PM skills

[Xenophon]

Three steps to being a successful PM:-

1) Practise inserting the following words/phrases into random sentences - solution, blue sky, big picture, customer oriented, quick win, stakeholder
2) Learn to mangle an Excel spreadsheet by typing numbers directly over the formulae
3) Learn to blame others when it all goes t!ts up

Number 3 is useful

[Churchill]

Foundation is an attendance course...Practitioner is slightly tougher...

Might I respectfully recommend that you check out "ProjectInABox"... The community version is free and is a good precursor for Prince 2 training.

The Prince 2 course will teach you the principles and how to pass the exam. There is still no substitute for experience.

[Cowboy Bob]

Three steps to being a successful PM:-

1) Practise inserting the following words/phrases into random sentences - solution, blue sky, big picture, customer oriented, quick win, stakeholder
2) Learn to mangle an Excel spreadsheet by typing numbers directly over the formulae
3) Learn to blame others when it all goes t!ts up

[Xenophon]

The Practitioner is tough enough but if you've worked inside a project before you should get through. The thing to rmember is that this won't make you a project manager, but if you have project management experience it is useful and does give you an edge if you're going for PM jobs.

Agreed.

I have gotten interviews/work partly because I have 'Registered PRINCE2 Practitioner' on my CV. Start the contract and the client doesn't use PRINCE2 - they just want to hire someone who knows about managing projects and they think PRINCE2 means that. It doesn't.

[Old Greg]

The Practitioner is tough enough but if you've worked inside a project before you should get through. The thing to rmember is that this won't make you a project manager, but if you have project management experience it is useful and does give you an edge if you're going for PM jobs.

[smee.again]

are these any good, are they worth going to ? How easy are they ??

The Practitioner is apparently quite tough...but the Foundation is sooooo easy.

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

Think I might be able to swing some PM training. What are the good things to do - Prince?

You could always try spending ten years as Chancellor, not sure how successful this "training" has been, though.

[n5gooner]

Foundation is an attendance course...Practitioner is slightly tougher...

are these any good, are they worth going to ? How easy are they ??

[DieScum]

Is that the one at the O2 arena?

[Old Greg]

Foundation is an attendance course...Practitioner is slightly tougher...

Exactly.

[smee.again]

PRINCE2 - try to get on the Foundation and Practitioner course combined. Should be a week.

Foundation is an attendance course...Practitioner is slightly tougher...

[Old Greg]

Think I might be able to swing some PM training. What are the good things to do - Prince?

PRINCE2 - try to get on the Foundation and Practitioner course combined. Should be a week.

[DieScum]

Think I might be able to swing some PM training. What are the good things to do - Prince?