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AFA are proud to release their 2009 Course Schedule for Consultancy and Training Services for individuals and organisations alike.

The brochure provides information on new courses for Best Practice methods, AFA's Consultancy services, and background information on the trainers and backroom staff. The brochure can be downloaded at the end of this document.

The first part of the brochure covers AFA's training courses, and starts with a synopsis about AFA and AFA's accreditations. MSP Programme Management is the first training course discussed. This highlights the changes made to MSP since its initial publication in 1999; the main changes being around three core concepts, and the three levels of qualification being renamed. To help organisations with the changes, AFA are running a series of refresher days, and information is provided on locations, dates, and costs.

Leading on from MSP, the brochure covers PRINCE2, the global project management methodology, and underlines the changes in PRINCE2 with the Objectively Tested Examinations introduced in September 2007. Information is provided on AFA's future course dates, locations and costs. M_o_R Risk Management is then covered and summarises how effective risk management helps organisations achieve its objectives. Information is provided on course dates, locations and costs. Our new P3O (Portfolio, Programme & Project Offices) courses are the latest guidance to be developed by the Office of Government & Commerce. It provides details on creating support structures within the best practices and information is provided on course dates, locations and cost. Also new to AFA is ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) which is delivered by ISEB accredited training providers and provides a systematic and professional approach to the management of IT service provision. Course dates, locations and costs are given. Change management and Benefits management are then covered, giving course information also.

Roni Holmes, who co-ordinated the production and distribution of the brochure said, "We have put together this brochure in a way that we hope is simple to understand for everyone. We have kept its handy A5 size, and been able to include all course details as well as some of the benefits to each of our methodologies. I think we have succeeded in creating a simple, easy to use pocketbook for all your project and programme management needs."

The final part of the brochure covers AFA's Consultancy Services, and discusses the latest assessment model; the Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3) that give clients a preliminary assessment of their organisations maturity. Information is provided on how AFA can help organisations implement a structured method in the workplace, and how less experienced managers can benefit from post-training mentoring.

This year AFA have continued to refine their training locations to include London based courses for PRINCE2, MSP and M_o_R. PRINCE2 courses can be found in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Ipswich, London, Norwich, Peterborough and in various locations across Europe; MSP courses are in  Cambridge, Exeter and London along with the M_o_R courses which run in Cambridge and London. P3O can be found in Cambridge and London along with ITIL courses in Cambridge and Norwich.

Change Management and Benefits Management details can also be found in the brochure along with their dates in both Bracknell and Cambridge.

Please contact us if you have a request for the new course schedule, or alternatively you can download the brochure in PDF format below.

AFA 2009 Brochure