Procept Associates: Enhancing Business Performance Metrics via Training & Consulting

The company offers courses specifically for executives, project managers, business analysts, application and system architects, developers and testers. Project management, sponsorship, and governance also remain an important part of Procept’s agile training topics. “Our team has been teaching agile concepts since the mid-nineties, even before they were called agile,” adds Aguanno. The Procept team engages with IT security, enterprise risk management, information security teams, and other different groups across organizations to figure out how they can integrate into agile delivery approaches. While this is often seen as an IT-driven initiative, business people consider the biggest hurdle to becoming agile as an entity. When dealing with multinational corporations, Procept localizes its recommendations to help clients comply with regulations at a regional level. Furthermore, to help clients with training initiatives, Procept customizes its core course materials to include terminology and case studies relevant to individual situations. “Our ability to customize for our clients is one of our key differentiators,” says Aguanno.

The firm has a long and rich history of delivering professional training in Canada and around the world. It conducted the first Project Management Professional (PMP) preparation class in Canada and delivered the first course on agile project management offered by a Canadian university. Procept also has affiliations with higher education institutions, conducting classes through one US and nine Canadian universities. Procept’s instructors also conduct graduate classes in the Master of Engineering programs at several universities along with post-graduate professional development classes.

Having started its journey in Canada, Procept now has offices in the USA, Europe and the Middle East, as well as a franchised operation in Nigeria. Working in multiple geographies has exposed the company to diverse regulatory regimes and policy frameworks. Ever since 1965, Procept and its subsidiaries have trained more than one million people across 17,000 organizations in over 200 courses. Further, Procept has been making significant investments to automate some of its processes and build tools to work more effectively. With a zeal to help companies around the world to improve their performance, Procept demonstrates strong capabilities and a long, impressive track record.