Fissure News

 

Fissure has added a new international partner in The Netherlands. Global Project Performance is known for developing and delivering 'state of the art' project management solutions that increase the return on investment for project management organizations. Fissure is working together with Global Project Performance to produce the first computer based simulation supporting the popular European  PRINCE2 Methodology. PRINCE (which stands for Projects in Controlled Environments) was first developed by the British government in 1989 as the standard approach to IT project management for central government. Since then, the method has been enhanced to become a generic, best practice approach suitable for the management of all types of projects, and has a proven record outside both IT and government sectors.

 

Fissure has expanded our public offerings to include Denver and Milwaukee. Please check our registration page (link to registration page is missing) for details on workshop locations and dates.

 

  

Fissure’s new Simulation Powered Learning Workshop for Business Analysis will be piloted this July. As with our other SPL® workshops students will not only learn about BA processes and skills but build competency by applying their new skills in team while running the simulation This offering is part of a four course track that will also prepare participants to sit for Certified Business Analysis Professional™ certification (CBAP™) if desired.  All Fissure BA courses are compliant with and support the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ™ set forth by International Institute of Business Analysis™. Jon Firnstahl, Fissure’s Sales Manager, will be heading up the new BA offerings to our clients. If you have interest in the BA workshops please don’t hesitate to contact him. (info@Fissure.com).

 

Joining our cadre of guides for the new Business Analysts (BA) workshops is an old friend, Hans Jonasson. Hans has been a featured presenter at BA World in Chicago and Toronto well as PMI’s North American Congress. Hans is a founding member of the Southeast Michigan chapter of IIBA, as well as a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP™) and PMP®. He has recently authored a book titled ‘Determining Project Requirements’ which was published in October 2007. Hans also authored a number of the workshops in our new BA Track. We are very happy to be able to work closer with Hans.

 

 

 

In the last Fissure News we mentioned that Fissure was selected to train 100 of Microsoft’s elite Global Escalation Team members representing 22 different countries. The training was a resounding success prompting the sponsor to send us the following note:

 

I sent approx. 100 of my Technical Escalation Engineers through the Fissure Advanced Project Management SPL® Workshop. The goal was to take them out of their daily comfort zone with the in-depth simulation. The participant feedback was fantastic, the learning's were very eye opening, and apply both today and in the long term of their careers. 

- Jim Chismar, Director of People Strategy Team, Microsoft

 

 

 

Fissure guide, Geof Lory will soon be training in Ettingen, Germany for Molex. Molex has chosen Fissure to help them mature their project management practices. Molex has over 33,000 employees worldwide and has a line of over 100,000 products in the interconnecting market.

 

PM “LITE” Simulation Powered Learning Workshop will be offered September 9th & 10th. This course is for those who manage small projects. It’s perfect for professionals in Finance, HR, Administrative Services, Communication, Marketing, Sales really any person responsible for project results. If you are interested visit our website to register.

 

 

 

Fissure was re-certified as a Charter Global Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) in March of this year. The re-certification process occurs every three years and requires an extensive review of Fissure project management workshops, guide certification, and internal processes and quality improvement.

 

The PMI National Congress has asked Fissure to deliver our Advanced PM Simulation Powered® Workshop for their national gathering in Denver on October 22-24. This marks the sixth year in a row that Fissure will be a featured training company

 

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Mike and Pam Wold have been blessed again! They have a new granddaughter, Gracie Louise Wold. She weighed in at 9 lbs 10 oz on April 14, 2008. She is the daughter of Chris and Eric Wold.

 

Not to be outdone, Jesse and Sue Freese are also celebrating a new granddaughter, Reese Pearl Craig! She arrived on February 4th with beautiful brown eyes. The very proud (and tired) parents are Kindra and Mike Craig.