In-house Workshops are Cost Effective. Where there are a number of staff for the same training course organisations are finding in-house workshops a very cost effective alternative to the public workshop. By conducting the workshop in-house we are able to tailor it to meet organisational needs. In most cases the tailoring requires minimal work and therefore there is no added cost. For some workshops the case studies can be work related and without doubt there will be a focus on how the lessons learned can be applied in every day organisational life.

Our project management workshop, Successful Project Management is our flagship workshop. While it supports the guidelines of PMBOK it goes a step further and calls on the shared learning of a number of project managers to assist the workshop participants in wrestling with everyday problems and issues. Groupwork and case studies enable participants to contribute and learn by doing.

Twelve Commonwealth Government staff had a great time participating in a workshop that had no Powerpoint slides. Rather it was five days of activity based learning. Daniel Freedman the trainer has a significant number of simulations that the participants work through followed by a time of reflection and discussion. Daniel’s studies in Anthropology and Computing together with the experiences of his own personal journey have contributed to a very interesting and informative workshop.

Adempiere open source software is attracting significant interest. With the maturity of the open source industry and the increasing interest and focus by government departments in Australia and worldwide, demand for skilled resources is also increasing.

Effective Team Leadership - New Workshop Soon to be released. Participants gain an understanding of themselves through their own Team Management Profile. From this foundation we move forward to understanding others and leading them.

Background
In 1977 I studied a subject called “Supervision” in conjunction with a TAFE College. Our first assignment was to remember that “Supervision was the art of getting things done through the efforts of others”. A very simple definition but for many managers it is very elusive. Over the years I have seen the managers who are unable to keep their fingers out, doing it themselves or dictating exactly how it should be done. Creativity is killed and staff demotivated. Likewise, at the other end of the spectrum I have seen the remote manager who provides no clear description of what is required and who is that far removed, hasn’t got a clue what’s going on until it’s too late. Effective Team Leadership has been designed to maximise outcomes by effective management of people and processes.

Success Solutions' trainers are in demand internationally. Daniel Freedman has recently completed a training assignment in India and has another assignment in Norway during May. In March Karl Buderus was training in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. At the end of April he returns to Port Moresby to conduct a five day project management workshop. 

Business Systems Analysis, it’s so vital if you are to have Quality systems. Sean Boylan through his Successful Business Systems Analysis workshop will help you undertake quality business systems analysis. This is one of the first steps along the quality journey. Your requirements documentation is so vital for designing the solution and defining the end user acceptance testing.

Life is a learning experience. While learning includes formal classroom learning, the real value results from the living out of our learning in the real world and then reflecting on the results. This section of the Success Solutions website is dedicated to articulating some of that learning and sharing it with others. While the lessons learned may draw on theoretical underpinning their focus is the living out of the theory in the real world.

The Team Management Profile. Karl Buderus is now an accredited facilitator for Team Management Profiles. Karl was first introduced to the Team Management Profile in 1989 while completing his Master of Business Administration degree. Hesitation at first but then enlightenment. This is how Karl describes it, “I completed a 15 minute questionnaire and subsequently received a Team Management Profile. It was most enlightening. It described the way I like to work, so well, why I do the things I do and most of all it helped me understand myself. After understanding myself to some measure, I could then start to understand others.”

Technical Reviews - Elimination of Surprises (Paper available) To err is indeed human, and reviews have proved to be the most cost-effective method in use for error detection and removal. Before implementing new procedures within an information system, a formal technical review can ensure that the plan will work. This step is critical in preserving the intentions of the plan and preventing costly, time-consuming errors. Please click the link below to download a copy of Technical Reviews - Elimination of Surprises.