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AFA releases their 2010 brochure for all training and consultancy services.

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 news item.

The first part of the brochure covers AFA's training courses, and starts with a synopsis about AFA and AFA's accreditations. PRINCE2 Project Management is the first training course discussed. Since the new manual release in July 2009, AFA have been running seminars throughout the country explaining the changes between the old and new versions. In-house refresher days can still be provided, so please contact us for more information.

Leading on from PRINCE2, the brochure covers MSP, the global Programme Management methodology, and underlines the changes in MSP after the major course update in 2007. Information is provided on AFA's future course dates, locations and costs. The brochure also covers P3O (Portfolio, Programme & Project Office), which is the latest guidance developed by the Office of Government & Commerce. The brochure includes information on the newly released P3O practitioner course. 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. 2010 sees the start of the new Change Management course, which covers dealing with and the impact of Change Management for the individual, the team, the organisation and the channge leader. Also new to AFA for 2010 are APM qualifications, such as APM Introductory Certificate and APMP. These two courses are accredited by the Association of Project Management. AFA also run courses in 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. Practices for Delivering Change, Portfolio Management and Outcome & Benefits Management are then covered, giving course information also.

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 Belfast, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, London, Norwich, Peterborough, Reading and in various locations across Europe; MSP courses are in Cambridge, London, Norwich and Reading along with the M_o_R courses which run in Cambridge, London and Reading. P3O can be found in Cambridge, London, Manchester, Norwich and Reading along with ITIL courses in Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich.

Change Management, APM, Practices for Delivering Change, Portfolio Management and Outcome and Benefits Management details can also be found in the brochure along with their dates in both Cambridge, London, Manchester and Reading.

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