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Building Project Careers with PRINCE2™, PRINCE2 Agile™, MSP™, MoP™ and MoR™4 certification from AXELOS

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It is important to develop your project, programme and portfolio management skills. Many organisations use the highly popular frameworks which have been developed by AXELOS™ and you can gain your certification with Project Plus to help you perform and use these frameworks.

Classroom Training

We are accredited to deliver the world’s most popular project, programme and portfolio frameworks certification courses and you can learn in our classroom courses in Wellington and Auckland.

You can gain Foundation certification which covers all of the knowledge or you can obtain both Foundation and Practitioner certification which demonstrates your ability to apply your knowledge.

To reflect the increased costs of exams and manuals, the prices for Axelos courses have been increased for courses from 1 January 2023. Classroom Foundation level courses now cost $2695 plus GST and combined Foundation and Practitioner level courses now cost $3795 plus GST.

You can choose from a wide choice of dates in the first quarter of 2023 to gain your certification, and get upskilled and ready to take your career forward.

Click on the highlighted courses below for more details, dates and to register

• PRINCE2. PRINCE2 6th edition is based upon the tried and tested experience of project management practitioners around the world, and provides the themes, principles, and processes to deliver successful projects of any size and complexity.

• PRINCE2 Agile. PRINCE2 Agile blends the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile with the defined governance of PRINCE2.

• Managing Successful Programmes MSP. MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), 5th edition is the “go to” best practice programme management framework, designed to align programmes and projects with organisational strategy and enable enterprise agility. MSP focuses on the delivery of outcomes and benefits, while mitigating risk and actively engaging stakeholders.

• Management of Portfolios MoP. MoP is comprised of principles, techniques, and practices that will assist in the successful adoption of portfolio management. It is concerned with how to choose the optimal projects and programmes to suit your organisation’s strategic objectives and how to monitor the execution of the projects to optimise the value of the investment portfolio. The focus is on doing the right projects.

• Management of Risk M_o_R4. This certification is only at the Practitioner level and it demonstrates that you understand how to apply and tailor M_o_R® 4 and apply practical risk management in your organisation to enable the creation and protection of value.

Our trainers are all Kiwis, who live in Auckland and Wellington, where we deliver our classroom courses. They each have many years’ training delivery experience and project management experience and are accredited for each course by PeopleCert on behalf of Axelos. They each regularly receive very positive feedback from happy participants.

Project Plus is an Accredited Training Organisation. We are accredited by PeopleCert on behalf of AXELOS and can deliver their certification training courses and invigilate the exams in our classrooms.

All courses are fully catered so that you can concentrate on learning and we provide a paperback copy of your course handbook before the course to allow you to complete some pre course study.

Useful articles about how people have used the AXELOS frameworks can be found at the Axelos Resource Hub.

AXELOS, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, MSP, MoP and MoR are trade marks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved.

Build Your Project Career in NZ

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Now is the time to build your skills, your CV and your project career. Now is a good time for a career change to project management as the economy strengthens.

Your CV

Surveys confirm that getting a new job or your next contract role is helped by having the right certifications. Developing your knowledge will help develop your project career opportunities.

Certifications are one thing that many HR departments and recruiters look for as a guide when considering new candidates. Of course, progression and finding a new role or contract depends on your personality, and competencies and your experience. Often it is difficult to get your skills and motivation across in a CV, and listing a relevant certification helps.

Wellington, Auckland and across NZ

Join our classroom courses in our Wellington training room and our courses in Auckland. We can also deliver all of our courses in your offices anywhere in New Zealnd.

Project Plus is NZ owned and managed.

Accredited Training Company

Project Plus provides training courses in the most popular project management certifications. While we are accredited by APMG International® and by PeopleCert on behalf of AXELOS ™ we are New Zealand owned and managed.  We can help you develop your understanding and gain an accreditation in:

  • PRINCE2™
  • PRINCE2 Agile™
  • Managing Successful Programmes MSP™
  • Management of Portfolios MoP™
  • Better Business Cases™
  • APMG International Change Management™
  • APMG International Stakeholder Engagement ™
  • AgilePM™

The official manuals and exams are all included in our prices and can be booked from our website.

These classroom courses include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea – so you can focus on learning.

Self-Paced Online

If our classroom dates don’t suit you or you just don’t have the time to study with two, three or five days away from work, we can help you gain your certification through our self paced online study with online exams. You can study PRINCE2, MSP, Better Business Cases, AgilePm, AgileBA, Project Planning and Control or upskill through two Association of Project Management (APM)  courses. You will have access to the online study material for 12 months and we courier the official hard copy manuals throughout New Zealand.

