BWI: APMG Launches India Operations

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Source: APMG International
Thursday, November 11, 2010 02:34 PM IST (09:04 AM GMT)
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APMG Launches India Operations


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, November 11, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- **APMG - the specialist provider of Project, Programme, Portfolio, Risk and Service Management accreditation - is to offer its services in India
** India's First 'Best Practice Showcase' in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai will launch the new service

APMG-International offers a range of accreditation and certifications from the Office of Government Commerce, UK (OGC, Govt of UK). APMG commenced its India operations from its office in Bangalore mid this year. Its portfolio includes the OGC Best Management Practice qualifications such as ITIL®, PRINCE2®, MSP®, and P3O® amongst many more, all of which are highly interesting, relevant to current business scenarios and extremely robust. In addition, APMG offers a host of specialist qualifications such as Change Management, Agile Project Management and Service Catalogues. APMG recently launched a series of qualifications such as Change Analyst, Agile Project Management, Management of Value (MoVT) and OBASHI to name a few.

APMG accredits training organizations or ATOs, who have a wide variety of qualifications to choose from if they want to extend their offerings to professionals seeking highly prestigious qualifications. It also accredits consultants using OGC's Best Management Practice frameworks to help organizations improve performance and enhance productivity.

Richard Pharro, CEO, APMG said "We will accredit a few of the highly professional training organizations and institutions in India within the first year of operations. Worldwide we enable Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) to provide relevant qualifications to professionals from across industries like Power, Oil & Gas, Iron & Steel, IT, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Pharma, R&D to name a few. India has a market potential of over Rs 100 crore in this sphere of professional qualifications, and we want it to be the hub to provide qualifications in the Indian sub-continent, South Asian and African countries."

As part of its launch initiative APMG is introducing its highly acclaimedworldwide event in managing projects, programmes, portfolios and risks - 'Best Practice Showcase - India Series 2010'.Having hosted this event in the UK and Australia, and with an eight-year successful track record, the event has attracted over 3500 satisfied delegates from the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. APMG aims to replicate that success in the South Asian region this year.

Mr Alan Harpham, Chairman, APMG will launch the three-day event and present a summary of the organization's growth chart. He will also present a brief insight into white papers on some of the methodologies produced by The Gartner Group. His insight into the maturity model P3M3® will be another highlight at the event.

On expectations from the Showcase, Manoj Sethu, GM, APMG-India said, "APMG's 'Best Practice Showcase' has over the last eight years consistently provided a bird's-eye view of the key OGC frameworks. The key components of any project overlap and intermingle, but you need them to fit together seamlessly. And what better than a series of qualifications that forms a natural extension or sub-set of the other, each serving the need of the hour.

A myth that is expected to be broken is that these frameworks are European focused. I believe that in deriving true benefits from a functional service model, classifications do not help, in fact organization will benefit from the surgical approach. None of the qualifications are prescriptive, but are just robust, and can be tailored to one's own business. Another myth we intend to break is that such project methodologies are for larger multi-location organizations," Mr Sethu said.

"Best Practices Showcase India Series 2010' will take place in Bangalore (Nov 16), Mumbai (Nov 17) and in Delhi (Nov 19). Besides providing a platform for networking with peers in the project, programme, portfolio and risk managers, it will provide an insight into applying PRINCE2® 2009, MSP®, ITIL®, P3O® (Portfolio, Programme and Project Office) frameworks. Speakers from the industry who have hands-on experience using the PRINCE2® methodology will provide a great eye-opener.

To attend this International showcase and take the opportunity to explore this new project management outlook, whilst exchanging ideas and strategies for putting it into practice with other experienced project managers, you should to register at http://www.apmg-international.com/APMG-India/BPSIndia2010/BPSIndia2010Registration.asp.

About APMG International

APMG-International is a global company offering accreditation and certification for knowledge-based professionals. Our suite of certifications includes qualifications for project managers, IT service managers, risk managers and other knowledge-based workers.

PRINCE2® is a Registered Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries P3O® is a Registered Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries ITIL® is a Registered Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries MSP® is a Registered Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries MoV is a Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries.


CONTACT DETAILS
Manoj Sethu (General Manager), APMG International, +91 (80) 65836280, manoj.sethu@apmg-india.com

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CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY

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