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Every year in October, the teams of the QRP Group, QRP International and QRPeople unite their forces to raise awareness for breast cancer. This year, we handed out "handmade" creations of Charlène and Manon from Atelier Celcius to have our employees proudly wear Pink October pins. In this way, QRP participates in its own way to support and raise awareness of the campaign against breast cancer. All profits of the pins are donated to the Breast Cancer Research.

Why Pink October?

In Luxembourg, breast cancer is the most common female cancer and the main cause of death among women aged 50 to 70. Among women, breast cancer accounts for an average of 82 deaths per year. The objective of Pink October is an organised screening programme within your country in order to detect breast cancer early and reduce mortality. If breast cancer is detected early, it can be cured in almost 90% of the cases. Pink October is a prevention campaign highlighting the risks of breast cancer and promoting scientific research as well as support for women and men (yes, men too!) who unfortunately are affected by this medical condition. Through our initiative (and all those organised around the world), we like to promote breast cancer screening.

Useful information:

• Think Pink Lux
• Programme Mammographie: women between the ages of 50 and 70 are encouraged to get screened by participating in the Health Directorate's organised breast cancer screening programme (in French)
• There are awareness and information days organised in the following hospitals: at Centre Hospitalier du Nord (CHDN) on 13 October, at Hôpital Kirchberg Robert Schuman (HRS) and at Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg (CHL) on 18 October, at ZithaKlinik on 20 October and at Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) on 21 October 2022.

What if you took advantage of the Summer to learn? Combining business with pleasure is now possible with QRP International's E-learning solution. This summer, we offer you a 25% discount on all our E-learning packages! Did you know that if you take one hour of training a day, you could be certified in less than a month? Alternatively, you can extend your learning time until Fall or Winter.     Have a look at our E-learning offer and choose between: - PRINCE2 Foundation - PRINCE2 Practitioner - PRINCE2 Combi - AgilePM Foundation - ITIL Foundation What better way to showcase your skills and stand out to recruiters before the start of the new school year than with a new certification? Our E-learning courses are available 100% in French or English. Learn when you want, where you want! The offer is valid until 31/08/2022 and is limited to 3 E-learning packages per company. Book your E-learning now!

QRP International Luxembourg is looking for freelance trainers! Are you our new colleague? Read below to find out what trainers we are looking for, who we are and what we stand for.

Who are we?

QRP International is one of the major players in the Best Practice Training market in Europe. We support trainers in the development of their skills and in the successful implementation of these Management Best Practices through our Train the Trainer Programme. QRP International is a fast growing and dynamic company, with a young and results driven atmosphere. Today we are looking for enthusiastic freelance trainers that could help us educate people in Project Management and/or IT Service Management in Luxembourg.

Quality, Results and People

We are dedicated to providing high Quality and believe that all QRP services must deliver Results. With over 15 years of experience we know what is required to make training successful. Last but definitely not least: we believe that People make the difference. Providing and maintaining a highly skilled and motivated team is the key to our success. QRP guarantees this attention to People by selecting and hiring certified and internationally experienced staff, trainers and consultants. Our annual QRP Days, our Train the Trainer Programme and extensive internal training programs are part of our commitment to People.

Why QRP

QRP is a structured and organised training Partner. Our operations team is always ready to provide 360-degree support to our trainers, starting from the organisation of a course up, followed by the delivery of the programme and ending with the follow-up of a course. In a nutshell, we offer our employees:

- International working environment (our team counts 10 nationalities!) - We practice what we say: QRP invests in the training of its resources - We are based in Como (Italy), a stone's throw from the beautiful Como lake - Possibility of remote working - Extensive Trainer support from A to Z

Current Open Positions

Best Practice Trainer Project Management PRINCE2/MSP/MoP/P3O/AgilePM (TRPM2022LUX) Best Practice Trainer IT Service Management ITIL/DevOps (TRIT2022LUX) Interested? Please send your CV with motivation and reference TRPM2022LUX or TRIT2022LUX to luxembourg@qrpinternational.com. Please note that the candidate should be based in Luxembourg, Belgium, France or Germany and eligible to work in Europe with understanding of the market in Luxembourg.    

