QRP International offers her training also through the KMO-Portefeuille for the clients that have the possibility to benefit from this measure.  Important to note is that the training must be followed by an approved training organization, like QRP International. More info on how it works you can find on: https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/kmo-portefeuille. The “KMO Portefeuille” is a measure that gives you - as an entrepreneur - financial support for the purchase of services that improve the quality of your company. Specifically, these services are training and advisory services, such as one of the QRP courses, onsite as well as virtual The “KMO Portefeuille” was adjusted on 1 December 2019. Since then, a small company can receive 30% aid, a medium-sized company 20%. Since 1 January 2020, the maximum aid ceiling per year is EUR 7,500

QRP International offers also Virtual Training with the KMO-Portefeuille

Order the courses of your choice, up to 25.000 € (Small Company) and 50.000 € (Medium-Size Company). We will send you an official invoice. Announce your training at: http://www.agentschapondernemen.be/themas/kmo-portefeuille. Pay the VAT amount (21%) directly to SMME. Pay your share of the training into your KMO-portefeuille (wallet). The Flemish government will pay its share of the training into your KMO-portefeuille (this is done immediately and automatically). Send payment to SMME from your KMO-portefeuille. For more information on how the KMO-Portfolio grant works and the latest updated information: https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/kmo-portefeuille/subsidies-aanvragen-en-ontvangen

Other subsidies

There are more subsidies you can use to finance your training next to the KMO-Portefeuille. For example Cheque-Formation or Co-Valent. For more information, click here.

Further Information

Visit our Open Course or Virtual Classroom page to see our schedule of courses, dates and locations, or contact us!

QRP International has a core purpose: "Developing professionals to facilitate changes". We believe in change as a tool for growth and improvement, not only professionally, but also in our society. This is the reason why every year we choose to support a cause. This year we chose to support Kibarè Onlus.

Going to school is a privilege in Burkina Faso. Many parents think that children should rather help the family to grow crops; some also think that girls should wed and move out when they are barely in their teens. Issa Yelemou has dedicated his life to give these children a chance. In 2006, when he retired from being a teacher, he invested his life's saving to build his own primary school in the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. He called the school Millennium and he became its headmaster. His vision attracted talented and motivated teachers, which have made the school a centre of excellence in the area. Over the years though, heavy rain seasons have taken their toll on the school buildings. Water has infiltrated the cheap cement and large cracks have appeared on the walls. Families have started to pull their children from school, fearing for their safety. Since 2016, we are helping Issa Yelemou to rebuild the school. Some classes have already moved into the safe and dry rooms of a new wing, but many others still hope for the construction project to finish on time for the next school year. QRP International decided to support the organization with a donation that will enable Issa Yelemou to finish the construction project on time. Because all children need to study in a safe and stable environment to grow and develop their potential. Visit their website to know their mission, stories and beautiful achievements: Kibarè Onlus or follow their social accounts: Instagram, Facebook

QRP International is proud to announce the launch of new PeopleCert DevOps qualifications.

PeopleCert DevOps

DevOps (a clipped compound of “development” and “operations“) is a software development approach to work that combines software development (Dev) with information technology operations (Ops). The goal of DevOps is to shorten the systems development life cycle while delivering software releases frequently, in close alignment with business objectives in a faster, better, and cost-efficient way.

DevOps qualifications are offered by PeopleCert: these new hands-on qualifications are designed around those organisations using well-established IT Service Management practices to provide them with guidance on the ideal processes, tools and culture integration with DevOps. Feel free to get in touch to have more info on  the PeopleCert Devops.

QRP International Belgium launched its Best Practices Blog on June 14, 2019 and it has already collected more than 1,000 views. A big thank you for your loyalty throughout this past year. Would you like to know the 10 topics that interested you most in 2019 on our Best Practices Blog? Here are the top posts of this year. The opportunity for you, we hope, is to (re)discover some of them:

1. Scrum Master vs Project Manager
2. Challenges and Opportunities in PMO: interview with Tom Van Medegael
3. What is a Project Manager?
4. ITIL 4 Foundation Exam
5. The Project Manager role in PRINCE2
6. Challenges and opportunities in IT Program Management: interview with Younes Idrissi Kaitouni
7. Challenges and Opportunities in Agile Change Management: interview with Melanie Franklin
8. Challenges and Opportunities in Project Management: interview with Dong R. Jeong
9. What is a Service Manager? The role and responsibilities
10. What is a Scrum Master: the role and responsibilities

The new year is already approaching and we will continue to offer you more and more relevant articles to best meet your expectations. If you have any questions that you would like us to answer, topics that are of particular interest to you, or if you would like to collaborate with us in writing blog posts, please contact us at belgium@qrpinternational.com. We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that each new post is announced on our  QRP International BelgiumLinkedin page. You can also subscribe to our monthly if you prefer. We wish you all a very Happy New Year 2020.  

