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Project Plus News
Project Plus Supports PMINZ National Conference...
Project Plus has agreed terms with PMI New Zealand (PMINZ) to support the forthcoming national conference. This event, the showcase of the project management profession, is being held in Wellington in late August. Project Plus will have an exhibitor stand over the 3-day event as well as a couple of speaking slots on Thursday 26th.
CEO Iain Fraser, commented, "We are again delighted to be involved with this showcase event for the project management profession in New Zealand. This continues our long association with PMINZ since the inaugrual conference way back in 1995 and positions Project Plus as a leading advocate for the profession."
If you are attending the conference then visit the Project Plus booth and learn about our great giveaways plus our latest news and views!
More on the event at http://www.pminzconference.com/sponsorship/
What Organisations Really Want in New Project Managers...
Recently the Project Management Institute (PMI) spoke with 3 globally recognised leaders in the project management profession to seek their views on what organisations big and small needed from those new to project management. Our Group Managing Director, Iain Fraser, was one of those selected. Follow this link to hear, via podcast, Iain's insights towards the future.
AAPNZ Sponsorship Hits Gold...
Project Plus has entered into a Gold Sponsorship arrangement with the Association of Administrative Professionals New Zealand ( www.aapnz.org.nz). For some years now Project Plus has assisted AAPNZ members and their employers gain new or enhance existing skills in project-based management. This has also included a number of members graduating from one or more of our CPA, CPC and CPM certification programmes. It is well understood that AAPNZ members use project management techniques in their everyday activities. We feel very comfortable with this new sponsorship arrangement and look forward to developing the relationship further. . Picture shows a Project Plus banner at a recent AAPNZ dinner function and yes, that is a photo of Prince Philip in the background!
Passed with Flying Colours...
Project Plus is delighted to announce that we have successfully passed the latest cycle of audits on our accreditations. These accreditations contribute towards us maintaining our leading position in the global market for project-based management training and certification solutions. Specifics are:
Registered Education Provider (Global Status) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2002. Our latest success means we are current through until 2011. We are one of very few approved providers in Australasia. Our range of training & certification options remains the largest in the region and continues to be delivered around the world.
Private Training Establishment with the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) since 2002. Audit cycle is every 3 years and covers every aspect of our training & certification business unit from design through to post delivery customer service. Every person that attends and completes a learning experience with Project Plus can claim Unit Standard credits at various levels.
ISO 9001 with Bureau Veritas (BVQI) since 1997. This is for our complete business management system including our design and quality processes. Audited annually, we continue to meet or surpass the requirements of this international standard while taking advantage of continuous improvement opportunities that allow us to maintain our leading market position.
Approved Provider with the Ministry of Defence in the UK. This applies to the ELCAS and CTP programmes that allow Project Plus training & certification solutions to be accessed globally by UK service personnel irresepective of theri location.
In addition to the above we maintain a number of preferred supplier relationships directly with some clients who recognise our range of solutions, that's delivered by global experts, as a significant contribution to their organisational capability. These are examples of project management being seen as a core competency for the achievement of strategic goals and objectives.
Positive PRINCE2 Offerings...
Demand continues following our very successful introduction of the updated PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioners certification options. Sourced from the leading ATO in the global PRINCE community and delivered by trainers that are amongst the very best has meant that our 100% success rate has been maintained.
So far this year each public programme has been over-subscribed as practitioners seek an assured and high quality solution for this popular methodolgy. We are also now seeing a number of people seeking to re-certify. For more information click here.
Thought-Leadership & Advocacy for the PM Profession...
2010 already is another busy year for our thought-leaders. The first quarter saw Project Plus staff presenting up and down NZ plus further afield including at a business forum onboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean!
Our Group CEO, Iain Fraser, GM NZ Operations, Karen Clarke and Senior Consultant, Martin Aitken were busy delivering insights, views and challenges at various events and forums around the world. Some of our UK resources are also involved. Topics include portfolio mgmt, future of the profession, macro risks aspects and business change management and leadership.
The highly respected 'Project Manager Today' UK publication included a Project Plus thought-leadership whitepaper on RoI from PMO's that was jointly written by Dave Rochford and Iain Fraser.
The second half of the year will see more presentations and exchanges of ideas and views at various events that we have been invited to or we have been targeted.
If you'd like some high energy and smart presenters whom are passionate, witty and committed to assisting your gathering - get in touch and hear our messages!
Executive Concerns on Skills...
A recent survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit across nearly 600 C-level Executives around the world shows some very interesting if not surprising outcomes. When asked as to what the most important individual skill set is required for the future, the answer provided by the survey group was the ability to execute strategy and adapt to change. Also noted were significant increases in project planning and risk management requirements. When asked as to what are the most important organisational skills, the respondents stated that managing people, projects and talent were the three most critical areas.
It is clear from the above that senior business leaders from private, public and government sectors see project-based expertise as the 'hot' skill-set in looking to the future. There can be no doubt that this is further enhanced when the current global economic situation is considered. Organisations of all sizes and sorts will be looking for increased effectiveness, lower risk and earlier returns on investments. Advanced project-based skills will remain in hot demand for sure.
Fantastic New Pocket Books...
The Memory Jogger range of books has been enhanced again by the recent addition of tiltes namely;
The Memory Jogger II - Now in stock - the Second Edition!
The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger,
The Advanced Project Management Memory Jogger,
The Time Management Memory Jogger and
The Business Process Memory Jogger.
The Innovation Tools book is focussed on 'generating customer buy-in and solutions that flourish' and is a great source for tools and techniques for those involved with or planning towards innovative change. Click here to read a review done by one of our senior consultants.
Remember Project Plus has an on-line ordering function that allows you to order and pay securely through our site. Click on this link Products to order directly from the large range of these popular business books.
Helping Kids through our Values...
Recently we learnt of the appeal that was being organised to assist sick kids at the Starship Hospital in Auckland. The appeal allowed for us to collect and sort all our old mobile phones and send them to the hospital for onward processing and distribution to those in need in other countries. Starship benefits by receiving a portion of the value of the refurbished phone which goes towards the health care of those kids in need.
Another benefit of this is that those same phones have not ended up in a land-fill thereby avoiding an environmental impact.
Our 'charity of choice' for our annual donation was the Child Cancer Society. The Plusser team selected this from a number of options and we subsequently donated a sizable amount of funds instead of sending corporate christmas cards.
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