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Last Thursday we hosted an inspiring webinar presented by Colin Bentley, a project manager and an author of PRINCE2 for Small Projects. Colin’s webinar, entitled PRINCE2 for Small Projects, turned out to be a successful event that gathered an impressive number of participants. If you couldn’t make it last week, we still would like you to take advantage of Colin’s tips and advice and make the full presentation available to you! Order The Colin Bentley Practitioner Bundle before Friday 9th of December and receive the full recorded webinar absolutely for FREE!   The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle by Colin Bentley RRP: £38.95 Price: £36.95 You Save:£2.00 Release Date: 2009 Plus, the free full presentation when you order before Friday 9th!

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In about 24-hours time we will be joining Colin Bentley in his webinar on PRINCE2 for small projects. Don’t miss out, register now >>

FREE WEBINAR – PRINCE2 for Small Projects – Thursday 1st December, 4pm GMT

Register for the webinar now!

During the webinar, we’ll discuss:

• Problems of applying a Project Manager method to small projects
• How to manage small projects
• REALLY small projects
• Small Projects – the minimum elements for control
• Scaling down PRINCE2
• The irreducible core of PRINCE2

See you there!

The Speaker

	Colin BentleyColin Bentley has been a project manager since 1966 and has managed many projects, large and small, in several countries. He has been working with PRINCE2, PRINCE and its predecessor, PROMPT II, since 1975. Based on Colin Bentley’s best-selling title, PRINCE2 for Small Projects, this webinar will explain, in-depth, how PRINCE2 can be tailored to any size of project, starting with the smallest. It takes every part of the method and shows what can be combined and how to tailor the method to avoid unnecessary overheads without losing control, but still making it clear what you want as the end result.

How small does a project or piece of work need to be before you stop using PRINCE2 to manage it? When does PRINCE2 become a bureaucratic overkill? How can you manage a job that is too small to be called a project? How much PRINCE2 do you use to manage a project with only a couple of people in it? These are the questions this webinar will answer.

Register for the webinar now!

PRINCE2 for Small Projects webinar is brought to you by IT Governance and is the last in the series of our winter webinars.

Register for the webinar now >>

The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle

	The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle (includes PRINCE2 for Small Projects) RRP: £38.95 Price: £36.95 You Save: £2.00
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FREE WEBINAR – PRINCE2 for Small Projects – Thursday 1st December, 4pm GMT

Register for the webinar now!

During the webinar, we’ll discuss:

• Problems of applying a Project Manager method to small projects
• How to manage small projects
• REALLY small projects
• Small Projects – the minimum elements for control
• Scaling down PRINCE2
• The irreducible core of PRINCE2

See you there!

The Speaker

	Colin BentleyColin Bentley has been a project manager since 1966 and has managed many projects, large and small, in several countries. He has been working with PRINCE2, PRINCE and its predecessor, PROMPT II, since 1975. Based on Colin Bentley’s best-selling title, PRINCE2 for Small Projects, this webinar will explain, in-depth, how PRINCE2 can be tailored to any size of project, starting with the smallest. It takes every part of the method and shows what can be combined and how to tailor the method to avoid unnecessary overheads without losing control, but still making it clear what you want as the end result.

How small does a project or piece of work need to be before you stop using PRINCE2 to manage it? When does PRINCE2 become a bureaucratic overkill? How can you manage a job that is too small to be called a project? How much PRINCE2 do you use to manage a project with only a couple of people in it? These are the questions this webinar will answer.

Register for the webinar now!

PRINCE2 for Small Projects webinar is brought to you by IT Governance and is the last in the series of our winter webinars.

Register for the webinar now >>

The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle

	The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle RRP: £38.95 Price: £36.95 You Save: £2.00
	Read more about this special PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle >>

You know what your project will involve and how to tackle it. You know what budget you will need and who will be responsible for what job… Or maybe you do not? Maybe you feel like crying for help as you’ve tried everything you thought it would help you with a successful project completion.

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Based on Kurt Engemann’s and Douglas M. Henderson’s best-selling title, Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience, this webinar will cover in depth the principles and practices of business continuity and risk management, providing the foundations in the IT, emergency management and risk modeling aspects of these subjects.

FREE WEBINAR: Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organisational Resilience – Thursday 10th November, 4pm GMT

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During the webinar, we’ll discuss:

• Book and Presentation Overview
• Business Continuity and Risk Management
• Business Impact Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Modeling
• Risk Treatment
• Strategies
• Action Steps

See you there!