Plan to get certified now.

AXELOS™, PRINCE2™, PRINCE2 Agile™, MoP™ and MSP™ are trademarks of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. Better Business Cases™ is a trademark of Her Majesty’s Treasury. All rights reserved. APMG International Change Management™, APMG International Stakeholder Engagement™, AgileBA™, AgilePM™, and Project Planning and Control™ are trademarks of The APM Group limited. All rights reserved.

Project Coordinator Training 2022

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Build your career as a Project Coordinator. Join our next Project Coordinator training course and gain our Certificate in Project Coordination to help you build your project career. By completing this certification you will develop your specific skills and knowledge and provide a solid grounding for your future.

The certificate is gained by participating in our Skills and Knowledge project management training courses and then completing an online assessment successfully. The assessment requires an 80% pass mark and reflecting the quality of the training course material and of our trainer’s abilities our successful pass rate is 100%.

The next dates for these courses are listed below. You should start with the Project Coordination Skills course.  The other courses can be spread out over the next few months to suit your workload. All courses are one day unless stated otherwise.

Course Name Start Date
WELLINGTON
Project Coordination Skills 4 July and 15 August
Project Management Skills & Knowledge (2 days) 5/6 July and 17/18 August
Managing Multiple Priorities 20 June, 7 July and 19  August
Project Planning and Control Skills & Knowledge 23 June
Project People Skills & Knowledge 8 July
Microsoft Project 2013/2016/2019 (1.5 days)
AUCKLAND
Project Coordination Skills 19 July and 26 October
Project Management Skills & Knowledge (2 days) 19/20 July and 26/27 October
Project People Skills & Knowledge 22 July
Managing Multiple Priorities 21 July and 28 October

 

All of these courses will be held in our training room on Level 1, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington. Tel 04 495 9100 or in the Auckland CBD

The certification is completed with a MS Project course booked through Project Plus and delivered by Ace Training in their office at 89 The Terrace, Wellington or in Parnell.  Then you have to pass an online assessment.

If you wish to register please email info@projectplus.co.nz and we will do the necessary, confirming dates with you and sorting out an invoice for your organisation.

Please don’t forget to tell us if you have any special dietary requirements or preferences when you register and if you want to be added to our monthly training newsletter.

We continually review and update our course content and all courses are supported with full documentation. Our trainers are all accredited by PeopleCert to deliver PRINCE2™ ,  PRINCE2 Agile™, Managing Successful Programmes MSP™ and Management of Portfolios MoP™ training courses.

Three of the courses in the Certificate are detailed below.

Project Coordination Skills & Knowledge.

This one-day course is designed for people new or relatively new to project coordination or project administration. The course covers:

  • The roles and responsibilities of the Project Coordinator
  • How to manage scope change through change control processes
  • The role of the Project Coordinator as scheduler and cost controller
  • The importance of tracking risk and quality through maintaining registers
  • The importance of stakeholder management
  • Registers, report and minute taking

Project Management Skills & Knowledge

This two-day course is ideal for Project Coordinators and Advisors, new Project Managers or Project Managers with no formal project management training and for managers or project team members who need to understand project management. This is our core “how to” project management course. The course will equip you with a set of tools immediately applicable in the workplace, taking you through the stages of a project. The course modules include roles and responsibilities, project initiation, planning, execution and closure. The course contents do not reflect any specific framework so it is useful for everyone.

Project People Skills

This interactive People Skills training course provides insight and practical approaches to help you work well in a project team.

This course covers:

  • What makes a strong, diverse project team?
  • Leveraging power, relationships and emotional intelligence
  • The communication imperative
  • Managing conflict
  • Collaborative decision making
  • Project team closure

You will learn:

  • How to develop a strong and diverse project team
  • The importance of influencing skills and emotional intelligence
  • How to create effective communication plans
  • How to resolve project team conflict
  • Collaborative decision making and supporting tools to achieve this
  • How to run effective meetings
  • Closure processes for a project team

 

PRINCE2™, PRINCE2Agile™, MSP™ and MoP™ are trademarks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved.

Shaping Your Project Career

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Project careers are shaped through participating in our project management training courses. We help shape the project careers of people across New Zealand especially when you gain a project management certification. It is a useful addition to your CV.

