It has been an incredible year. More courses, more locations and pass rates for students attending CC Learning courses continue to surpass global averages. We still have courses running in Australia and New Zealand and our schedule for 2012 is published and we are already seeing strong interest.
Our most recent success was an amazing 10 out of 10 for an MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) delivered in Wellington. I am pleased to report that all 10 students attending the course passed their exams and all had very positive comments to make about our trainer, administration and materials (even before they got their results !!).
2012 will be a year where our traditional strengths in delivery of best practice training will be supplemented by students returning to renew their program registration and take the next step up.
For those that may not be aware passing a PRINCE2 or MSP exam earns you a certificate and a registration. The certificate has no expiry date (no one can ever take away the fact that you passed a particular exam at a point in time); however, the registration does lapse. Keeping yourself registered proves to the broader community that you are staying up to date with developments in your selected fields.
So, while 2011 has been a fantastic year and we are looking forward to a short break; we are already prepared for 2012 with new courses, new locations and even more energy !!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
P3M3 in a simple, easy to understand summary
Working in the Project Management space means that I often forget that concepts and frameworks that I am very familiar with may not be as clear to others.
I thought I would take a few minutes to write a very short summary of P3M3™.
P3M3™ is a model used to assess maturity levels against three distinct disciplines:
One of the key steps for any organisation carrying out a P3M3 ™ assessment is to decide the appropriate level of maturity that is appropriate for their organisation. The five levels are:
I thought I would take a few minutes to write a very short summary of P3M3™.
P3M3™ is a model used to assess maturity levels against three distinct disciplines:
- Project Management maturity
- Programme Management maturity
- Portfolio Management maturity
- Management control
- Benefits Management
- Financial Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Organisational Management
- Resource Management
One of the key steps for any organisation carrying out a P3M3 ™ assessment is to decide the appropriate level of maturity that is appropriate for their organisation. The five levels are:
- Awareness of process
- Repeatable process
- Defined process
- Managed process
- Optimised process
Monday, October 10, 2011
New Zealand through to the Semi-Finals - RWC 2011
Was it a well executed project plan that yesterday saw the mighty Kiwi "All Blacks" triumph over the Argentinian Puma's or was it just a case of a hard fought desperate battle with the home town advantage?
As an experienced Project Manager, I'd like to think that the coaching and management staff sat down and looked at the game as a project. Surely they understood the Business Case for the project; financially, Rugby is good business and emotionally the hopes of the entire nation was at stake.
They would have had their plans defined to the point of knowing specifically who would be involved in the big plays of the day, what the communication structures were and when specific events would happen (ok, ok - so perhaps in a sporting arena we can't always predict when the points will be scored).
Then there would have been a regimented application of processes throughout the game. Each phase could be seen as a work package and each turn over in play (a stage boundary) would be a stage in itself. Assessments were happening on and off the field and ultimately the project was closed in the most satisfying way.
Well, perhaps I am stretching things a bit here, but life is a project and it was great to see the mighty All Blacks apply sound practice yesterday.
As an experienced Project Manager, I'd like to think that the coaching and management staff sat down and looked at the game as a project. Surely they understood the Business Case for the project; financially, Rugby is good business and emotionally the hopes of the entire nation was at stake.
They would have had their plans defined to the point of knowing specifically who would be involved in the big plays of the day, what the communication structures were and when specific events would happen (ok, ok - so perhaps in a sporting arena we can't always predict when the points will be scored).
Then there would have been a regimented application of processes throughout the game. Each phase could be seen as a work package and each turn over in play (a stage boundary) would be a stage in itself. Assessments were happening on and off the field and ultimately the project was closed in the most satisfying way.
Well, perhaps I am stretching things a bit here, but life is a project and it was great to see the mighty All Blacks apply sound practice yesterday.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
OGC replaced by The Cabinet Office
As of today - 1st September 2011 - the Trademark ownership for a whole bunch of frameworks and intellectual property has passed from the Office of Government Commerce to The Cabinet Office.
The transfer and demise of the Office of Government Commerce (the OGC web site, states in big red letters that their web site will cease to exist from the 1st October 2011) is a bit of a mystery, but I'm sure it's about control and naturally politics !!
The following statement was released by the APM Group (the sole official accreditor for all of the frameworks affected).
The Best Management Practice trademarks are now the sole property of the Cabinet Office, part of HM Government. To formalise the move of the Best Management Practice portfolio from the Office of Government Commerce,* the related trademarks and crown copyright have now transferred to the Cabinet Office
From 1 September 2011 the ATO, ACO and affiliate communities can, if they wish, begin to use the revised Best Management Practice trademarks and applicable acknowledgement statements. The Cabinet Office are also currently reviewing all the logos associated with the Best Management Practice portfolio.
Please note: The Cabinet Office wishes to minimize the pressure on the community to initiate any changes, particularly when further updates may be required as a result of the review of logos. To this end, making changes to your associated Best Management Practice materials and communications at this stage is discretionary, not compulsory
You can see the frameworks affected by visiting http://www.best-management-practice.com/officialsite.asp
The transfer and demise of the Office of Government Commerce (the OGC web site, states in big red letters that their web site will cease to exist from the 1st October 2011) is a bit of a mystery, but I'm sure it's about control and naturally politics !!
