IT Management: Project Management

by Karen Gomm

Tuesday 11 January 2005

Prince 2 and ITIL are on the rise as users see to boost e!!iciency

Project management and IT In!rastructure Library "ITIL# si$$s %i$$ be among the most &o&u$ar
training courses during 2005' e(&erts be$ie)e*
The dri)e !or cor&orate e!!iciency has increased demand !or IT &ro!essiona$s %ith ITIL si$$s'
and a reco)ery in IT s&ending has ensured continued demand !or &roject management si$$s such
as Prince 2* Leading training &ro)iders contacted by +om&uter ,ee$y &redicted &roject
management and ITIL courses %ou$d continue to rise in &o&u$arity*
-ddie Ki$e$$y training ser)ices director at IT training !irm Parity' said' .I e(&ect gro%th in
courses !or Prince 2 a$ong %ith ITIL ser)ice management in 2005*.
/rian 0utton director o! $earning at IT training com&any 12 agreed* .Project management has
gro%n most signi!icant$y' %hi$e ITIL ser)ice management has been getting broader and broader
acce&tance in the %or$d* ,e ha)e tri&$ed the amount o! Prince 2 courses %e are doing*.
2d)anced Linu( and 3rac$e si$$s are e(&ected to to& this year4s $ist o! hot si$$s' and the re$ease
$ater this year o! Longhorn' the ne(t )ersion o! Microso!t4s ,indo%s o&erating system' is
e(&ected to trigger a ne% batch o! courses' said 0utton*
In res&onse to demand !or accreditation' 12 %i$$ be $aunching 50 ne% courses in 2005 co)ering
subjects ranging !rom 3rac$e database training to ad)anced Linu( o&erating system si$$s*
3thers &redict strong demand !or courses in in!rastructure si$$s' such as net%oring*
.6uring 2005 %e ha)e seen a mared increase in the number o! &eo&$e attending technica$
7de)e$o&er and &rogramming8 training courses'. said 2ine McGuire' director o! training !irm
Pygma$ion +om&uter Grou&*
.This high$ights the !act that organisations are again in)esting in de)e$o&ing and u&grading their
IT systems and are training their sta!! to ensure they ha)e the necessary si$$s to de&$oy and
manage ne% techno$ogies'. she said*
Pygma$ion' %hich s&ecia$ises in Microso!t in!rastructure and de)e$o&ment courses' has seen an
increasing number o! &eo&$e attending the Microso!t -(change 0er)er 2009 course o)er the &ast
12 months* the training enab$es &artici&ants to u&grade their si$$s !rom -(change 5*5*
,indo%s 0er)er 2009 is a$so &o&u$ar as organisations &re&are to mo)e !rom ,indo%s 2000 and
,indo%s :T5' %hich %i$$ soon no $onger be su&&orted by Microso!t*
.6uring 2005 %e e(&ect to see a surge in the number o! &eo&$e attending system management
courses such as Microso!t 3&erations Manager 2005 and 0ystems Management 0er)er 2009'.
said McGuire*
.The !ocus %i$$ mo)e !rom de&$oyment to o&erating and managing the ,indo%s in!rastructure
more e!!ecti)e$y and e!!icient$y' %ith reduced do%ntime and o&erating costs*
At a glance
ITIL: The IT In!rastructure Library "ITIL# guide$ines are designed to he$& organisations run their
IT ser)ices more e!!icient$y*
ITIL %as de)e$o&ed by the go)ernment4s +entra$ +om&uter and Te$ecommunications 2gency !or
the ;K &ub$ic sector but has no% been ado&ted g$oba$$y* The guide$ines < a)ai$ab$e on$ine or
through training courses < are o)erseen by internationa$ user grou& the IT 0er)ice Management
=orum' %hich has 2'000 members in the ;K*
The $ibrary co)ers se)en to&ics inc$uding ser)ice su&&ort' ser)ice de$i)ery' managing IT
in!rastructure and security*
In!ormation on Prince and ITIL courses
www.qa.com
Prince: Prince' %hich stands !or Projects in +ontro$$ed -n)ironments' is a method o! running IT
&rojects* 6e)e$o&ed by the +entra$ +om&uter and Te$ecommunications 2gency in 1>?> as a ;K
go)ernment standard !or IT &roject management' Prince has become %ide$y used in both the
&ub$ic and &ri)ate sectors*
It is no% the ;K4s de !acto standard !or &roject management*