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NewsletterInspiring Business Management Excellence

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BUSINET

I wish to welcome you all to the first edition of our newsletter. As part of our growing interest to inform

and educate our customers, we have come up with a quarterly newsletter that will provide valuable

updates on the local and global trends affecting the best practice industry. This is the publication for the

quarter September-December 2013.

Our quarterly newsletter will provide useful information on the latest trends in PRINCE2, ITIL and all the other

solutions provided by us.

We hope and believe that our customers will get professional enrichment from this newsletter. On behalf of

Businet Systems Limited, I gladly welcome you to read this newsletter.

Godfrey Osotsi,

Chief Executive Officer

Letter from Management

Dear Customers,

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Ÿ You'll discover how to use resources more efficiently,

improve stakeholder communications and multitask

in a more efficient manner.

Ÿ Project management training will help you and your

team communicates more effectively, resulting in less

downtime and smoother workflow.

Businet Systems Limited prides in being the first company

to offer MSP in East Africa. This was an inaugural course in

the region with Safaricom and Nairobi stock Exchange

being the lucky companies to have the experience. The

objective of this course is to develop and promote world

class programme management skills among programmes

and project managers while at the same time helping them

to achieve globally recognized certification in

programmes management. The methodology comprises a

set of principles and processes for use when managing a

programme which is made up of a specific set of projects

identified by an organisation that together will deliver

some defined objective, or set of objectives, for the

organisation.

he company has started an aggressive programme

to develop a pool of accredited trainers and Tconsultants to help it achieve its long-term

strategic objectives. It plans to recruit, train and develop a

team of suitably qualified individuals to offer training and

consultancy services in project management

(i.e.PRINCE2,MSP),IT service management (i.e. ITIL,

COBIT, ISO 20000), Software Management (i.e. CSDP,

CSDA) and Business Analysis (i.e. CBAP, CCBA). And this

being the first programme of its kind in Africa, the

graduates will be involved in numerous training and

consultancy assignments across the continent. We hope

this initiative will ease the burden of relying on foreign

resources thereby making the accredited services easily

accessible in Africa.

thOn the 25 of July 2013, Safaricom was a beneficiary of our

post training services when we held a PRINCE2 maturity

assessment which was based on PRINCE2 Maturity Model

(P2MM) and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3)

with a view of enabling them gauge by assessment, the

maturity in the use of the PRINCE2 project management

methodology.

The main objective was to help employees who have

undertaken PRINCE2 course with us identify the overall

company's project management strengths and areas for

MSP in East Africa.

At Businet Systems Limited, we don’t just train but

also ensure effective implementation of Best

Practice Solutions.

Safaricom Open Day

Businet Systems leads the way in trainer

development

Businet Systems Limited Gets

PeopleCert Accreditationusinet Systems Ltd has officially been confirmed as

an accredited affiliate of Fox IT SA. This follows a Bvigorous evaluation process by Peoplecert – one of

the largest global APMG licensed examination institutes.

Businet Systems Ltd is now accredited to offer ITIL

training and certification services across East Africa.

Mr. Godfrey

Osotsi, CEO of Businet Systems Ltd .

The company will now provide quality accredited

solutions in the entire ITIL portfolio of courses (from

foundation to expert levels). This achievement adds to

several other accreditations awarded by various

international agencies in the last two years.

“This global recognition positions the company among

the elite best practice solutions providers in Africa. We will

continue developing our services to meet the demands of

our ever expanding clientele in the region.'’

Enhance your career with Project

Management training.If you are new to project management, or want to improve

your project management skills and knowledge, PRINCE2

training courses will definitely meet what you are looking

for. Successful executives in fields such as Project

management, finance and IT are harnessing the power of

their careers and updating their project management

skills. Additional project management training can often

mean a higher salary, better job satisfaction and expanded

career opportunities. Here are some ways that project

management training will enhance your career:

Ÿ Project management training helps you be a more

valuable contributor to your company, make more

money and receive recognition within your

organization through potential job promotions.

Ÿ You will be able to develop accurate project schedules

to help you meet timelines, track resources, anticipate

risks, deliver projects on time and keep projects within

budget.

Ÿ Project management training will help you

successfully manage teams across organizational and

global boundaries.

Ÿ You will be able to determine the correct number and

type of resources for your project to ensure its success,

saving you time and costly mistakes.

Ÿ Project management training helps develop team-

building skills. You'll work more smoothly and achieve

a higher level of commitment with your team

members — even team members who don't report to

you.

Ÿ You'll learn how to confidently develop project success

criteria and methods to clearly demonstrate a project's

success.

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improvement while at the same time building an action

plan to improve the effectiveness in the use of PRINCE2.

This was also expected in turn to lead into PRINCE2 being

embedded within the organization and delivery of the full

benefits of using a structured project management method.

It was also aimed at providing the basis of establishing the

maturity assessment process to determine the level of

maturity in the use of PRINCE2.

e are happy to announce to all our existing and

potential customers that Businet Systems WLimited has once again taken the lead in

providing quality and world class training solutions by re-

engineering its PRINCE2 solutions and launching the new

ITIL training solutions that have been developed in line

with changing customer needs and expectations. We now

have a variety of PRINCE2 solutions to choose from. The

n e w l y d e s i g n e d P R I N C E 2 s o l u t i o n s

fully addresses the needs of every customer, whether small

or large, low budget or high budget etc. We have also made

it easy for our customers to achieve ITIL Expert

certification easily, cost-effectively and conveniently while

ensuring that high training standards are maintained. You

can now train bulk delegates from your organizations at

unbelievable rates and at your convenience.

