
Interactive features: smart graphics, audio and video, hotspots, interactive charts, linked scenarios, infographics, and embedded content from platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo, and SlideShare.
Exercise types, agreed with you for each course based on its content and storyboard: sorting exercises, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, swipe games, trivia games, and a final assessment test.
The Team Behind Every Program
A dedicated structure, backed by a global pool of experts
Our Human Development business unit runs every engagement through three coordinated functions:
- Operations, managing logistics, scheduling, and participant coordination
- Content, with curators and subject matter expert reviewers who build and validate every module
- Instruction, led by a lead instructor and a team of certified facilitators
Content and instruction both draw on our pool of subject matter experts organized by domain, so every topic is taught by someone who has done the work.
Credential strip: PMI® Authorized Training Partner, Premium level, since 2021 · PMI Registered Education Provider (Global) since 2007 · Authors of How Successful Organizations Implement Change (PMI, 2017)
Proven at Scale
This approach in practice
- International Finance Corporation (IFC): Custom instructional design, a tailored project management tool, and training for IFC trainers and 300+ project managers worldwide
- Egyptian public sector oil & gas companies (via OGS): “Managing the Project-Driven Organization” for the leadership of 200 companies, in Arabic and English
- Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and IT: Assessment, design, and delivery for 500 government project managers, from PM essentials to PMP® and PMI-ACP® preparation
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Six modules designed and delivered to consultants in 35 countries, in English, Russian, Arabic, and French
- Honeywell: Project management fundamentals and PMP® preparation across 35 countries