SPM PQS 5227 case studies

SPM PQS 5227 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

SPM PQS 5227 is a professional certification exam for project and programme practitioners, associated with the SPM (Society of Project Managers) qualification route commonly referred to as PQS. It is aimed at people who plan, control and assure projects and programmes - project managers, planners, cost and controls specialists, and assurance or PMO staff - and who want a credential that tests breadth across the whole delivery lifecycle rather than a single technical niche. The SPM PQS 5227 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,918 words.

Treatment works: the sponsor wants to spend the P80 contingency

A water utility is upgrading a treatment works at a cost of £38m. You are the project manager.

1,027 words, about 5 min 2

Bus corridor: a petition that is not a communications problem

You are the client-side project manager for a £14m bus priority and cycle corridor scheme being built by a county council along 2.4 km of a suburban high street. Construction started eight weeks ago and has 14 months to run.

978 words, about 5 min 3

Data migration: the finance director wants the variance hidden

You are project manager for a data and records migration in a government department: seven legacy systems consolidated onto one cloud platform. The approved budget (BAC) is £2.40m over 12 months.

975 words, about 5 min 4

Hospital M&E: a valid claim, a shared saving and a forecast the board has already heard

You are the client's project manager for a £9.0m mechanical and electrical installation at a hospital, let on a target-cost contract. The target cost is £9.0m including the contractor's fee; any overspend or saving against target is shared 50/50 between the trust and the contractor.

976 words, about 5 min 5

School handover: fire stopping, a conflict of interest and a certificate

You are the client-side project manager for a £6.5m new primary school for a local authority, due to hand over to the academy trust 18 days before the September term. During pre-handover inspection, the fire officer's retained inspector finds that 12 of 90 service penetrations through fire compartment walls are not correctly sealed and that two dampers are the wrong rating.

962 words, about 5 min