brookfox Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 I appreciate it's a bit of a random one, but... I wondered if anyone on here is PRINCE2 qualified? I'm looking at doing the course with work and was looking for some advice on the best way to study, if it's hard, any books to read etc.
davieG Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 I appreciate it's a bit of a random one, but...I wondered if anyone on here is PRINCE2 qualified? I'm looking at doing the course with work and was looking for some advice on the best way to study, if it's hard, any books to read etc. As far as I'm aware there is a 3/4 Foundation course with examination followed by a 3/4 day Practioner course with examination. The people I've sent on it did the exam on the 4th day in each case, making it almost entirely class room based. Each course was around £600 on a public course and £4-£500 for an in house course. I've never attended these myself as I went on a five day/evening residential course before Prince2 was developed.
Monk Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 Do it! I am considering doing it myself at the moment. Get yourself Prince2 qualified is probably the quickest way to 100K outside of trading/banking. Woman I know is 32, 7 years experience... £600 a day. Frickin awesome. Very competitive, but fricking awesome.
Steven Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 Do it! I am considering doing it myself at the moment. Get yourself Prince2 qualified is probably the quickest way to 100K outside of trading/banking. Woman I know is 32, 7 years experience... £600 a day. Frickin awesome. Very competitive, but fricking awesome. It will look good on the CV and stand out against others who don't have it. Don't expect to apply all of it at once.
brookfox Posted 3 April 2007 Author Posted 3 April 2007 Cheers for the titbits! I saw there was the 3 day Foundation and a 3 day Practitioner which you could do separately or (if I remeber correctly) both together in 5 days. Any idea if you're best to leave it a while in between to let it settle in?! Money shouldn't be a big issue, they want me to project manage the delivery a key part of the company strategy for the General Manager so I'm in a good bargaining position! Anyway, sounds like I'm doing the right thing by pushing to get qualified. £600 a day hey, I probably won't miss the other £400!
davieG Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 Cheers for the titbits! I saw there was the 3 day Foundation and a 3 day Practitioner which you could do separately or (if I remeber correctly) both together in 5 days. Any idea if you're best to leave it a while in between to let it settle in?! Money shouldn't be a big issue, they want me to project manage the delivery a key part of the company strategy for the General Manager so I'm in a good bargaining position!Anyway, sounds like I'm doing the right thing by pushing to get qualified. £600 a day hey, I probably won't miss the other £400! The 5 day jobby I guess it will depend on how much project management you've got, I'm just watching the repeat of the Apprentice they've obviously got FA . I've never sent anyone on the 5 day course I wouldn't recommend it unless it's for saving cash.
Dr The Singh Posted 4 April 2007 Posted 4 April 2007 Brookfox, i've done the PRINCE2 foundation and Pracitioner. I recomend doing a course, the course I attended was foundation and practitioner in one, at a place at Hinckley, and it cost around £1000. The foundation paper isn't too difficult as it's multiple chioce but the practitioner is a 3 hour written exam. But the course gave model and practice exams. If you work as a Project Manager then I can imagine that the qualification can be gained via books!!!
brookfox Posted 4 April 2007 Author Posted 4 April 2007 If you work as a Project Manager then I can imagine that the qualification can be gained via books!!! Slight problem in that I don't explicitly work in project management. I work in business development, and part of my role is managing (unsuccessful!) projects, although if I was brutally honest I'm not the best at it! Given some of the projects I'll be taking on the company thought it wise to "upskill" me, which is fine with me as I get a nice qualification at the end of it. I bought a couple of books on Amazon yesterday which I'll plough through for a heads up, but think I'll suggest doing the foundation and practitioner exams with a brief gap in between. If nothing else I need to learn to write again! Cheers for the advice!
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