• Home
  • Agile Services
  • Scaled Agile
  • Delivery
  • Consulting
  • Capability Uplift
  • Training
  • Services

PM Partners

  • What We Do
  • Success Stories
  • Insights
  • Resources
    • Capability Hub
    • eBooks & White papers
    • Checklists & Infographics
  • Contact
  • Training Courses

    TRAINING DELIVERY

    • Course List
    • Group Training
    • Course Schedule
    • eLearning Courses
    • Specials and Promos

    LEARNING PATHWAYS

    • Scrum and Agile
    • Project and Programme
    • Business Analysis

    MOST POPULAR

    • Scrum Master Certified (SMC™)
    • Agile Project Management
    • PRINCE2®
    • Project Management Fundamentals
    • Business Analysis Fundamentals
    • Leading SAFe® 5.1

    POPULAR PAGES

    • Corporate in-house training
    • Training reinvented
    • Training schedule
    • Room hire
  • Project Delivery
  • Project Management Consultants
  • Agile Services
  • Scaled Agile
  • Capability Uplift
  • Home
  • Insights
  • News and Team
  • Back to the new normal
May 19, 2022

Back to the new normal

Back to the new normal

by Tracey Copland
Monday, 22 June 2020 / Published in News and Team
new normal pm partners

Think back a year: what were you doing? Busy with work, planning a ski trip, wrangling a young family, off on an overseas holiday? Ah, normality… those were the days.

Fast-forward to 2020: a global pandemic has kept us in relative lockdown for months, with its long-term financial and mental toll still yet to be fully realised. Who would have imagined just 12 short months ago where we would be right now? We have endured a lengthy spell of ‘iso’, tackled the challenges of working from home, come to grips with videoconferencing and sought to improve ourselves professionally via virtual classroom training.

It’s been a journey, if not a rollercoaster for organisations, teams and individuals. The situation has presented many hurdles, but there have also been opportunities amid the mire.

So what now? We all talk and speculate about getting back to ‘normal’, but as the reality of social distancing continues, what does normal even mean?

TIME TO REGROUP AND ACCEPT THE NEW NORMAL

Here at PM-Partners, the past few months have been an interesting and hectic time for our training team. Like so many others have experienced; flexibility, adaptability, learning on-the-fly and balancing new ways of working, have all been incredibly vital to staying afloat.

Empowerment, clear decision-making and teamwork meant we were able to quickly pivot from face-to-face classrooms to virtual training – including introductory workshops like Project Management Fundamentals and Business Analysis Fundamentals, to certification workshops such as Leading SAFe®, PRINCE2® and AgilePM®.

We moved fast in those early days, but recently we have taken the time to literally stop, regroup and, in effect, do a retrospective. It is just as important now as always to reflect on what has happened and identify actions for improvement:

  • What worked well?
  • What didn’t?
  • What actions can we take to improve going forward?

While many of our trainers and clients are looking forward to being back in the classroom for face-to-face learning – whether it’s helping you master the art of change management, or any number of project management training courses – we have to acknowledge that virtual instructor-led training is here to stay.

REOPENING OUR TRAINING CENTRES

After weeks of careful planning, we are excited to share that our Training Centres will reopen from Monday 29th June. Basically same-same but different.

The health and safety of our clients, visitors, trainers and staff is of course paramount, and we will ensure strict hygiene measures are adhered to so we can provide the safest and most comfortable learning environment possible.

Here’s what we are doing to comply with the appropriate government guidelines:

  • Classroom capacity reduced to ensure physical distancing
  • Routine cleaning and disinfection
  • Hand-sanitiser stations
  • Temperature checks
  • Pre-packed stationery
  • Individual catering

BUT WHAT ABOUT VIRTUAL TRAINING?

Given the obvious benefits of virtual training, including increased flexibility and cost-effectiveness with no travel time, our standard training offer now includes classroom, virtual and online – the choice is yours starting from 29th June.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE…

We will continue to listen to you, our customers, about your preferred mode of training. Every organisation needs trainers to be flexible, adaptable and willing to embrace different ways of working given the ever-changing global environment. And that’s exactly what we plan to do.

To find out more about PM-Partner’s upcoming courses, check out our training course list.

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.
AgilePM® is a registered trademark of Agile Business Consortium Limited. All rights reserved.
SAFe® is a registered trade mark of Scaled Agile, Inc.
Tracey Copland pm-partners

About The Author

Tracey Copland

Head of best Practice at PM-Partners

Tracey has been involved in management, finance and business consulting including Portfolio, Programme & Project management for 20+ years. Together with her skills and experience, Tracey is a flexible professional seeking to achieve a high work standard, focussing on value-add.
Having been with PM-Partners group for 15 years, Tracey has held roles including Consultant/Trainer, Head of Training and currently, Head of Development. Tracey has provided training and consultation services to clients in both the public and private sectors, across various disciplines and at all levels including Project, Programme, Portfolio and Change Management, and Agile practices.

What you can read next

The role of local council in crisis management
international womens day Tracey Copland pm partners
International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2020. A global day to celebrate the achievements of women.
construction vic pm partners
Construction’s Achilles heel: project management

GENERAL ENQUIRY
1300 70 13 14

CONTACT US
Send a message

FOLLOW US

Subscribe for industry news and insights
Registered Project Management Education Provider

PM-Partners group is a DASA training partner, a Project Management Institute (PMI)® Global Registered Education Provider (R.E.P), an APMG-International Accredited Training Organisation (ATO), an AXELOS Certified Partner, an accredited partner of PeopleCert (Partner ID: 3800), an Endorsed Education Provider™ (EEP™) for the International Institute for Business Analysis™ (IIBA®), a Scaled Agile Silver Partner and a Microsoft® EPM Solution Partner. PMI, CAPM, Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), PMP, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) and PMBOK are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PRINCE2®, AgileSHIFT®, MSP®, P3O®, MoP®, ITIL® and PRINCE2 Agile® are registered trade marks of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. The Certified Partner, Partner Programme Logo and Swirl Logo™ are trade marks of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. AgilePM®, AgilePgM®, AgileBA® and DSDM® are registered trademarks of Agile Business Consortium Limited. All rights reserved. APMG International Change Management, APMG International Facilitation and APMG International Lean Six Sigma are trademarks of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved. The APMG-International AgilePM, AgilePgM, AgileBA, Change Management, Managing Benefits, Facilitation, Lean Six Sigma and Swirl Device logos are trademarks of The APM Group Limited, used under permission of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved. SMC™ and SPOC™ are trademarks of SCRUMstudy. Scaled Agile Framework® and SAFe® are registered trade marks of Scaled Agile, Inc. IIBA®, the IIBA® logo, BABOK® Guide and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® are registered trademarks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis. CBAP® and CCBA® are registered certification marks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis. Certified Business Analysis Professional™, Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™, Endorsed Education Provider™, EEP™ and the EEP logo are trademarks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis.

Privacy Policy | Sitemap | Timesheets | Terms & Conditions | Capability Hub
Copyright © 1996-2022 PM-Partners Group. Delivery Advisory Capability. All Rights Reserved.

TOP