• Demonstrate mastery of IFMA's 11 core FM competencies.
• Apply strategic planning to align FM with organizational goals.
• Evaluate best practices in operations, sustainability, and risk.
• Analyze FM financials and build business cases.
• Formulate a personalized CFM exam strategy.

Day 1: Facility Management Fundamentals

• Overview and definition of Facility Management
• Roles and responsibilities of the Facility Manager
• Key Facility Management functions
• Challenges, risks, and strategic considerations
• Strategic facility planning
• In-house services vs. outsourcing
• Outsourcing strategies and supplier selection
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Facility location and site selection criteria

Day 2: Facility Planning and Space Design

• Engineering planning and facility design principles
• Layout and furniture planning approaches
• Open-plan and closed-plan concepts
• Space planning and analysis tools
• Criteria and adjacency matrices
• Relationship and bubble diagrams
• Block planning techniques
• Facility Management Information System (FMIS)

Day 3: Maintenance, Operations, and Security

• Maintenance and operations management
• Emergency, corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance
• Facility safety and security management

Day 4: Managing Facility Projects

• Large-scale facility projects overview
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Scheduling and Gantt charts
• Resource planning

Day 5: Facility Financial Management

• Evaluation and ranking of facility alternatives
• Weighted decision models
• Facility budgeting
• Financial ratios and trend analysis
• Capital budgeting techniques

• Mid-to-senior facility, operations, and maintenance managers.
• Real estate, property, and asset managers.
• FM consultants and team leaders.
• Professionals with 3-5+ years of FM experience.