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OpenPM² is a free version of the PM² methodology developed by the European Commission in 2007. Until the end of 2016, PM² methodology and certification was only available to EU institutions’staff, with the OpenPM², the EU Commission decides to provide open access to the PM² Project Management Methodology beyond purely EU institutions and including Contractors, Member States and finally all EU citizens.

OpenPM² is based on best practices, standards and methodologies, such as PRINCE2, PMI’s PMBOK and IPMA and it was adopted by all European institutions due to its simplicity.

OpenPM² addresses typical project issues like low maturity organisations, lack of executive support, inconsistent vocabularies between project actors.

PM² is open source: the European Commission aims at improving the effectiveness of EU funded projects(ERDF, H2020, Life etc.) by encouraging project teams to adopt a methodology and manage projects in a professional manner.

Are you involved  in EU project funding (responding to Calls, managing funds) and would you like to improve the quality of the proposals (better estimates, better scheduling and resource planning),PM² provides guidance for all people involved in such projects.

Would you like to know more about it?

Join our webinar and the PM² expert Laurent Kummer.

He actively took part to the PM2 Initiative and had a relevant role in the development of the PM² best practice. Laurent is the right person to address all of your questions about Open PM²! Just sign up to our free webinar!

When and Where

• Date: Thursday, 16 May, 2019
• Time: 11h30-12h30
• Where: Online! From your computer!
• Language: English
• Expert: Laurent Kummer, PM² Ambassador – training and coaching in Project Management, EU funding, and OpenPM2
• Inscription: FREE! Hold your seat!
• Recording:  already available! Click here to watch the webinar!

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ITIL continues to support organizations and individuals to gain optimal value from IT and digital services but it needs to allow firms to keep pace with an ever faster and complex business environment which requires them to be agile and ready to changes.

To answer to the new business challenges, Axelos developed a new version of ITIL, ITIL 4 . The module ITIL 4 Foundation will be the first to be released and the launch is scheduled for the 28 of February.. The update involved more than 2000 professionals with the aim of developing a framework which is agile and easy to apply. The ITIL version 4 framework is built on established ITSM practices and expands itself to the wider context of customer experience, value streams and digital transformation, as well as embracing new ways of working.

What changes from the old version? What to do with my ITIL credits? Subscribe to our free webinar and get all the information!

When and Where

• Date: Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
• Time: 12h30-13h30
• Where: Online! From your computer!
• Language: English
• Expert: Kaïs Albassir, ITIL trainer and consultant, ITIL 4 certified
• Inscription: FREE! Hold your seat, just sign up!

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TAILORING: “Adapting a method or process to suit the situation in which it will be used” (from “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2” manual, p.30)

The 2017 version of PRINCE2, while keeping the essentials of the method unchanged, focuses on the principle of TAILORING, underlining how PRINCE2 should be tailored for a project’s particular circumstances. The renewed emphasis on this principle is proven by a completely new chapter on “Tailoring and adopting PRINCE2″. In this chapter the authors show how PRINCE2 can and MUST be tailored to suit specific situations. To that they add a lot of useful tips on what can be tailored and how.” In the end, “If the organization does not consider tailoring, then it is not using PRINCE2” (from “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2” manual, p.31).

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Tailoring can be applied to processes, themes, roles, management products and terminology: tailoring is concerned with the appropriate use of PRINCE2 in any given situation. This 1 hour workshop will show you how to apply PRINCE2 for very simple projects (“PRINCE2 on A4”) and for bigger projects that will require a more complex PRINCE2 tailoring.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP?

After following this workshop you will understand what to look out for and how to adapt your approach to the scale and complexity of your project, without compromising your ability to manage it. This helps you to make a conscious choice of which project management elements to simplify and which elaborate, to be able to confront projects of different size and complexity.

Do you want to have a practical insight in tailoring PRINCE2? Register now by filling the form below.

ABOUT THE EXPERT

Stijn Janssens is a trainer and consultant specialised in project, portfolio management and general management advice. He worked for both the public and the private sector on IT management, Business and IT alignment, and business transformation through technology. Stijn is an expert in Project and Portfolio Management: he coordinated project delivery in previous jobs as release manager: he worked in the alignment of the planning, technical and commercial dependencies of IT enabling business projects

WHERE & WHEN?

