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Department of Labour award P3M3 contract to KPMG/Aspire alliance

enquiries — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:52:58 +0000

Wellington, New Zealand. The Department of Labour have announced that the competition to deliver a P3M3 assessment has been won by the joint KPMG/Aspire proposition. The work will take place in the coming weeks and will be delivered by the KPMG consultants in Wellington with support from Aspire consultants in Sydney and the UK.

Rod Sowden, CEO Aspire said “This is fantastic news, and the result of a lot of hard work by KPMG and ourselves. We are really looking forward to developing the relationship for the benefit of customers in that region”

P3M3 - everything you wanted to know but didn’t like to ask

enquiries — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:37 +0000

Aspire Europe will be hosting a session at the Best Practice Showcase conference called
“P3M3 - everything you wanted to know but didn’t like to ask”

When P3M3 was released in 2008 it took the PPM world by storm, a maturity assessment tool that enabled organisations to measure themselves against an internationally accepted standard - at last - and it was free.

This session will introduce the key concepts, and look at the trends that have been identified and lessons learned.

Rod Sowden, OGC lead author for MSP and P3M3 hosts a discussion about the value of using maturity models to improve PPM performance

For more information about the conference and to register please go to www.bestpracticeshowcase.com/

MSP2011 -what is in it for you?

enquiries — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:32 +0000

We will be hosting a session at the Best Practice Showcase conference called
“MSP2011 - what is in it for you?”

MSP is the most established programme management framework in the world and has over 40,000 qualified practitioners.

This summer the revision is due out, at this conference we will be hosting a discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the current version and introducing some of the headline changes that have been made to help improve the way organisations deliver programmes.

Rod Sowden, OGC lead author for MSP and P3M3 hosts a discussion about what the new version contains and why the changes have been made.

For more information about the conference and to register please go to www.bestpracticeshowcase.com/

Business Projects - Why are they so tough

enquiries — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:38:18 +0000

We will be hosting a further session at the Best Practice Showcase conference called
“Business Projects – why are they so tough”

There are a number of project methods that have their roots in projects that create things, mainly technology, construction or manufacturing products. However, many business projects do not have the certainty of outcome that these projects do, the goal posts move, the organisation changes constantly so the delivery if full of ambiguity, which is alien to many of the project management approaches.

Rod Sowden, OGC lead author for MSP and P3M3 hosts a discussion about the challenges for business project managers and where they may find some solutions.

For more information about the conference and to register please go to www.bestpracticeshowcase.com/

Aspire and KPMG in New Zealand

enquiries — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:42:03 +0000

Aspire is very pleased to announce an exciting collaboration initiative with KPMG, New Zealand. Aspire and KPMG will be working together to deliver P3M3 maturity assessments to Government and private sector clients, by offering KPMG’s global project advisory reputation and local skill-set supported by the experience and intellectual property of Aspire in this discipline.

James Bawtree, Managing Director Aspire Asia Pacific said ”By working in with KPMG we are able to offer an exceptional and unique value proposition to organisations in New Zealand”.

Grant Avery, Director KPMG Advisory said “Working with Aspire enables us to leverage a well developed maturity review method and associated global best practice maturity database to support clients in a more measured approach to their investment decisions.”

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Vodcasts on programme and project management

enquiries — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:40:34 +0000

The TSO (The Stationary Office) have launched a number of short Vodcast interviews with some of the thought leaders and authors that have shaped the UK Best Practice, this is a very useful source of information presented in a different format to normal, if you would like to drop in and have a look, here is the link, even though it says prince2009, it is the link to a number of vodcasts http://www.best-management-practice.tv/prince22009

Best Practice Showcase 2011

enquiries — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:41 +0000

Best Practice Showcase London – the APM Group and OGC sponsored event is now being planned for 17^th June in London, this years format has less speeches and more interactive events. Aspire Europe will be there helping out on the TSO stand and hosting our own BoF’s so if you would like to find out more here is the link http://www.bestpracticeshowcase.com/

Best Practice Showcase Poland – if you are in Warsaw the Showcase is coming to you, there is a special event on the 10^th June in Warsaw. You will find us there as part of our partnership with Piotr and his team at CRM in Warsaw.

MoD awardd P3M3 contract

enquiries — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:05 +0000

Ministry of Defence award P3M3 contract. – the pilot work last year by the MoD to investigate whether P3M3 was the right model for them to use to assess their project management performance seems to have concluded with a Yes. A recent tender process to select the supplier of the main roll out of the assessments was concluded in March with the consortium made up of the CMC Partnership, who hold the OGC Buying Solutions contract supported by Outperform UK Ltd and Aspire Europe Ltd have been appointed to continue the work started in the pilot last year.

Our freebie of the month

enquiries — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:36:56 +0000

This month we have another unique podcast for you, this time it is an introduction to the 2009 version of PRINCE2® by the very popular Andy Murray (Lead Author), described by the Sunday Time as one of the most influential figures in UK project management. Andy waxes lyrical about the 2009 version, and is essential listening if you have a qualification in one of the older version OR are thinking of attending a course in the near future – over to you Andy www.prince2overview.aspirepodcasts.com

Our May monthly deal

enquiries — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:35:53 +0000

Last month you had the unique pleasure of listening to Sue Vowler rapping about P3O, now we can offer a rare opportunity to attend one of our P3O courses, delivered by Sue herself. It will be running in Bristol at the end of June, normally these courses retail at £1495, but we know everyone is struggling for cash at the moment, so we are offering them for £995, if you want to book please let us know and if you missed the podcast last month, you can find it here - http://www.p3ointroduction.aspirepodcasts.com