January 2026 News and Updates

January 2026 News & Updates

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January 2026 News & Updates

I am excited to provide the second update, designed to keep you informed about the latest activities and insights from PDCA Consulting in the Service and Project Management space. Each edition will provide a concise summary of my initiatives, best practices, and developments aimed at helping organizations achieve operational excellence.

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I look forward to sharing knowledge and progress with you every month.

During December

I have been exploring the Accredited Consulting Partner programme to enable me to deliver ITIL Maturity Model & PRINCE2 P3M3 assessments. If any of you are interested in this programme and would like to assist, please do let me know by emailing me at Robert.edward.pinnington@pdcaconsulting.com.

I have continued to investigate the German BioGas market with one of my consulting partners.

I completed the summary presentations for the fundamentals of both ITIL & Prince2. The purpose of these Fundamentals presentations is to provide the basis for webinars to try before you buy, an introduction to these Best Practices, and what the qualification schemes are.

On Linkedin, I posted

In January

I will be creating summary presentations for the fundamentals of Prince2 Agile & Prince2 Programme Management, as well as translating the previous Prince2 Fundamentals into Spanish.

The purpose of these Fundamentals presentations is to provide the basis for webinars to try before you buy, an introduction to these Best Practices, and what the qualification schemes are.

I will be presenting an introductory webinar on Prince2 based on the above.

Looking into suggestions to improve the PeopleCert Plus offering with some fellow PeopleCert Ambassadors.

Attending workshops with PeopleCert to improve their Student offering.

Continuing to build Training and Consultancy relationships with partners.

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