Faculty Training Institute (FTI), South Africa's market leader in business and systems analysis and project management training, has announced its intention to bring to market a completely revised and upgraded portfolio of project management programmes.
The brand new courses include the recently launched Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice, FTI's Applied Project Management Programme, as well as a range of focused, intensive short courses.
FTI's new portfolio of courses encompasses the modern developments in the field of project management. It also addresses project management as an evolving discipline whereby the next generation of project management will require leadership rather than management.
FTI has developed a wider range of project management courses in response to the shifts in traditional project management. Increasingly, professionals are required to work across multiple, complex projects and are faced with ever-increasing pressures of delivering projects on time and within budget.
“While traditionally this has always been the role of the project manager, the profession of project management is moving into the mainstream of business and people who are not necessarily project managers require project management as a core skill to add business value,” says Steve Erlank, MD of FTI.
“In today's complex, knowledge-based economy, which is an age of rapid change and uncertainty, project management professionals can also expect to witness upheavals during the life of their most significant projects”, says Erlank. “FTI's new programmes encompass the modern model of project management, whereby the major value contribution from project management professionals, above meeting cost and timeframes on projects, will be their ability to think out-of-the box, agility and project leadership,” continues Erlank.
FTI's recently launched Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice, which carries a PDU rating of 56, is gaining favour with its target audience. The Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice has been designed with the intent to offer credits towards the National Certificate information and is an essential building block for delegates on the path to becoming professional project managers. The four-month programme is primarily aimed at newly appointed or aspirant project managers and project co-ordinators who want to develop a solid grounding in the essential skills of project management and is ideal for project managers that already have some experience and wish to formalise their project management knowledge.
FTI has announced that its Applied Project Management Programme will be launched towards mid-2012. This three-month, part-time programme is primarily aimed at practicing project managers and project co-ordinators who want to formalise and build on their foundation of project management skills. While the programme is suited to recently qualified delegates who have completed FTI's Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice, and have at least six months' of work experience on projects fulfilling the role of the project manager or project co-ordinator, other qualifications or recognition of prior learning may be considered sufficient for entry into the programme. The Applied Project Management Programme emphasises workplace assignments and will benefit delegates who have been involved in the creation of project charters and project management plans.
FTI's consulting arm, FTI Professional Services Division (FTIPSD), will support FTI's project management programmes launching in 2012. FTIPSD will offer a range of services that include coaching and mentoring services, Professional Development Seminars, and Methodology Support competency assessment.
The Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice commences on 9 February 2012 in Cape Town, and 16 February 2012 in Johannesburg. To find out more about FTI's Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice, please visit www.fti.co.za or contact Lea-Anne on (011) 807 9478 or leaane@fti.co.za.
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Faculty Training Institute
Faculty Training Institute (FTI) was established in 1989 to provide affordable, practical and professional training of the highest standards to the IT industry. Starting with two diploma courses, one in IS Project Management and one in Systems Analysis and Design, FTI's product range now encompasses a wide and growing range of programmes. These programmes serve the professional skills development needs of a community that stretches much wider than just information technology. The modern world continues to shift towards a Knowledge Economy where old skills and paradigms become obsolete and new careers and roles emerge. These roles require multi-skilled individuals capable of high-order thinking and problem-solving skills, across a range of industries and knowledge domains.
FTI's strategy is to proactively identify these knowledge roles and create courses and programmes that define and support these roles. In the past 20 years, FTI has graduated thousands of knowledge professionals from their signature diploma programmes, with many delegates returning to augment their skills by attending the Institute's focused, intensive short courses. Its corporate client base now extends across southern Africa and includes numerous leading companies. Web: www.fti.co.za
Faculty Training Institute holds the following institutional accreditations:
* Fully Accredited Education and Training Provider with the MICT SETA (ACC/2010/00/601)
* First Education Provider to be endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis
* (IIBA) in South Africa and hold Charter status
* Registered Education Provider (REP 2841) with the Project Management Institute (PMI)
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