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Project-Centred Training One of the key elements that differentiate the services of Osborne Associates is the use of a novel technique called Project-Centred Training. This icon is used to indicate that a service or training programme follows this philosophy. Project-Centred Training is a method for delivering strategic change pioneered by Ian Osborne at Hewlett-Packard in the late 1980's and early 1990's. While with HP. Ian observed that much of the technical training delivered within the company was ineffective because it was disconnected from work place needs and/or there was insufficient critical mass of resources or support to assure new methods of successful introduction. Ian set about developing a model for change which would systematically address the shortcomings of the de facto approach to training and pioneered an entirely new process for assessing technical training needs, designing training programmes and providing consultancy support that resulted in several highly successful training initiatives implemented at HP R&D organisations in Europe. He researched and codified this approach in his Masters Degree dissertation, submitted in 1991 to the Universities of Sussex and Brighton. The approach was more broadly adopted in the HP Software Initiative championed through the first half of the 90's and was subject to more research and analysis conducted by Dave Clarke, Ian's intrepid partner in European Corporate Engineering team at the time. Dell Fields played a similar champion role in the US Corporate Engineering team. Contact: ian@osborneassociates.com for more information on this approach. |
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