We are an international project management training and consulting organisation. Our scope of services is project management training & consulting using state-of-the-art global standards and best practice methods, such as:
• Office of Government Commerce - OGC products (PRINCE2: 2009, MSP, P3O etc.)
• Project Management Institute - PMI standards (PMBOK Guide 4th Edition etc.)
• Theory of Constraints / Critical Chain Project Management.
POTIFOB is the only training provider worldwide with own Approved Trainers able to deliver accredited PRINCE2: 2009 certification courses in English, German, Dutch, Slovak and Czech. Our PRINCE2 courses are carried out in partnership with the Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) Stichting Partners in Business, what enables us to build on the experience from project management training delivered to over 6.000 project management students from more than 20 countries.
Our values are: professionalism, return on investment, adherence to leading global standards, flexibility and top quality.
A Few Figures
- Our key staff have been in project management since 1997, and deliver project management training since 1999
- The largest project they managed so far was worth over 2 mil. EUR and took almost two years (and yes, it was a success – failure was not an option anyway)
- We ran our first training according to the newest – 2009 version of PRINCE2 already on 6.7.2009 (i.e. the global launch date of training according to PRINCE2: 2009 set by APM Group, the PRINCE2 accreditation & certification body)
- Since then till today, we have delivered over 50 PRINCE2: 2009 courses and lectures to in total well over 400 people
- Our students' PRINCE2 Foundation pass rate are almost 100%, and our students' P3O Foundation & MSP Foundation exam pass rates are 100%.
Our Directors
Stefan Ondek, PMP
Managing Director & Head Trainer
Stefan Ondek is a PRINCE2 Approved Trainer, certified Senior Project Manager & Programme Manager (IPMA B+, PMI PMP, PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, P3O - Porfolio, Programme & Project Offices Registered Practitioner, MSP - Managing Successful Programmes Registered Advanced Practitioner, TOCICO Certificate of Achievement) and Consultant with experience from management consulting, information & communication technologies and banking industries.
Besides the management qualifications mentioned above, he holds a Masters in International Business.
Stefan deals with project management since 1997, and has been delivering project management training since 1999. He has successfully managed large projects, be it core banking information systems implementation or analysis and planning of a universal bank's preparation for Euro adoption as national currency. He has participated in the development of individuals' and organisations' project management competencies & capacities from the creation of project management methodologies through deployment & development of Project Management Offices/ Portfolio, Programme & Project Offices (PMO/ P3O), consulting, education of project managers, sponsors & team members in project management, launch & assurance of independent project managers' certification according to leading international standards, to preparations for implementing a multiproject management support system.
Stefan has been delivering project management training both in the United Kingdom and internationally, especially in the Central European region (Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia).
He also has been intensely involved in not-for-profit professional activities to promote the spreading and use of good project management, and is a regular speaker at project management events.
His past projects include:
- „Turnkey" setup and implementation of a project management system based on PMI standards and using Critical Chain principles for the Slovak and Czech branch of an international IT company.
- Consulting for the Slovak branch of mBank (member of Commerzbank Group) in the area of Euro Changeover preparation and its management.
- Project management of the preparation of VUB Bank (leading Slovak commercial bank, member of Intesa Sanpaolo Group) for the adoption of Euro as national currency - business requirements analysis, IT & business impacts evaluation and changes implementation planning phases.
- Project management of a full upgrade of VUB Bank's key core banking system used for loans, loan commitments and collaterals processing to the current version including the evaluation of all existing customisations of the original version, redesign/ retrofit of selected valuable customisations from the original into the current version of the system and conversion of all production data.
- Adjustment and enhancement of delivered functionality of VUB Bank's core banking system in the loan collaterals area, migration and data conversion from the legacy production system to this target system.
- Management consulting for the eSlovakia program, a common initiative of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Telecom (T-Com) aimed at supporting Slovakia's internetisation. Part of this program was e.g. the Project „PCs for Schools", in the scope of which every primary and secondary school received a PC training room connected to the Internet.
- Setup of the Project Management Office of Slovak Telekom (T-Com) - participation in the creation of the company's project management methodology, monitoring and coordination of the company's strategic projects, design and organisation of a project management education program for strategic projects managers and key team members.
Contact
e-mail: ondek@potifob.com
skype: stefan.ondek
www.linkedin.com/in/stefanondek
Monika Ondekova
Sales & Operations Director
Before joining POTIFOB, Monika worked for multiple international organisations where she gained experience in sales, company operations management as well as the organisation of events, training courses and projects.
She holds a Masters in business administration and also took multiple management & soft skills, project management, business development, public relations, webdesign, SEO, PPC, business administration and accounting training courses.
Monika holds the PRINCE2 Foundation, P3O Foundation & MSP Foundation certificates, and is an authorised PRINCE2, P3O & MSP Invigilator.
Contact
e-mail: ondekova@potifob.com
skype: monika.ondekova
www.linkedin.com/in/monikaondekova
Trainers Of Our Most Popular Courses:
Stefan Ondek, MA, certifed Senior Project Manager & Programme Manager (IPMA B+, PMI PMP, PRINCE2 & P3O Registered Practitioner, MSP Registered Advanced Practitioner, TOCICO Certificate of Achievement). The world's first Slovak speaking PRINCE2 Approved Trainer. Managing Director and Head Trainer of POTIFOB. Stefan leads the following training courses: PRINCE2 Foundation, Practitioner and other PRINCE2 courses, Project Management Basics According To PMI, PMI PMP/ CAPM Exam Preparation, Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain in Project Management.
Peter Krischel, BBA, PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, PRINCE2 Approved Trainer. Lead Trainer and Managing Director of the PRINCE2 Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) PRINCE2 Stichting Partners in Business, in cooperation with which we carry out our PRINCE2 courses. Managing Director and owner of the Trans Atlantic Consulting Group. Peter is responsible for the production and lead of the continuous improvement of PRINCE2 training materials as well as for the Train the Trainers program. He also delivers PRINCE2 courses and facilitates GamingWorks Challenge of Egypt© management simulation games.
Alan Ferguson, BSc. APM, Change Management, M_o_R, MSP, P3O and PRINCE2 Approved Trainer. Coach, Mentor, Lead Trainer, Co-Owner and Managing Director of the Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) AFA, in cooperation with which we carry out MSP, P3O and other courses. Responsible for the production of training materials, training new trainers, delivering courses etc. Author of the official OGC publication "Tailoring PRINCE2" and official reviewer of latest versions of the M_o_R, MSP, P3O and PRINCE2: 2009 standards. Currently working on behalf of OGC on the harmonization of these standards' Glossaries.
Martin Caron, BSc, MSP Advanced Practitioner, P3O Registered Practitioner, PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, certified ITIL Service Manager. MSP, P3O and PRINCE2 Approved Trainer. Managing Director and owner of OpEyE Consulting, member of Project Associates group. Martin delivers MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), P3O (Portfolio, Programme & Project Management Offices) and PRINCE2 courses, and facilitates GamingWorks Challenge of Egypt© & Taikiti Bay© management simulation games.