The following statement was released by the APM Group (the sole official accreditor for all of the frameworks affected).
The Best Management Practice trademarks are now the sole property of the Cabinet Office, part of HM Government. To formalise the move of the Best Management Practice portfolio from the Office of Government Commerce,* the related trademarks and crown copyright have now transferred to the Cabinet Office
From 1 September 2011 the ATO, ACO and affiliate communities can, if they wish, begin to use the revised Best Management Practice trademarks and applicable acknowledgement statements. The Cabinet Office are also currently reviewing all the logos associated with the Best Management Practice portfolio.
Please note: The Cabinet Office wishes to minimize the pressure on the community to initiate any changes, particularly when further updates may be required as a result of the review of logos. To this end, making changes to your associated Best Management Practice materials and communications at this stage is discretionary, not compulsory
You can see the frameworks affected by visiting http://www.best-management-practice.com/officialsite.asp
Monday, August 29, 2011
Management of Risk (M_o_R) Course delivered
John Humphries, delivered a Management of Risk course to an appreciative group, in Brisbane last week.
Administration evaluation
All administration and communication was efficient, prompt and effective, exactly what it needed to be.
Trainer evaluation
Presenter was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable and valuable course, brought to life by someone with a wealth of experience and a gentle encouraging style that made learning easy. An all-round good experience.
Compensation Authorities Staff Division (CASD)
With comments like these coming from delegates you can see why we are already planning our next program to be delivered in Australia and New Zealand. Find our database of courses at Training Navigator.
Administration evaluation
All administration and communication was efficient, prompt and effective, exactly what it needed to be.
Trainer evaluation
Presenter was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable and valuable course, brought to life by someone with a wealth of experience and a gentle encouraging style that made learning easy. An all-round good experience.
Compensation Authorities Staff Division (CASD)
With comments like these coming from delegates you can see why we are already planning our next program to be delivered in Australia and New Zealand. Find our database of courses at Training Navigator.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Templates, toolkits, portals, PRINCE2
At CC Learning we offer simply the best resources to our customer base. One of these resources is a collection of templates that are bundled into toolkits covering all aspects of running a project following the PRINCE2 methodology.
The toolkits we are offer are categorised as follows:
Footnote: these resources are available in English, German and Dutch.
The toolkits we are offer are categorised as follows:
- Daunting Projects: 31 templates, the entire set of documents to manage your most complex project
- Normal Projects: 17 templates that can be used in the majority of projects
- Simple Projects: 12 templates that provide the basics for your simple projects
- Checklists: to authorise a project, stage or exception, close a project, initiation, adhoc direction, starting up and more
- Roles: Project executive, project manager, project support, senior user, senior supplier and more
- Tasks: checkpoint reports, configuration item records, issue reports, work packages and more
Footnote: these resources are available in English, German and Dutch.
PRINCE 2 Reaching new Markets - Japan
In recent months we have noticed that the interest in the PRINCE2 Project Management framework has reached an important new market - Japan.
Unfortunately the increase in interest is borne on the back of a natural disaster that shocked the world in terms of loss of life and loss of infrastructure. It is an fact that following disasters there is a requirement to re-build and re-building requires structured process and a proven methodology.
We often think that a framework like PRINCE2 is only used in business environments to drive projects that are supported by well reasoned business cases. While this is true also understand that PRINCE2 is a critical part of re-building projects following the major devastation we have seen in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
PRINCE2 helps communities such as those hit hard by Cyclone Yasi in the northern part of Queensland, Australia to reestablish industries such as tourism and restore loss of infrastructure. PRINCE2 can be a crucial part of helping entire cities to recover following major events, such as the major earthquakes experienced by the people of Christchurch, New Zealand. PRINCE2 is also a part of the solution for an entire country to restore communities, towns, infrastructure and services, following a series of major events, such as the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear scare experienced by the people of Japan earlier this year.
At all times our thoughts are with the people who are suffering in these areas.
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Unfortunately the increase in interest is borne on the back of a natural disaster that shocked the world in terms of loss of life and loss of infrastructure. It is an fact that following disasters there is a requirement to re-build and re-building requires structured process and a proven methodology.
We often think that a framework like PRINCE2 is only used in business environments to drive projects that are supported by well reasoned business cases. While this is true also understand that PRINCE2 is a critical part of re-building projects following the major devastation we have seen in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
PRINCE2 helps communities such as those hit hard by Cyclone Yasi in the northern part of Queensland, Australia to reestablish industries such as tourism and restore loss of infrastructure. PRINCE2 can be a crucial part of helping entire cities to recover following major events, such as the major earthquakes experienced by the people of Christchurch, New Zealand. PRINCE2 is also a part of the solution for an entire country to restore communities, towns, infrastructure and services, following a series of major events, such as the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear scare experienced by the people of Japan earlier this year.
At all times our thoughts are with the people who are suffering in these areas.
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