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Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award
Murray Wills (aka the VirtualCIO) has been selected as one of three judges for this year’s Computerworld Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award.
Computerworld, together with the support of Hewlett Packard New Zealand, will recognise Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government through a special award to be announced in Wellington on 27 October 2010.
Murray, who has extensive senior IT and business experience and is a NZCS IT Certified Professional (ITCP), acts as a senior consultant/advisor, and VirtualCIO to a number of private sector and government organisations. “I was a thrill to be asked, and I’m looking forward to getting together with the other judges, and assessing the applications for the award. This award is for government agencies, rather than vendors, and this is good in terms of recognising the IP and contribution that government agencies make to ICT projects” says Mr Wills.
Top 15 iPhone Apps for Project Managers
From PRINCE2.COM – here is their list of the Top 15 iPhone applications for Project Managers:
http://blog.prince2.com/2010/07/top-15-iphone-apps-for-project-managers/
ILX PRINCE2, ITIL, PPS, MSP, Software Testing Training Takes Off!
We are delighted with the uptake of ILX elearning training courses in the last month. Several new Government Agencies are now on board and training staff this way. As well as the learning benefits of elearning for the staff member, elearning generally works out cheaper for the organisation.
The following article from e.learning age by Eddie Kilkelly of ILX Group may give you some insight as to why more and more are choosing elearning over face to face courses.
http://www.ilxgroup.com/docs/press/elearningage-june2010.pdf
Give Murray Wills a call on (04) 931 9325 if you would like know more about ILX training.
ILX Group plc launches ITIL®, MSP®, PRINCE2® Snakes & Ladders App for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch
ILX Group plc, the best practice training company, has launched two further Apps to help individuals and organisations enhance their project management skills. ILX ITIL® Foundation and ILX MSP® Foundation Snakes & Ladders App for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been developed to help reinforce core elements of courses by testing the users with prompted questions within a familiar gaming environment.
The launch of ILX ITIL® and ILX MSP® App are two further applications following the recent release of ILX PRINCE2® Snakes & Ladders App in March 2010.
Click here to find out more and download the apps in iTunes.
Project Management Training – The New Wave
An excellent video of Martyn Kinch from ILX Group being interviewed by Sky News Australia. http://www.ilxgroup.com.au/video.asp. Much of what Martyn mentions is true for New Zealand as well. Interest in Project Management training and PRINCE2 in particular is growing rapidly in New Zealand. We established a relationship with ILX for 2 reasons.
- As consultants, we are passionate about Governanace and the benefits that a project management methodology like PRINCE2 and the other OGC based qualifications can bring.
- We believe that ILX is very well placed to be able to meet this demand with its elearning, mixed mode and face to face learning options.
eLearning is becoming a method of choice for a number of Companies and individuals. It is very cost effective, staff get more time to complete their studies than a 5 day face to face course, and retention rates of information are high. Check out the options at http://www.ilxgroup.com