The Speakers

	Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP Kurt is the Director of the Center for Business Continuity and Risk Management and Professor of Information Systems in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College. He has consulted professionally over the past thirty years in the area of risk management decision modeling for major organisations and has been an instrumental part in the development and implementation of comprehensive business continuity management programs. He is also a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) with the Disaster Recovery Institute International.

	Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP Douglas is a President of Disaster Management, Inc., and has 25 years of experience in the management and human resources fields with major consulting firms. In August of 1992, Doug was the key associate of the Emergency Management Team for a consulting firm located in South Miami-Dade County. Inspired by the real life experience with Hurricane Andrew and the lack of preparation within the business and academic communities, Doug founded Disaster Management, Inc.

Register for the webinar now!

Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organisational Resilience webinar is brought to you by IT Governance and is first out of three in the series of our winter webinar series.

Upcoming webinars:

• ITIL: Better LITE than never by Malcolm Fry – Thursday 10th November, 4pm GMT
• PRINCE2 for Small Projects by Colin Bentley – Thursday 1st December, 4pm GMT

PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) is considered to be “the knowledge base that every project manager should possess”. It originated in the US and is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of information on all things to do with project management.

Contrary to popular belief, PMBOK should be used in conjunction with PRINCE2®. These are not two separate approaches to project management, but instead are designed to complement each other on how to manage your projects.

Get up to date with PMBOK with the latest guide: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) – 4th Edition. This is a reference guide and a subset of the PMBOK, which is generally accepted as best practice and is applicable to most projects.

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	A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) – 4th Edition Published by PMI Price: £49.95

PMBOK Guide: Benefits

• Published by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Fully updated and revised, offering a standard language throughout, making the standard even easier to understand and implement.
• Contains new data flow diagrams that clarify inputs and outputs for each process. Aiding your understanding of the processes.
• Updated to reflect the most current knowledge and practices in project management. Making this document the most up-to-date standard for project management.

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You can also buy this guide as part of a bundle with the PMBOK Introductory Kit. This bundle contains three books that form a comprehensive introduction to PMBOK.

The Official PRINCE2:2009 Book Bundle contains the all the core official PRINCE:2009 books.

All of the advice and guidance within these manuals is fully aligned with the latest version of PRINCE2, meaning that by purchasing this set you are receiving the most up-to-date information on the PRINCE2 methodology. Authored and endorsed by the OGC, these books are authoritative and comprehensive.

Every project manager needs this bundle of books. You can buy them either on their own, or together as a bundle, saving you time and money >>

	The Official PRINCE2:2009 Book Bundle by OGC RRP: £176.95 Price: £144.95 You Save: £32.00

This bundle contains the five core titles:

• PRINCE2:2009 Manual, Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 – 2009 Edition
• Directing Successful Projects With PRINCE2 – 2009 Edition
• PRINCE2 Pocketbook – 2009 Edition
• An Introduction to PRINCE2: Managing and Directing Successful Projects – 2009 Edition
• The Executive Guide to Directing Projects within a PRINCE2 and MSP Environment

Every project manager needs this bundle of books. You can buy them either on their own, or together as a bundle, saving you time and money >>

The Colin Bentley PRINCE2® Practitioner Bundle will help you improve your project management skills and help you to become accreditation-ready in no time!

This bundle of books has been authored and assembled by Colin Bentley, former Chief Examiner in PRINCE2 for APMG and the OGC. One of the books, the Essence of PRINCE2, is officially accredited by APMG for study towards both the Foundation and Practitioner PRINCE2 exam.

Pass your PRINCE2 Practitioner exam and implement PRINCE2 in your workplace with these three fantastic books! Order your set today >>

	The Colin Bentley PRINCE2 Practitioner Bundle RRP: £38.95 Our Price: £36.95 You Save:£2.00 These books are extremely useful during any implementation of the method. Meaning your investment just keeps on paying you back after you are qualified!

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With Halloween just around the corner, we know that it’s the beginning of long and dark evenings, and much shorter days. We find ourselves wrapped in a blanket with a hot cuppa, unwillingly leaving a house to face the chill of cold winter months. ‘I’m only going out if I have to!’, we say.

If you’re planning to study for your PRINCE2 foundation exam this winter, we have a perfect solution for you. This home-based training, which also comes with the foundation exam, will save you time and money and allow you to study in the comfort of your home. So get your hot cuppa ready and start your course this winter!

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Whether you just want an introduction to PRINCE2, or plan to go to advanced Practitioner training, this course provides a perfect platform to ‘fast-start’ your knowledge.

The big advantage with this course is that you can take it at your own pace, it is 7 hours long and most people spread it over 1 or 2 weeks.

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