Trainer Testimonial: Meet Stijn Janssens

What is your current role and what is it that you actually do? How did you arrive as a trainer and senior consultant at QRP?

I am a trainer and consultant in best practices on project, programme and portfolio management (PPM). This means that I train people in published best practice standards that could lead to recognised certification. But I do not stop there, I get out of the theory and get my boots in the mud: I also help organisations translate the theory into their context and "operationalise" it. This can take the form of one or a few sound boarding sessions, over providing regular assurance throughout the implementation, or even taking the lead in a customer's transformation towards the next level of maturity in PPM.

What are the biggest issues/changes you see in the Project Management community right now?

Organisations often have a one-size-fits-all approach: they define a process and governance model that every project should implement. That might look easy, but in reality it leads to a lot of inefficiencies and frustrations for the PMs. Furthermore, projects are of such importance in organisations nowadays, but still there are few organisations that have the PM side of the organisation represented high enough in the org chart to give it the needed focus.

What is your experience in working for QRP?

I really like to work with QRP. As a trainer, they want you to do what you're good at: sharing expertise. They always go out of their way to remove anything that hinders you in doing so. There is clear communication with the participants before and throughout the course, and any questions you might have are swiftly answered. QRP staff's customer focused mindset certainly extends to trainers as well. Also in terms of scheduling courses, working with QRP is great. There is always a dialogue on availability and opportunities. On this point as well, they always look for a flexible solution that suits both the trainer and the customer.” QRP is continuously improving and adapting to changes in the market, but they will always involve the trainers and take their points of view into account. Working with QRP truly feels like a partnership. Stijn Janssens Stijn Janssens is a trainer and senior consultant, specialised in project, programme and portfolio management. He has both thorough theoretical and practical insights in managing projects. Driven by a constant need to improve and to challenge the status quo, he is passionate about making people and disciplines work together to achieve great results. Stijn trained several hundreds of people in the PPM Best Practices and he managed projects for private companies and for the European Commission. Before taking on freelance consulting assignments he worked for a Big4 consultancy firm.  Stijn holds an MBA, a postgraduate degree in IT Management, a Master in Management, and two Masters in Philosophy.  He is a PMP, a certified PRINCE2, MSP MoP and P3O Practitioner, and holds Lean IT Foundations and ITIL Foundations certifications.

In times of rapid change, organisations are challenged by the rapid pace of technological innovations. The question that many business leaders may face is how to create value for customers in these fast-moving environments. The answer might be: choosing to become more agile!

The Importance of Business Agility

Agile product delivery is needed, but is not necessarily satisfying. Companies have a need for business agility. This means that all departments need to use Lean and Agile practices to continually and proactively deliver innovative business solutions in a fast and efficient way. SAFe®, an enterprise framework for scaling agile, has the guidance to help organisations get there. It is an agility framework at scale, which means that instead of having an agile team it will imply an agile transformation for the complete organisation.

Leading SAFe

QRP International is now a Scaled Agile Bronze Transformation Partner. We offer the Leading SAFe training, which prepares you for the SAFe 5 Agilist certification. The Leading SAFe course enables attendees to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise successfully into the adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). After an introduction to SAFe, the training provides best practices and methods that can drive your Lean-Agile transformation. Thanks to SAFe 5.0, your organisation can become the Agile business it needs to be and win in this digital age.

Why choosing SAFe

If you want to become a lean-agile leader, choosing SAFe could be the best solution for your business. The framework is well suited to complex projects with many teams involved. Some of the benefits of the framework include:

• Guarantee technical agility of teams
• Drive and support organisational change
• Leverage the benefits of Agile, Scrum, Lean, DevOps and Kanban
• Support project management with moref agility, thus providing stakeholders with faster feedback
• Internationally accredited SAFe certification for worldwide success

Want to know more? Visit our page: SAFe certification For any further questions you can write to us!

Take advantage of -30% on your favorite courses! Discount valid from the 15th till the 30th of November 2021.

