Hi Nairalanders,

I am IT Analyst/Floor support working in an Investment bank in the City of London. I am planning in moving back to Nigeria in a couple of years time.

I am now looking into specialing in a different area of IT which will involve management. I am currently considering a certification in ITIL or Prince 2.

Can anyone in the IT field in NIgeria advise on job prospects of being an ITIL or Prince 2 certified professional?

So surprised at your question,
An IT specialist should not be asking this question,

ITIL , Information Technology Library is about Management of IT services , Incident management, Error Control (Error Identification & recording, solution investigation, Defining Solution) Configuration management , Change Management, and post implementations review ), it is a framework that defines a standard practise for providing IT services support and delivery.

while PRINCE 2 is a Project management methodology . it is a standard method for managing a project from project initiation, scope mgt, time mgt, quality, procurement, commuincation, risk mgt to the closing of the project, It has standard procedures, specific forms , to accomplish the project activities.

So basically ITIL and PRINCE 2 are not on the same Technology platform but are needed for IT project management.

For Nigeria., emphasis are layed on the two certifications in parrallel, if you intend to work with Telecomms, ITIL seems to be mostly needed certification and a knowlwdege of project management principle/methodology,



If you need more advise, insights or materials on each of them, just drop your E-MAIL ADDRESS HERE

pls send materials to baba.22@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks Africaface, I actually know the difference but not sure how much ITIL has been adopted in Nigeria. I will appreciate any material you could send regarding ITIL. I think I can easily move into ITIL role rather than project management as I am currently working in the IT Service delivery.

Opson@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks for your time.

africaface


saw your posting and it is really helpful
i was wondering if i could get those materials and was wondering if there are really job opportunities for ITIL in nigeria.
ife.taiwo@mail.com

Hiya All,
been consdering the ITIL's and just completed a certificate course in general PM and PRINCE 2. Please can you send me more info; my email addy is tolu_sonubi@yahoo.com Thanx a bunch

Lol

I need the material too.
Pls mail it to cigan_ng@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks

Hi AfricaFace,

I'm a new member of the forum & opportuned to read ur post.
I am interested in getting materials for both ITIL & Prince 2.
Here is my address: immayes@yahoo.com
I would appreciate ur assistance towards this.Tanx.

Hi Opyso, have got the material i sent to him and some other members. Opyso, kindy send the materials to them

Opyso, have got the material i sent to him and some other members. Opyso, kindy send the materials to them

Hi please couldnt copy the ftp filecld you please tell me how i can access it

can someone send the material(s) to flexfa@yahoo.co.uk please. How widely is itil in nigeria

I am ITIL certified.

I could offer some 'free' training on this when next in Nigeria.

But it is better if you already working in IT service delivery and service support or you an IT Manager.

Free = You will need your company to provide the training room, print training material etc.

I also did appreciate it OPYSO, or anybody,if you send me those materials on ITIL.
Opyso can u put a bro thru how u came bout ur job in d uk?
thanks

pls i'd like 2 receive stuffs as regards itil. my e-mail addy is koladekelani@yahoo.co.uk
regards

guyz u really doing a great thing bravo,kindly send me materials on PMP exams. my e-mail add is atandaadekunle@yahoo.co.uk. thanks in anticipation

Hello beloved,

Please kindly help by sending the materials to me. my email address is olawalegab@yahoo.com


Thanks


Ola

Kindly send the material to me too ade2me@yahoo.com

Hi Africaface,
please kindly send ITIL materials to my box westclef@yahoo.com. thx

kindly send the prince materials to me drealcnc@YAHOO.COM

Prince2 is more recognised worldwide and majority of the companies in Nigeria prefer it.

Can someone send me materials for prince 2 ?

dbwata@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance

For what its worth:

My observations as far as ITIL is concerned in Nigeria, is simply, Nigeria is not ready for IT Service Management definitely not at this level of best practice. My opinion is that the maturity of most companies in Nigeria in this area is pretty low, as most organisations are more interested in the technical provisioning of IT infrastructure than the management of same. They are more likely to be reactive than proactive in the "little" management they might have hence "fire fight" most of the time with related IT incidents. It is not unusual to hear a server being down in organisations for days, and the first and only approach is to get the techies in and thats it!!

My advise would be for those hoping to practice ITIL in Nigeria, there is need for more marketing of the subject indeed creation of awareness of ITIL and its benefits is key to securing buy-in's from various organisations, but trust me, it would be a great challenge as most Nigerians (Organisations) do not subscribe to "intangible" services, talkless readily pay for them!

Indeed i was flown in from NL to conduct the Service Support course in Nigeria in 2007, and even the course provider has not paid the NL counterpart to date, same course that was carried out in the US, Sweden, Muscat, Brussels etc where ITIL is well recognised and used, indeed with no payment issues!

Goodluck to potential Nigeria ITILERS!

SonnyJide
ITIL Manager Certified- Trainer/Consultant-UK/NL
Prince2 Practiti[/color][color=#990000][/color][color=#990000]oner Certified- Trainer/Consultant-UK/NL

@Africaface,

tanx a bunch for this info, wish to have more of this my email is impafunkee@yahoo.com
tanx.

ITIL is definitely a good skill to have. It is just the framework nigeria needs to bring it up to level with the rest of the world. We have long had the culture of build and let rust. No maintenance culture. With ITIL you have a rigid framework in place that actually works. Its systems thinking. ITIL is all about processes. And if you adapt your organisations business needs to IT -it doesnt matter which country you are in, you will have better results across your organisation.

If you can switch the current 'firefighting' thinking to a 'fire prevention' thinking, you can kill the monster while it's young. Go to nigeria with you itil and transform business. Companies like Onando will like qualified experienced IT professionals.

Profehsaw
IT consultant Itil v2/3

nICE Post,

Please any good samaritan who can help me with ITIL materials, God will reward you.

my mail is sugeknight100@yahoo.com

Regards.

thank u 4 dis topic, due to nigerian factor sometimes u do not know which course to do that will turn ur life around. like me i have executive masters in project management and still want to go for prince 2 certification, is there any hope of better job

I am ITIL Certified,i don't think ITIL is worth it in this nigeria,cos eversince
i haven't gotten job.

Good morning all I am looking to combine my I.T. sales skills with I.T. project management. Does anybody have any Prince 2 Materials they can help me with? I am looking to sit the exam in February. Every help will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

My e-mail is hlex@hotmail.co.uk

i'm interested in the Prince 2 Certification and ITIL. Kindly send me more info on the two as you have promised to do. Here os my mail address: borntodoexploit@yahoo.com and my phone number is 08022742493.

Thanks.

Keep the good work flying,