Agile approaches continue to increase in popularity in the world of project management. A range of popular Agile methods have been employed to varying degrees by organizations to support their project management practices.

But few of them offer a complete project management solution (e.g. covering the full project lifecycle, roles & responsibilities, etc).

AgilePM guidance – published by the Agile Business Consortium – offers a complete framework for agile project management, achieving an ideal balance between the standards, rigour and visibility required for good project management, and the fast-pace, change and empowerment provided by agile.

And it’s proving very popular. Since it’s introduction in 2010, over 80.000 AgilePM exams have been sat globally, making it the leading guidance and certification for agile project management.

APMG International

The AgilePM guidance is owned and published by the Agile Business Consortium, and APMG International (official exam and accreditation institute for this guidance) is working in the Project Management community to increase awareness  about AgilePM. This webinar is organized in partnership with APMG International.

WHERE & WHEN?

• Date: Friday, 8 June 2018
• Time: 11h00-12h00
• Where: Online! From your computer!
• Language: English
• Expert: Armel Quirino, Project Management trainer and consultant, AgilePM , PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, and DevOps certified
• Inscription: FREE! Hold your seat filling in the form below

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Agile approaches are no longer limited to software development. They are more and more popular with various organizations that need to be more flexible and responsive to effectively address their increasing pace of change. Agile Project Management is an innovative approach to project management.

This 1 hour webinar will introduce you to the different agile methods, the principles of the AgilePM approach and the tools needed to manage projects in an Agile way.

STRUCTURE OF THE WEBINAR

• The “Agile Manifesto”: philosophy, principles, behaviors
• Intro to the most known and used agile PRACTICES: MoSCoW, Time Boxing, Iterative Development, Daily stand up meetings etc..
• Intro to the most known and used agile TOOLS: Burn charts, Kanban, User stories…
• Intro to different agile APPROACHES: Scrum, Lean, XP, SCRUMBAN, AgilePM, AgileBA, DevOps, SAFe …
• Overview of Agile Project Management (AgilePM): roles, responsibilities, principles, timeboxing …
• Q&A Session

WHERE & WHEN?

• Date: Friday, 20 April 2018
• Time: 11h00-12h00
• Where: Online! From your computer!
• Language: English
• Expert: Armel Quirino, Project Management trainer and consultant, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, AgilePM and DevOps certified
• Inscription: FREE! Hold your seat filling in the form below

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As part of our effort to provide more on information on “What’s next after Project Management?” with this webinar we introduce you to PMO Management.

If your focus is on improving the way that projects are done (so that more projects succeed and change is more effective), then you should consider P3O, which explains how to use offices to support projects, programs and portfolios. You can facilitate effective portfolio, programme and project management in your organization by implementing a PMO Office. This may be provided through a single permanent office which may exist under several different names e.g. PMO, Portfolio Office, Centre of Excellence, Enterprise or Corporate Programme Office. It may otherwise be provided through a linked set of offices (portfolio office, programme offices, project offices), both permanent (enabling/supporting business objectives and consistency of delivery) and temporary (enabling/supporting specific programmes and projects), providing a mix of central and localized services.

STRUCTURE OF THE WEBINAR

1)PMO Management Background

• Projects, Programmes, Portfolios
• Business as Usual (BAU) and Change Initiatives

2)What is PMO Management?

• What is a P3O?
• P3 Lifecycles
• Examples of PMO Offices (“P3O Models”)
• PMO Roles and Techniques

3)PMO Management – benefits for the organization

• How does a PMO add value?
• 6 Principles
• The P3O Value Matrix
• Typical career paths

4)Q&A session on content and info on Training and Certification

ABOUT THE EXPERT

Stijn Jassens is a trainer and consultant specialised in project, portfolio management and general management advice. He worked for both the public and the private sector on IT management, Business and IT alignment, and business transformation through technology. Stijn is an expert in Project and Portfolio Management: he coordinated project delivery in previous jobs as release manager: he worked in the alignment of the planning, technical and commercial dependencies of IT enabling business projects.

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