It has been a little while since writing my last blog since it has been a busy time here at PCMi. You may well notice a subtle change to the website with our core products being more accessible from the main menu and the reorganising of some of the support resources now found in the side menu bar,

The good news is that we have added new products to our portfolio and are now a Registered Education Provider (REP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) so this will enable us to expand our portfolio of Project Management products. We are also leading the roll out of international project management capability developments with a number of organisations so these are exciting times.

We have also added to our Monitoring and Evaluation provision so again, if this is an area of interest please take a look and see how we can help.

Over the years I have noticed that the onset of Spring often breathes new life into the market and we wait to see how the next few quarters of 2012 develop. We want to continue to encourage the use of our groups feature which is provided without charge for registered users to build their own topic focused communities or study groups - if you have not tried it then give it a go.

As always, if you have any suggestions from improvement I am always happy to receive them. I do hope that the coming few months will prove to be successful for you.

We have been busy this week adding new site features and linking up to an excellent resource for aspiring PMP® candidates.

The new site features include our social networking platform which is designed to enable interaction and development through the use of group working. This will both support our existing development programmes and will open up many other areas for exploration as well, feel free to try it out!

We are also investing heavily in supplying support to indviduals seeking to become project managers or those who are working as project managers already but wish to increase their skills, capability and qualifications. Since we are able to advise and provide support across all of the main project managment qualifications, our approach builds upon the solid foundations we have developed over the past years.

The latest project management resource we have added to our portfolio is helping aspiring PMP® candidates and supporting those who already have the qualification to earn the required PDUs. More details on our offerings in these areas will be provided shortly but in the meantime, why not visit one of the following:

Aspiring PMP® candidates - http://pmp.groupsites.com

PMP® credential holders - PCMi groups

More and more of our clients are moving towards a blended learning or full e-learning approach. There are numerous articles on the worldwide web which focus on the benefits and disadvantages of such learning approach however the biggest challenge is to ensure that the experiential elements of development are not lost, something which can be more easily created in an instructor led environment.

PCMi has embraced the new technologies that are available for some time now and uses a range of approaches to meet client and learner needs but let's hear your thoughts - what type of learning do you prefer and why?

We are pleased to introduce one of our new features for 2012 - a blog for our website.

Keep up to date with the latest news and link to our social media portals on facebook and twitter.

We welcome ideas and feedback from you. Feel free to send us an email or tweet us.