Archive for education
Site Launch – elearning Courses for Prince2, MSP, ITIL
ILX have launched a NZ order page for PRINCE2, ITIL, MSP, and Introduction to Project Management courses.
PRINCE2® 2009 Refresh
For those of you wanting further information on the newly released PRINCE2® 2009 changes, here is a link to some useful Podcasts from the APM Group. These include: PRINCE2:2009 Examinations with Emma Jones, Chief Examiner of PRINCE2 PRINCE2:2009 Publications with Andy Murray, Lead Author of PRINCE2 PRINCE2:2009 A History with Mike Acaster, UK Office of [...]
ITCP Certification gets a thumbs up
ITCP, or Information Technology Certified Professional, is the new internationally-aligned certification programme for ICT professionals, independently governed and operated by NZCS, the professional body of ICT professionals. The New Zealand Computer Society Inc (NZCS) has welcomed the widespread support and adoption of ITCP Certification. This is something that we as members of the society have grappled [...]
Recessionary IT
Despite the recession, there is plenty of evidence world wide that IT skills are still in short supply. In these recessionary times, some shortsighted organisations are letting extremely skilled and hard to replace IT staff go without I suspect an assessment of whether they will need them in the near future. For a company in trouble [...]
The IT Skills Deficit
Do you have an opinion on how New Zealand, and other countries could solve the IT Skills shortage? In 2005, Robert Sutcliffe and I wrote an academic paper on this topic. Our research indicated that this is an issue that would affect a number of countries, worldwide, not just New Zealand. Given that New Zealand [...]
