Substantial increase in professional skills training fuels further growth at Xpertise
According to leading IT training company Xpertise, significant growth in professional skills training - such as PRINCE2 project management and ITIL service management - is helping to drive the company's overall success.
Although most well-known for its technical IT training - such as in Microsoft and Oracle - it's growth in professional skills training which demonstrates Xpertise's broader success.
According to Bill Walker, commercial director at Xpertise, the company's professional skills training now accounts for a significant and increasing proportion of what it does. He also predicts further success in 2006. Says Walker: "We've had a lot of publicity around our technical training success, for instance when we were selected for the second time as Microsoft's leading partner across all of Europe, the Middle East and Africa - which is great. But we're also making a name for ourselves in the professional skills training arena."
Xpertise introduced professional skills training around three years ago, to complement its technical training. "IT teams need more than just technical skills. It's as essential to properly manage the implementation of IT projects as it is to get the technology right. It's a message that's certainly struck the right note with our clients. All of our professional skills courses fill very rapidly; we believe that we've grown to become one of the UK's leading providers of project management, service management and personal development training." Xpertise is an accredited PRINCE2 and ISEB training provider.
In fact, Xpertise now delivers a full range of around fifty professional skills courses - all aimed at IT professionals. These courses are available nationwide. "Unlike some training providers, we're not just dabbling in professional skills training. It's a core part of what we offer. And, in line with our strategy of offering training around recognised standards, we're fully accredited to deliver project management and service management training. This is essential: you can't be providing training around standards and processes unless you yourselves adhere to those standards."
Walker predicts that 2006 will be an even better year. "A lot of our growth - in terms of adding in new classrooms, trainers and infrastructure - had been around our success in professional skills training. This year we've already got strong forward bookings, so our plans are even more ambitious than they were in 2005."