Business management courses
Business management courses are essential in helping your employees to achieve higher business standards.
IT training companies
When you’re looking to drive your employees’ continuing professional development while ensuring that they are capable of using the latest tools and technologies you need to locate IT training companies that are qualified and capable.
Education and training institutes in South Africa
Are you entrenched in your career and looking for a qualification that can pull you out the rut and change the course of your life
How does the Open Source space look in the South African market?
Companies have matured beyond Open Source as an operating system and has moved “up the stack” to become an integral part of business strategy.
Accelerate your career path with Microsoft Azure cloud skills
The more you understand how to apply cloud-computing skills, the more opportunities may open for you.
Project Management – Principles Applied In Our Daily Lives
During a conversation with a pediatric surgeon, I was surprised to hear that surgeons apply Project Management principles in the operating theatre. Project management can provide you with a framework to take a structured approach to problem solving. These concepts can be applied to just about anything, irrespective of your area of expertise. Knowledge of project management will help you work better with stakeholders (everybody involved) and understand your own work better. Before suggesting how you can apply this discipline in your daily life, here are some fundamental terminology for the uninitiated A Project is a temporary activity designed to produce a unique product, service or result. Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. Project management processes fall into five groups: The following ten knowledge areas are applied in each of the five project processes. There are three constraints for any project – time (duration), cost (money), and scope (amount of work done). Change in one of these constraints will affect the others. For example, a decrease in funds (cost), means that less work gets done (scope) and also ends the project early (time). Now let us apply these principles in a practical example: Buying a house. You want to buy a house as an investment and this isn’t going to be easy. You have your requirements and need to meet them in the best way possible. Here’s how you can use PM techniques to systemically plan and perform your house hunt: Ask yourself the following questions and write down the answers – proper documentation is a prerequisite to effective project management. Project Management Processes Initiating – What is the expected outcome of this project? Planning – What are your specific requirements? How will you perform the search for the perfect house? What tools will you use? How long will you take? Executing – Search for the house. Make calls. Browse the internet. Set up visits with landlords. Monitoring and Controlling – Do you suddenly find yourself with less money and want to lower your expectations? Make changes as needed. Closing – You have successfully found the house of your dreams within your budget. Time to mark this project as ‘done’ and celebrate. Knowledge Areas Integration – How will you integrate all the other aspects of your project to be both efficient and effective in terms of the constraints? Did you document everything or do you make a mental note of whatever you think is important? Scope – Are your expectations set in stone or do you allow yourself some flexibility? For instance, are you prepared to buy a smaller house in a less up-class area? Do you absolutely need a swimming pool? Time – How much time can you spend on your house hunt? Do you dedicate a few hours per week? Do you give yourself additional time to catch up if you fall behind your plans? Cost – How much are you willing to spend on the new house? How much are you willing to spend on the search? Quality – Do you want a newly built house, or are you prepared to upgrade an older house? Human Resources – Do you rope in your friends or spouse to help you? How do you manage the people involved in the project? Do you take your friends out to a drink to show your appreciation for their assistance? Communications – How do you plan to communicate with the other people involved in the project? Do you email estate agents, banks and lawyers or call them to express your interest in their property? If your friends are helping you in your house hunt, do you ask them to give you updates every day? Risk – Always have a Plan B. What if you run out of money and have to settle for a lower quality house? Plan for the unexpected and know beforehand how you’re going to deal with it. Procurement – How will you procure the house? Are you happy with the terms of the bond, or do you need to negotiate it? Stakeholders – How do you manage the people involved in this project? For example, the estate agents, the bank manager and lawyers that register the bond. As you can see, these valuable Project Management principles can be applied to just about any aspect of our daily lives. Each Project has critical areas which can make or break the Project. This is done by a network system that identifies the critical factors (critical path). To learn more about critical paths I would suggest the reader to enroll in the CTU Project Management course.
Mnr & Mej CTU Pretoria
CTU Training Solutions in Pretoria is ’n private instituut wat in Menlyn, Pretoria geleë is.
CTU Training Solutions joins Red Hat Academy
CTU Training Solutions announced that it has collaborated with Red Hat to create the CTU Training Solutions Red Hat Academy.
Potch PM2 doing workplace experience
Want to get a taste of what Project Management is REALLY all about? Join the PM2 students as they take you on a little journey of their experience as prospective project managers.
CyberSec First Responder at CTU Training Solutions
CTU Training Solutions now Offers New-to-Market CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response, a Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Training Course and Certification CTU Training Solutions, a leading provider of instructor-led technical training, announces the addition of CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response to their public training schedule. This cybersecurity training course and corresponding ProCert-accredited certification, Certified CyberSec First Responder, were developed by Logical Operations with the goal of helping organizations combat cybersecurity threats. The number of exceptional IT security breaches continues to grow exponentially, which are part of an overall trend toward increasingly destructive hacking incidents. These hacking incidents further highlight the enormous demand for qualified security professionals who can protect their organizations’ networks and prevent significant losses. Delivered in an instructor-led setting over a five-day period, CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response is designed for information assurance professionals who perform job functions related to the development, operation, management, and enforcement of security capabilities for systems and networks. The CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response course will prepare security professionals to become the first line of response against cyber-attacks by teaching students to analyze threats, design secure computing and network environments, proactively defend networks, and respond to and investigate cybersecurity incidents. “We’re extremely proud to announce the addition of CyberSec First Responder: Threat and Response to our IT Security training portfolio, and welcome a partnership with Training Center to bring this to the market” said Bill Rosenthal, CEO, Logical Operations. “Here at Logical Operations, we know that people are the key to protecting an organization’s network; even with the best hardware and software solutions, an organization won’t be fully protected without properly trained professionals. Our expertise in the IT security training field has allowed us to create a training course and certification program that uniquely meets the training needs of today’s security professionals and organizations everywhere.” Class dates and more information can be found on our website. About CTU Training Solutions Awarded one of the 2014 and 2015 Top 20 Workforce Development Company! CTU Training Solutions was established in 1987 and specializes in skills development training across various fields in the ICT industry. CTU, as a training provider in the ICT training and development market, started as a small training centre with only two lecture rooms; 25 years later, it now employs over 220 staff and has a national footprint of 14 locations nationwide. CTU is an accredited ICT Training Institution. In line with industry requirements, CTU Training Solutions (PTY) Ltd is fully accredited by the MICT SETA (ACC/2006/07/186) through the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). CTU Training Solutions offers full time, part time and corporate IT, design and business studies. At CTU, we don’t sell programmes without certifications (national and/or international). This is what differentiates us from most of our competitors. CTU is one of the largest testing partners in EMEA (Middle East and Africa), doing an annual average of 11 000 exams at our 15 test centres. Our dedicated test centres are proctored by professional certified test centre administrators. About Logical Operations Logical Operations helps organizations and individuals maximize training with an adaptable expert-facilitated learning experience. Its more than 4,600 titles are available through flexible delivery platforms that are designed for any learning environment. For more information, connect with Logical Operations at https://logicaloperations.com and on Twitter @logicalops.
