Best Practice Insights
Courseware: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All
At ITpreneurs, we produce extensive sets of courseware with pre-course reading, instructor guides, coursebooks, reference materials, case studies, and more. We specifically do not stick to only a printed book or even just an ebook. The reason is that we all prefer to learn differently, at different paces, at different levels, and in different ways.…
Read MoreGetting Ready for The Last 4 Months
It is August, and for most Europeans, that means it is time to celebrate their vacation. A time to take a well-deserved break from business, school, or study. For me, it means time to prepare for what will be coming in the last months of the year. It will be September by the time everyone…
Read MoreUpdating The Library – ITIL® 4
As a member of the AXELOS Lead Architect Team where I am involved in the development of the new version of ITIL I want to share some information about the underlying reason for the update of ITIL (ITIL4), the current status of the development of ITIL4 and how the AXELOS team operates to create a…
Read MoreBecome A Better Architect
With the new version 3 of ArchiMate®, this architecture modeling standard has reached a higher level of maturity. The latest version makes the architecture language much better for enterprise architects to use and strengthens its position as the worldwide modeling standard. In fact, when it comes to enterprise architecture modeling, there is no alternative as…
Read More6 PRINCE2 Principles to Use outside the PMO
A recent AXELOS PPM survey revealed how useful PRINCE2 is to professionals in the project management office (PMO). But how useful is it to those working outside the PMO? PRINCE2 gives you a structured approach to delivering something required by the project management office (PMO), regardless of what that something is. But it’s not only…
Read MoreTargeting Behavior in Best Practice Trainings: Do You Offer The Right Type of Training?
Some time ago I posted an article for Simagine at the ITpreneurs blog repeating the obvious that we can talk and give our opinions endlessly, yet if we look at the actual situation, we may have changed absolutely nothing. This gap between speaking and acting is a major factor contributing to the complexity of organizational…
Read MorePMO’s Journey with DevOps – Part II
We can probably all agree that time flies. Two years ago I wrote a post about the PMO’s future and guess what? That future is now. Two years ago I also advised choosing the right methodology like PRINCE2, Waterfall, Scrum, Agile and Kanban, depending on the requirements of the project. Fast forward two years and…
Read MoreTraining for Cloud Skills: From ITSM to CSM (Cloud Service Management)
Cloud is a recurring theme in IT training at the moment as interest in cloud training has started to accelerate in recent times. Cloud emerged at the top of LinkedIn’s hottest skills in demand 2016 analysis and again during our executive round table – The Most In-Demand IT Skills in 2017. Both spotlighted cloud skills…
Read More10 Ways to Fail with IT Management
Some IT management problems are so easy to solve that it might make you wonder why you didn’t come up with the solution yourself. I’ve been in the IT consulting and training industry for over 30 years and some of the ‘mistakes’ keep just coming back. It’s time to solve them once and for all.…
Read MoreTaking a Collective Approach to Address the IT Skills Gap
How acute is the IT skills gap? In Europe, more than 40% of companies have expressed difficulties finding staff with the right skills and experience to fill IT positions. The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) will host the 1st IT Professionalism Europe Conference. This conference aims to bring together key stakeholders to share…
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