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PM Website

We've just updated the PMPartners website and invite you to take a closer look @ www.pmpartners.com.au

As well as a slick new design we have added some great new features such as our PMShop where you can purchase a variety of business and Project Management related texts. Our Client Connection where you can vote on regular management issues on our PMPoll or even Ask A PMPExpert where you can burden a PMPartners subject matter expert with any of your business or Project Management related problems.

To have a look at our website now, please click here.

BA Seminar

PMPartners are holding a free Business Analysis seminar on Thursday, 10 May at our training centre at Regus in Clarence Street, Sydney from 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

Topics covered will include:

Recent changes in the business analysis profession.
The world's first internationally recognised business analysis certification.
Tips on developing learning pathways for business analysts.
Business analysis over the next five years.

If you would like more information or would like to register for this free seminar, please contact Lisa Boissett at PMPartners on 02 9267 2267 or email lisab@pmpartners.com.au before Friday, 4 May.

PM Training

"New Qualifications On Offer At PMPartners"

PMPartners are pleased to announce they have two new training workshops available which lead to either a Certificate IV in Project Management or a Diploma of Project Management.

If you have already completed our Project Management Fundamentals workshop, all you need to do is complete our Bridging Day and you can be assessed for the qualification of a Certificate IV in Project Management.

If you have already completed our Project Management for Business & IT&T Professionals CompTIA Project+ Certification workshop, by completing an additional Bridging Day you can be assessed for the qualification Diploma of Project Management.

Another exciting announcement is that at the same time you are being assessed for the Certificate IV and Diploma, you can also be assessed for additional certifications with the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) through their RegPM programme.

When you are being assessed for your Certificate IV you can also nominate to be assessed for the AIPM's certification of Qualified Project Practitioner (QPP), and when you are being assessed for your Diploma of PM you can also choose to be assessed for the AIPM's certification as a Registered Project Manager (RPM).

PMPartners are proud to say that we are the only training company in Australia who are currently offering you one qualification (Diploma of PM)and two certifications (CompTIA Project+ and RPM) by simply completing 6 days of Project Management training.

To download our Certification IV workshop outline, please click here. To download our Diploma of Project Mangement workshop outline, please click here.

PMPartners have a number of public training workshops available, with many leading to a certification or qualification:

PMI-PMP Certification Preparation Workshop
Business Analysis
Project Management for Business & IT&T Professionals CompTIA Project+
PRINCE2 Foundation to Practitioner
Project Management Fundamentals
ITIL Foundation
Managing Successful Programmes (Foundation to Practitioner)
Microsoft Project Essentials
Certificate IV in Project Management
Diploma of Project Management
Building Sustainable Change

If you would like more information about any of these workshops, please go to our website and download the workshop outlines and our 2007 Public Training Brochure.

PM Feature

"Effective Project Management: The Third Dimension" By Jim Hughes

We all know that the key to project management making a positive impact on our business lies in the adherence to two basic principles: doing the right project (portfolio management) and doing the project right (project management). Yet often major corporates comply with both of these tenets and still deliver a white elephant.

To read the rest of this article please click here.

Microsoft Project Essentials One Day Workshop

Sydney, 31 May 2007. Limited Spaces!

This workshop will provide you with the essential knowledge and skills required to plan, schedule, track, control & report on all your projects in Microsoft Project. To download the workshop outline please click here.

PM News

An article currently featured on the CompTIA website (written by staff writer Kristin Clifford) states that some IT Professionals believe their employers primarily value their interpersonal, communication and technical skills as well as strategic thinking and project management skills. To read this article please click here
PMPartners will be offering a one day Project Portfolio Management Overview workshop in Quarter 2 of 2007. If you would like to register your interest in this workshop, please click here.
We are also offering a one day PMI Program Management Standard Overview workshop in Quarter 2. To register your interest in this workshop, please click here.
According to an article from Sandra Rossi of Computerworld released in early March, the most difficult to fill positions for ICT employers are business analysts and project managers, and employers are using a "restricted pool of talent to meet demand". Cyrus D'Cruz, the IT&T Executive General Manager of recruitment firm Hudsons, was interviewed for the article and stated that "….project managers and analysts tend to rely most heavily on softer skills around understanding business impacts, business engagement, and business enablement . . . these are important skills that give candidates the ability to influence and create business cases and outcomes".

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