First P3O course in the USA

Core IS director Stephen Barney has successfully delivered the very first P3O course in the USA. The feedback suggests that this is the first of many.

P3O is about enabling organisations to successfully establish develop and maintain appropriate support structures to:

• Inform decision making on prioritisation, risk management and deployment of resources across an organisation to enable successful delivery of business objectives
• Identify and realise outcomes and benefits
• Delivery Programmes and Projects on time, within budget and to a quality

P3O provides a focal point for defining and delivering change across an organisation or any part of the organisation.

If you would like an answer to the questions:

• Why would a large US corporation be interested in P3O?
• What exactly doe P3O offer?
• Why have any form of P3O?
• How do we set up a P3O?
• What can P3O do for me?

Call us on 0845 833 3210 or email info@coreis.co.uk

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To re-accredit or not to re-accredit

You have been a Prince2 practitioner for five years and your original training organisation phones to ask if you would like to re-accredit you practitioner status. The question is to re-accredit or not!

The APMG (the accrediting body for the qualifications) allow your foundation status to last forever, but the practitioner status must be refreshed at least every five years.

Let's look at the benefits:

1. The 'Managing Successful Project with PRINCE2' manual was significantly updated in 2009. The changes have made what was already a very usable method into something that is now easier to tailor to any situation. Keeping up with these changes is essential if you are to continue to use 'best practice'.
2. In the current job market employers are often using the Prince2 practitioner qualification as the 'low water mark' so it is difficult to get an interview if you are not up to date.
3. While talking jobs, if you are unfortunate enough to be seeking employment it may be that you are pitted against another candidate, in which case the Prince2 qualification may be all that makes the difference.
4. Working well with others is so important these days - Prince2 allows for a common language and for transferable skills.

Looks like four good reasons to re-accredit, I'm sure that you can think of many more.

Remember that the other OGC qualifications need re-accrediting too (MSP and M_o_R).

For more information telephone 0800 833 3210 or email mike.austin@coreis.co.uk