Archive for IT Alignment
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 [...]
ILX Group wins global contract with international drilling contractor KCA DEUTAG to provide e-learning in project management across 22 countries
Our friends at ILX Group plc are going from strength to strength. Selection for this major training contract is an endorsement of their capability, world wide. It is this strength that sets them apart from others. Tuesday 11th May 2010 – ILX Group plc, the best practice training company, today announced that it has won [...]
Free Project Management Resources
We are pleased to be able to provide the following link to free Project Management resourses on the ILX website: http://www.ilxgroup.com/downloads.asp. Click on the link if you are interested in PRINCE2, APM, MSP, ITIL, MoR, or PPS resources to download. We have a relationship with ILX in New Zealand, so if there is anything taht [...]
When will government ‘get’ IT?
Click on the following link to read my latest article in the New Zealand CIO magazine: http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/opin/9D32E090AA8FF940CC257702006B7F43 This article discusses the unhealthy situation of not considering information technology as a critical strategic enabler.
Virtual CIO / Murray Wills interviewed by CIO Magazine
Murray Wills was recently interviewed by CIO Magazine for a feature that they did on CIO’s for rent. Click on the attached link to read the story which talks about the benefit of the Virtual CIO concept. http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/spot/74070C5887FE0CE4CC2576E9002966FE 1 April 2010 STOP PRESS The same article is now also on Various other international websites including [...]
The IT Skills Shortage – It’s Back!
Here is a very interesting story I have just come across from CIO Magazine’s Ross Storey, MIS Asia, entitled “Historic IT recruitment reversal” http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/depth/DFC18A4D92BDED3ECC2576AF006BF91B According to the story and recruitment and human resource outsourcing specialists Robert Walters, “the Asia Pacific is currently experiencing what is likely to be the fastest turnaround in the IT recruitment market [...]
Does the Auckland Transition Authority (ATA) “Get” IT?
Well, it doesn’t look like it!! If the following article is correct, then it looks like some really old school thinking has crept into one of our newest and most strategic organisations. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CFBB5E92DDF95D40CC25766A006D37F1 I agree with Rob O’Neill here. What on earth are they thinking? It is inappropriate, given the strategic nature of Information [...]
CIO Background – Is IT Experience Mandatory?
Here is an interesting article from Chris Curran in CIO online: http://www.cio.com/article/504149/CIO_Background_Check_IT_Experience_Mandatory_ This is the subject of some research that I am currently undertaking also for an up coming article. Chris asked questions of the online community and his article is based on the responses to these questions. It is timely that Chris has raised this [...]
ITCP Launches – Maxsys Press Release
The New Zealand Computer Society launched its IT Certified Professional Certification Programme today, after many months of hard work. ITCP is the new “gold standard” professional Certification for ICT Professionals in New Zealand, and is closely related to similar Certifications around the world. According to NZCS (www.nzcs.org.nz): “ITCP is New Zealand’s contribution to a [...]
Programme and Project Sponsorship
The ILX Group have a course available for the official APM Group PPM Sponsorship qualification. Maxsys is an exam invigilator for ILX. The professional Programme and Project Sponsorship (PPS) qualification has been developed specifically for Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and Sponsors or Executives of programmes and projects and it is really needed. It is all [...]