You can attend the most popular AXELOS© Best Practice courses with Project Plus. These include PRINCE2™, the new PRINCE2 Agile™, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP™) and Management of Portfolios (MoP™).

There are no special requirements to attend these Foundation courses – anyone can join although project management experience will help you gain the most from the training courses. You must pass the Foundation exam before you can sit the Practitioner exam. The exams are multiple choice and the Practitioner exams are “open book” using the official manual.

PRINCE2Agile is a new certification. Previous experience of PRINCE2 or working in a  PRINCE2 environment is useful but not necessary to gain value from attending this course or passing the exam. We provide good pre reading material.

All courses start with the three day Foundation course on the Monday to Wednesday and the exam is on the Wednesday. The Practitioner course is on the Thursday and Friday and the exam is on the Friday.

It is never too late to gain an internationally recognised  project management certification.

 

PRINCE2 

PRINCE2 Agile 

Managing Successful Programmes MSP

Management of Portfolios MoP 

We are offering a free Take2 option for these Practitioner exams for everyone who takes our combined Foundation and Practitioner training courses during March – June 2020.

Bookings can be made on our website either paying by credit card or by invoice.

Our Skills and Knowledge workshops are available year round.

If you are interested in joining a PMP / CAPM study group before June 2020 please email info@projectplus.co.nz

Our prices include the official manual and the exam. GST is excluded from the quoted price.

AXELOS™, PRINCE2™, PRINCE2Agile™ , MSP™ and MoP™ are trademarks of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

Get accredited with PRINCE2™ Foundation and Practitioner

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We offer PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner training courses in Auckland and Wellington, we offer a self paced online option and we can deliver this course in-house anywhere in New Zealand.

You can also join our PRINCE2 Agile™ classroom courses in Auckland and Wellington.  Full details of our training courses can be found by clicking here.

PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology for effective project management. PRINCE2 contains a complete set of concepts and project management processes, including:

  • Starting up a Project
  • Directing a Project
  • Initiating a Project
  • Controlling a Stage
  • Managing Product Delivery
  • Managing a Stage Boundary
  • Closing a Project

A PRINCE2 qualification is a great asset to you and will help gain recognition of your CV. The knowledge you gain studying for the certification exams will provide you with the skills to work on any project that uses the PRINCE2 framework. A 2016 AXELOS PRINCE2 survey found that 88% of certificate holders consider PRINCE2 to have been valuable to their career.

All PRINCE2 certification holders are entered in the official PRINCE2 Successful Candidate Register by PeopleCert, the sole provider of AXELOS examination and accreditation services. This register can be accessed online, making it easy to confirm the validity of your qualification. Project Plus is an Accredited Training Organisation. We are accredited by Peoplecert on behalf of AXELOS.

Our prices for online and classroom courses include all materials and the AXELOS exams which are managed by PeopleCert. Our classroom courses are fully catered with morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch to let you focus on your learning and understanding.

AXELOS™, PRINCE2™ and PRINCE2 Agile™ are trade marks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved.

Project Management Training Courses in New Zealand

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You can join our project management training courses in Wellington to improve your project management skills and obtain certification. We provide professional development throughout the year with courses in our Wellington office on The Terrace. We offer a wide choice of certification courses. These include PRINCE2™,  PRINCE2 Agile ™,  Managing Successful Programmes MSP™,  Better Business Cases ™ and  Management of Portfolios (MoP™).

New courses include:

APMG International Change Management™

APMG International Stakeholder Engagement™

AgilePM™

AgileSHIFT™

Certificate in Project Coordination.

Our Certificate in Project Coordination is well regarded by many people who have gone on to develop a strong career in projects. The training courses which make up the Certificate will suit you if you are new to project management of if you already have some experience.

Project management training in your premises across New Zealand.

We can deliver all of our courses and workshop for your teams in your premises and we can tailor our delivery to include your own policies and procedures when appropriate. We also offer Project SRO training.

If you want more information please call us on 04 495 9100 or 09 415 1035. We would love to talk to you and answer any of your questions and help you to find out what training would best suit you.

PRINCE2™, PRINCE2 Agile™, MSP™, MoP™ and AgileSHIFT™ are trademarks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved. Better Business Cases™ is a trade mark of Her Majesty’s Treasury. All rights reserved. APMG International Change Management™ and APMG International Stakeholder Engagement™ are trade marks of the APM Group. All rights reserved. AgilePM™ is a trade mark of  the Agile Business Consortium Ltd. All rights reserved.