APMG, the accrediting board for PRINCE2 have announced

a format change to both the PRINCE2 Practitioner and

Practitioner Re-Registration exams.

These changes have come about as result of a candidate

survey which highlighted some issues with the timings of

each exam. If you would like to learn all you need to pass

your PRINCE2 exams, try our PRINCE2 Training Courses.

For more information see the following link:

Our Broad Range of Quality Training

Solutions

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PRINCE2 Exam Format Change

PRINCE2 Training session at The Boma Hotel Nairobi. Kenya

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ŸYou get 24/7 customer support for any questions you

may have

ŸYou will be guided by an authorized proctor

throughout the process, from start to finish

ŸYou get instant online provisional results

ŸYou can view, download and print your e-certificate

once the official results are out

ŸYour employer, potential employer or recruitment

agency can verify your certificate online

The ITIL Accreditor, APMG, recently published the latest

figures on ITIL exam statistics. There were over 240,000

candidates for the Foundation exam, and almost 50,000

candidates for the intermediate tracks. Most Foundation

candidates were found in Europe, with Asia and North

America as runner-ups. South America and Africa were

way behind, in figures.

he company has recently been awarded the

Registered Education Provider status by the TInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

(IEEE) Computer Society to provide certification training

in Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP)

and Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA)

designation. The company is proud to be the first sub-

saharan company to achieve this distinguished status. This

new status enables us to provide certification training in

software engineering/management to growing number of

experienced and upcoming software professionals. Our

graduates are expected to become globally respected

Low growth of ITIL in Africa

Launch of Software Management Training

PRINCE2 Professional Launch

ITIL Online Exams

ood news for the PRINCE2 Practitioners is that

they can now enrol for an advanced PRINCE2 Gqualification-PRINCE2 Professional. This

qualification was launched by APMG on 30 January 2012.

The qualification assesses a candidate's ability to apply the

PRINCE2 method. PRINCE2 Professional has been

designed to assess the ability of holders of the existing

PRINCE2 Practitioner certification to apply the PRINCE2

method.

The higher qualification will help candidates to stand out

from the crowd. Peter Segal, managing director at

technology resourcing firm Ogilvie & Associates Ltd, said:

"Around 250,000 people hold the PRINCE2 Practitioner

certificate in the UK. Many more hold the qualification

worldwide. When my clients look to recruit, it is not a

differentiator any longer."

Unlike for the existing PRINCE2 Foundation and

Practitioner qualifications, the new PRINCE2 Professional

qualification will not require candidates to take an exam.

Instead, they will be evaluated during a two-and-a-half day

exercise at a residential assessment centre.

During the assessment days, candidates will be put into

small teams, given project case studies and asked to

demonstrate and give evidence of their application of the

PRINCE2 methodology. They will also be given solo tasks

and essays to complete. The evaluators will observe

candidates working on the case study and mark candidates

against 19 competency criteria, which include preparing a

business case, interpersonal skills, product-based planning

and capturing lessons learned. There will also be

individual interviews with an evaluator.

The pass mark is a minimum of one in each of the 19

criteria and a minimum average score of 1.6. To apply for

the new qualification, candidates must hold a valid

PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification. Businet Systems

Limited is expected to launch this programme in the

course of the year.

At Businet systems we understand the time constrains

faced by our clients. The good news is, we are now able to

offer flexible online ITIL exams at the convenience of the

delegates to help you save on this. You can now do ITIL

exams anytime and anywhere.

ŸYou can take your exam almost anywhere you have

internet access

ŸYou choose the time of your exam through the online

scheduler. You can take your exam in 4 hours.

ŸYou register online, through simple steps.

Take your exam whenever

you want wherever you want! This simply means:

http://www.peoplecert.org/en/Candidates/Book_an_exa

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software professionals with hands on software

development skills. The first enrolment will be in June

2013.

“The course was really good and the atmosphere

very pleasant indeed. Victor is a fine trainer and I

appreciated the value of his guidance, especially in view of

the exam.”,

“I would like to recommend and appreciate the way Victor

delivered the course. He was very excellent. With him I do

not see why anyone would fail. Please pass our regards to

him.''

"Excellent course, excellent trainer, very lively, kept us

awake and vibrant" ,

"I am happy to have passed both examinations. I not only

found the trainer articulate in the subject matter, the

course content was rich, practical and well delivered!",

"It was indeed an honour and privilege to meet you and go ®through the Prince2 Journey together. Thanks also to

Businet for putting together the class which turned out to

be a remarkable experience.",

"Thanks for being a wonderful facilitator, we could not

have gone through it without your able support. I did not ®have a clue what ITIL was at the start of the class, but am

glad that now am conversant with IT service management

best practices and above all passed the exam. Once again,

thank you very much and I look forward to working with

you again during the PRINCE 2 training".

Testimonials

Karin Nasheya Project Manager,

UNPD Southern Sudan

Joseph Karumba Kanyua, Safaricom Limited. .

David Waggema, Manager –

IT, Nairobi Securities Exchange

Rose Macharia,

ICT Project Manager, Kenya Airports Authority

Tiziana de Rosa Bouvier, UNDP

Everlyn W. Mwangi, Products and Services

Development, PMO, Safaricom