Emergn and IndigoBlue Announce Their Joint Collaboration

BOSTON and LONDON, September 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

IndigoBlue becomes a VFQ Value Added Reseller  

Emergn, a professional services firm, today announced IndigoBlue Consulting Limited as a VFQ Value Added Reseller. The collaboration is based on IndigoBlue, an IT and Agile Transformation Company, adopting Emergn's action-learning program, Value, Flow, Quality® (VFQ) including all content, education and packaged services to complement their consultancy portfolio and overall transformation approach.  As a Value Added Reseller IndigoBlue will be able to resell VFQ content and Enterprise Wide Licenses, deliver training of VFQ Role Specific Pathways, and also develop unique solutions for their clients using the backbone of VFQ.

"I'm delighted to be able to add VFQ to our portfolio.  We have a heritage in helping companies transform their business through working practices and technology, and we know how important world-class education and training is.  VFQ will provide a great foundation for our clients so we can accelerate change and transformation," said Rob Smith, Managing Director of IndigoBlue.

"It's great to see a company like IndigoBlue, with a strong capability in Agile change, choose to offer VFQ services as part of their transformation portfolio. Creating high-quality, world-class education products is not a trivial undertaking and it's rewarding to see other companies choose VFQ.  As the market continues to recognise skills and capability development as a core part of transformation and digital strategy, the demand for VFQ has been exponential. Partners are an important and growing channel and we've already seen a number of success stories," said Philip Black, Chief Operating Officer of Emergn.

ABOUT EMERGN AND VFQ 

Emergn Limited work with many of the world's leading companies, solving the business problems in IT and the IT problems in business. Every organization is different, every problem unique, so we work alongside our clients to deliver bespoke solutions. To do that, we blend Agile and Lean principles in consulting, delivery and education. With these three services, we believe we can best help organizations transform their own, and their people's, capabilities.

VFQ is a comprehensive work-based education and learning program. VFQ is researched from hundreds of books and articles from the fields of Agile, Lean, design thinking, systems thinking, management, software, manufacturing and many other disciplines. It provides a condensed view and critique that considers the latest thinking and also traditional views on many topics.

Our philosophy is based on the idea that different people learn in different ways, and that the most impactful learning happens when people understand things and then get to apply those concepts directly in their own work. VFQ has been chosen by the British Computer Society (BCS) to underpin their Agile Practitioner Certification.

About IndigoBlue 

Incorporated in 2002, IndigoBlue is a leading UK consultancy specialising in Agile programme and project management. It provides management and consultancy services that enable its customers to harness the profound benefits of Agile and achieve maximum advantage from technology-based business change.

IndigoBlue is at the forefront of numerous cutting edge projects in the UK, and has been recognised for its innovation and excellence. The company is the current holder of the prestigious Agile Consultancy of the Year award. It also designed the award-winning technology change strategy for the Customer First programme at the YHA (Youth Hostels Association); the pioneering use of Agile in  government with the Institute for Government; and deployed the Amberhill ID Fraud Prevention programme with the Metropolitan Police, which was recently awarded the 'Best Public Sector Project.'