Upstream Project Decision Quality Training Course

Name: Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Training Course
Availability: InStock

Frame alternatives, quantify uncertainty, test value drivers, align stakeholders, and assure complex upstream project decisions.

Upstream Project Decision Quality Training Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Abu Dhabi, Lagos, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, Madrid, Singapore and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Abu Dhabi
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Training Course is a one-week course for project managers, subsurface and facilities leads, investment analysts, and decision assurance professionals who leave with an Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Pack. Participants use decision framing, alternative generation, uncertainty analysis, probabilistic economics, stakeholder alignment, decision governance, and value assurance to improve complex upstream project choices. Agile Leaders Training Center presents this course on upstream project decision quality.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for upstream project framing and development choices
Functions responsible for subsurface, wells, and facilities integration
Groups responsible for investment evaluation and portfolio recommendations
Personnel responsible for project risk and uncertainty analysis
Teams responsible for decision governance and assurance reviews

The course assumes participants can interpret upstream project, economic, risk, or investment information at work; it leaves out introductory petroleum engineering and software-specific modeling instruction.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that make or assure capital decisions under technical and commercial uncertainty.

Upstream oil and gas operators
Subsurface, wells, and facilities organizations
Project development and capital planning functions
Energy investment and infrastructure finance teams
Engineering, advisory, and assurance services
Joint-venture and portfolio management groups

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Build a decision frame and governance path
Generate distinct project alternatives and value measures
Analyze uncertainty with deterministic and probabilistic tools
Evaluate project economics and information value
Align stakeholders around evidence and tradeoffs
Apply decision assurance before resource commitment

Course Agenda

Day 1: Frame the Upstream Decision

Decision Statement and Scope Canvas
Decision Hierarchy and Boundary Map
Stakeholder Purpose and Perspective Matrix
Decision Governance and Authority Path
Decision Quality Readiness Checklist

Day 2: Build Alternatives and Value Logic

Strategy Table for Project Alternatives
Value Measure and Tradeoff Register
Influence Diagram for Project Drivers
Alternative Completeness Challenge
Decision Model Structure Sheet

Day 3: Analyze Uncertainty and Economics

Uncertainty Range and Dependency Register
Deterministic Sensitivity Tornado Diagram
Decision Tree and Expected Value Model
Probabilistic Project Economics Profile
Value of Information Screening Matrix

Day 4: Align and Assure the Recommendation

Evidence Quality and Assumption Log
Stakeholder Alignment Conversation Map
Alternative Comparison Decision Dashboard
Decision Bias and Challenge Checklist
Value Assurance Review Gate

Day 5: Practice Upstream Decision Quality

Suggested Exercise: Frame a Development Choice
Suggested Exercise: Generate and Screen Alternatives
Suggested Exercise: Test Uncertainty and Value Drivers
Suggested Exercise: Conduct a Decision Assurance Review
Capstone Exercise: Present an Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert technical, economic, and stakeholder evidence into auditable upstream project decisions.

Suggested activity: frame a field-development choice using scope, boundaries, authority, value measures, and stakeholder perspectives.
Suggested activity: compare development alternatives through influence diagrams, sensitivities, decision trees, and probabilistic economics.
Suggested activity: identify information worth acquiring before commitment and document the assumptions that drive value.
Suggested activity: run an assurance review that challenges evidence, bias, alignment, governance, and recommendation quality.

FAQs

Who suits upstream project decision quality training, and what does it assume?

Upstream project, subsurface, facilities, investment, risk, and assurance professionals suit the training. It assumes experience interpreting project evidence and contributing to development or investment choices.

How does upstream project decision quality differ from general project risk training?

Upstream project decision quality integrates framing, alternatives, values, uncertainty, stakeholder alignment, governance, and commitment. General project risk training usually concentrates on identifying and treating threats and opportunities.

How does decision framing improve complex upstream project choices?

Decision framing establishes the purpose, scope, boundaries, authority, value measures, alternatives, and key uncertainties before analysis, reducing effort spent solving the wrong problem.

How is probabilistic economics used in upstream decision quality?

Probabilistic economics represents ranges and dependencies for key drivers, compares outcome distributions across alternatives, and shows how uncertainty affects value without replacing decision-maker judgment.

What does decision assurance test before an upstream project commitment?

Decision assurance tests frame quality, alternative breadth, information relevance, value logic, uncertainty treatment, stakeholder alignment, governance, and the clarity of the recommended action.

Conclusion

Participants take an Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Pack back to their organization. It connects the decision frame, alternatives, value measures, uncertainty analysis, probabilistic economics, alignment evidence, and assurance record. Teams can use the pack to challenge recommendations, document tradeoffs, and improve the quality of resource commitments in development, facilities, and joint-venture decisions.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Abu Dhabi	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Lagos	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Kuala Lumpur	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Johannesburg	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Madrid	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Singapore	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Prague	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Marbella	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Cairo	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Doha	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Tbilisi	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Frankfurt	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
London	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Porto	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Kuwait	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Nairobi	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Milan	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Vienna	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Addis Ababa	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Manama	Week 10, 2027 14 – 18 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewUpstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Training Course is a one-week course for project managers, subsurface and facilities leads, investment analysts, and decision assurance professionals who leave with an Upstream Project Decision Quality and Assurance Pack. Participants use decision framing, alternative generation, uncertainty analysis…

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Upstream Project Decision Quality Training Course