As every year, Black Friday takes place around the world the day after American Thanksgiving: in 2021, it is therefore Friday, November 26 that this great day of promotions falls. This year has been difficult enough for everyone and we have decided to take the opportunity to offer you a 30% reduction on some of our training courses;

Virtual classroom

• PRINCE2 Foundation English: January 24-25-26-27-28, 2022 => €805 + VAT instead of €1,550 + VAT
• PRINCE2 Foundation French: 24-25-26-27-28 January 2022 => €805 + VAT instead of €1,550 + VAT
• PRINCE2 Combi English: 24-25-26-27-28 January 2022 - 16-17-18 February 2022 => €1,397 + VAT instead of €1,995 + VAT
• PRINCE2 Combi French: January 24-25-26-27-28 - February 9-10-11, 2022 => € 1,397 + VAT instead of € 1,995 + VAT
• AgilePM Foundation English: January 18-19-20-21, 2022 => €735 + VAT instead of €1,050 + VAT
• AgilePM Foundation French: January 18-19-20-21, 2022 => €735 + VAT instead of €1,050 + VAT
• ITIL Foundation French: January 17-18-19-20, 2022 => €735 + VAT instead of € 1,050 + VAT
• ITIL Foundation English: February 8-9-10-11, 2022 => €735 + VAT instead of €1,050 + VAT

E-learning

• PRINCE2 Combi English => €735 + VAT instead of €1,050 + VAT
• PRINCE2 Combi French => €735 + VAT instead of €1,050 + VAT

97% of decision makers and 84% of individuals said obtaining certification had a positive impact, improving efficiency and employee satisfaction, so what are you waiting for ?!

It is time to have some fun and end 2021 on a high note!

Over the course of the pandemic, QRP Luxembourg decided to divert most courses to a virtual setting. This way we were able to provide the same courses, but following the rules set by the government. However, now that we seem to have reached a more stable situation, we want to invite you again to join our on-site courses.

On-site courses

QRP Luxembourg hosts all types of courses, at Regus located at the Central Station, in person. The onsite courses are full days with an expert trainer and include the exam at the end of the course. Obviously the onsite courses are fully monitored and collide with the latest COVID-19 safety regulations. For now this includes a strong recommendation to wear face masks when circulating the common parts of the centre, social distancing and the use of hand sanitizer.

Why choose onsite

You might wonder why you should pick an onsite course, if the same course is organized virtually. The hassle to leave your comfortable home might seem much, but you will get a lot in return. For example:

• Multiple sensory learning experience
• Sharing experiences and social interaction
• Quiet dedicated time out of the office
• Exam at the end of the course

Multiple sensory learning experience

Onsite courses are designed to integrate different learning styles. Of which auditory learning, visual learning and kinesthetic learning. Auditory learning is everything that a participant takes away by listening and hearing. Visual learning includes all the information the participant takes in from the use of flipcharts and drawings by the trainer. Kinesthetic learning is also known as ‘learning by doing’. Classroom learning offers the best opportunity for this type of learning as there is much more student/student interaction and small games being used as examples.

Sharing experiences and social interaction

Also in our virtual classroom there is room for peer interaction, but it is not to be compared to the level of interaction in an onsite classroom. By sharing experiences, everybody in the room can learn (even the trainer). It adds another dimension to what you learn and will help you see the link with real life.

Quiet dedicated time out of the office

An onsite training permits the participant to take a distance from home and work so that the participant can deep dive into something new. The participant can focus solely on the course and this will improve the integration of the skills.

Exam at the end of the course

Onsite courses almost always include the exam at the end of the course. That means that the participant follows the training and gets the certification at the same time. In other learning formats, either virtual training or e-learning, the exam is planned separately from the course. If the participant seeks to get certificated in a short period of time, an onsite course is most of the time the fastest route.

QRP onsite course calendar

QRP Luxembourg offers multiple courses onsite, including PRINCE2, ITIL 4 Foundation, AgilePM and many more. Have a look at our complete course calendar and find planned onsite courses till mid 2022. For more information, feel free to contact us directly via mail or phone!