Nowadays IT leaders and IT professionals are faced with an increasingly fast and demanding world. They must deliver effective IT services at an increasingly rapid pace, meeting an extreme competitive demand. In order to successfully face all these challenges, there is only one imperative: improve skills.

ITIL 4 expands on previous versions by providing a practical and flexible basis to support organizations on their journey to the new world of digital transformation. The applicability of ITIL is now much broader, with a particular emphasis on

• the world of business and technology,
• how it works today,
• how it will work in the future with Agile, DevOps, Lean, IT governance, leadership,
• digital transformation.

 

You got ITIL 4 Foundation certification. What about other ITIL v4 modules?

After obtaining the ITIL 4 Foundation certification, continue your ITIL journey with three different paths:

1. 1. ITIL Managing Professional (ITIL MP)
   2. ITIL Strategic Leader (ITIL SL)
   3. ITIL Pratice Manager (ITIL PM)

The final designation, ITIL Master, will be awarded to candidates who achieve the Practice Manager (PM), Managing Professionals (MP) and Strategic Leader (SL). 1. The Managing Professional stream provides practical and technical knowledge about how to run successful IT-enabled services, teams and workflows. ITIL 4 Managing Professional consists of four modules:

1. ITIL Specialist: Create, Deliver & Support
2. ITIL Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value
3. ITIL Specialist: High Velocity IT
4. ITIL Strategist: Direct, Plan & Improve (common module between ITIL SL and ITIL MP)

2. The Strategic Leader stream recognizes the value of ITIL, not just for IT operations, but for all digitally-enabled services. Becoming an ITIL SL demonstrates that the individual has a clear understanding of how IT influences and directs business strategy. ITIL 4 Strategic Leader consists of two modules:

1. ITIL Strategist: Direct, Plan & Improve (common module between ITIL SL and ITIL MP)
2. ITIL Leader: Digital & IT Strategy

3. The individual practice courses are intended for professionals that want to prove and validate their skills in specific practice areas. To achieve the Practice Manager designation, you need to have completed 5 individual practices plus the ITIL Specialist: Create, Deliver and Support module (common module between ITIL MP and ITIL PM).

ITIL Training

QRP International is an accredited training organisation (ATO) for ITIL. Check our ITIL training formats and pick one that suits your needs or work best for your colleagues.

Do you have questions about ITIL 4 Streams? Do you want to train your team or would you like to understand which module is right for you? Write to us at belgium@qrpinternational.com.

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QRP International is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognised standard that ensures our services meet the needs of our customers through an effective quality management system.

Achieving excellence, Customer satisfaction and Continuous Improvement

We are dedicated to providing high Quality. Our Accredited Quality Management System enables us to maximize Quality provided in all of our activities – from the analysis of clients business needs to the tailoring of the services offered. The Quality Management System ensures that our services are supplied according to the foreseen specifications, in order to assure the constancy of the Quality, the full satisfaction of the Customers and the reference to our Core Values :

1. We do our utmost to make our clients happy
2. We enjoy working together as a team
3. We keep our word
4. We are committed to our professional development

QRP international decision to work towards ISO 9001:2015 accreditation demonstrates our commitment to continually improving our services. To become ISO 9001:2015 compliant, the QRP team underwent an extensive company-wide audit that included quality management system development, a management system documentation review, pre-audit, initial assessment. Non-conformances have not been identified along the assessment. ISO is one of the most rigorous and well-regarded standards in the world. QRP International were audited by Bureau Veritas, and were presented with their certificate in August 2019. QRP International Managing Director, Jacobus Groot says:

“As you know the first letter of our brand, the Q stands for Quality which means for us that we are focused on delivering services with an outstanding quality. It means also that we are constantly working on improving the quality of our services as we believe that can always improve the things we do. I am therefore very honoured and proud about our achievement of the ISO 9001 accreditation. It is a recognition of much work done in the last years. I was especially proud to learn that we had to make minimal changes to our systems in order to achieve the ISO accreditation as we have been working on improving our systems all the time. It is a great milestone for the development of our company and I am grateful to all staff contributing to this achievement!”