AFA

AFA was established seventeen years ago as a management consultancy organisation. In 1996 AFA became one of the original group of PRINCE2 Accredited Training Organisations under the scheme administered by APM Group on behalf of the UK Government. AFA quickly established a reputation for being able to deliver training courses that combine excellent exam pass rates with realistic and practical guidance ensuring maximum skills transfer.

AFA continues to specialise in the Best Practice methods, becoming accredited at the earliest possible opportunity to deliver training in:

MoP portfolio management
MSP programme management
M_o_R risk management, and
P3O portfolio, programme and project support offices

In addition AFA delivers training in:

Change Management and Agile Project Management – accredited by the APM Group
Benefits Management – developed from experience of MSP training & implementation
APM Qualifications – APM Introductory Certificate and APMP
MoV Management of Value – also accredited by the APM Group

We believe that this unique combination of expertise allows us to help organisations to maximise the benefits of their change initiatives. AFA’s ethos is to work with client organisations, retaining existing robust processes and further developing them in line with Best Practice guidance. Training events are often tailored to suit the current level of understanding within an organisation; a pathway of progression can be offered to allow understanding and skills to develop and grow.

In summary:

AFA tailors services to suit the client rather than relying on a set of ‘products’
AFA focuses on the Best Practice methods rather than dabbling in many methodologies or offering a wide and disjointed range of training topics.

AFA has always played a full part in the Best Practice community. AFA trainers and consultants have served on the editing and review teams for all recent updates of the guidance manuals. Several AFA trainers are examiners or assessors for one or more of the methodologies. AFA has been represented on the Reference Groups for all recent refreshes of Cabinet Office methods. The chapter ‘Tailoring PRINCE2’ which forms an integral part of the PRINCE2:2009 guidance is adapted from the publication, ‘Tailoring PRINCE2’ which was written by AFA’s managing director, Alan Ferguson.

Current AFA clients include utility and telecoms companies, central & local government departments, hospital trusts, and police forces.