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Managing Consultants and Professional Service Providers on Projects

Many African projects rely heavily on external consultants for design, advisory and specialist work, yet clients often struggle to get real value from these appointments. This course focuses on scoping, appointing and managing professional service providers so the client stays in control. Delegates learn to hold consultants to account without micromanaging the expertise they were hired for.

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What you will be able to do

  • Write clear terms of reference that define scope, deliverables and acceptance.
  • Structure fees and payment milestones that align consultant effort with client value.
  • Manage consultant performance against deliverables and agreed standards.
  • Protect intellectual property, confidentiality and knowledge transfer to the client team.
  • Handle scope creep, additional fee requests and underperformance firmly and fairly.
  • Close out consultant appointments with proper handover of work and records.

Course outline

  1. 01Deciding what to outsource and why
  2. 02Writing effective terms of reference
  3. 03Fee structures and payment milestones
  4. 04Managing performance and deliverables
  5. 05Knowledge transfer and intellectual property
  6. 06Handling scope creep and disputes
  7. 07Appointment closeout and handover

Who should attend

Project managers, project sponsors, technical leads and procurement staff who appoint and manage consultants and advisory firms.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Cape Town2R10,000Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Durban2R10,000Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
19 to 21 Oct 2026
Venue
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3 day programme
FromR13,000
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