Yippee, just found out I have passed

[timwilky]

Prince 2 Practitioner


It was a ******* of an exam.

Only problem is. I have to resit it in 5 years

[Quedos]

any excuse for me

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[WeegieBlue]

I'm thinking of doing Prince 2. I'm a contractor in Financial Services and hear it might help me get some project management roles. What did you do it for? Did you do the 4/5 day course or distance learning?

[timwilky]

It was organised by my employer as I had been asking them for formal training for some time. I already have a project management responsibility, but learned on the job and finding I was not being invited onto new projects because we had no "qualified project managers" in the UK. 9 of us did the course hosted internally. 3 days foundation/exam and then a 2 week break followed by 1 day practitioner course/sample papers and exam.

The examine is a swine. 9 topics with 12 questions on each topic. There is an initial scenario and additional information in some of the questions. However the questions can be multi part and take several forms.

Some are an assumption and reason. From that you have to decide if the assumption is true/false the same for the reason and if both true does the reason back up the assumption. You get any part wrong there is no half mark.

Another form is which two of 5 statements is true. again there are no half marks. select the two correct.

OK it is open book, which hardly helps. the book is theory, the practitioner exam requires you translate a case study to the relevant theory.

You must return your question paper, case study and additional info marked up with your candidate number or your paper will not be scored. This ensure there are no genuine papers out in circulation to enable exam practice apart from the 2 official sample papers.

I would hate to do it by distance learning. I think you learn it far better instructor led as assumptions, misunderstandings etc can be challenged/ discussed and far more likely to be retained than by reading the driest cure for insomnia ever invented.

[_Stretchie_]

Well done mate, I did not too long ago.

Only reason I did it was to make sure I got some kind of certification before we all get made redundant from NHS PCT land. Have no interest in being a PM myself but after over two years of trying to get some Business Analyst training and not getting anything this was offered so I took it.


Forgotten the lot already but I have my certificate and a big ass folder to go with it.. Any you're not wrong about the exam.

: ) Well done

[The Idle Biker]

Good for you, now your market value has increased it's time to renegotiate your salary......

[fenjer]

Well Done!

:kiss:

[Messie]

Well, kiss me sideways, Grumpy Tim is happy!

Well done x

[xXBADGERXx]

Congratulations on passing (still has no idea) but it sounded like hard work mate :)

[timwilky]

Badger, it is a project management methodology. Very heavy and boring but a de facto standard and sponsored by the office of government commerce which means you tend to have to do it that way if you want to work on anything the government has a finger in.

[xXBADGERXx]

So "Top of the list" when it comes to the CV pile then ;)

[maviczap]

For someone of your age its a momentous achievement ;)

Well done Tim :cheers:

[Nobbylad]

I'm trying to wangle this in work. I won't benefit from it from a practical point of view, however when dealing with 3rd party vendors/suppliers and other PRINCE 2 practitioners within my company, it's almost a pre-requisite.

We run it internally with a CBT for the first part, with 3 day classroom based for the practitioner exam.

[timwilky]

For someone of your age its a momentous achievement ;)

Well done Tim :cheers:

You are not wrong, Talking with a few others last week, it is 30 years since we have had to sit exams. That part of the brain has long since gone into hibernation and re adjusted itself for other tasks.

A 2.5 hour exam may be nothing to you young uns, but when you no longer have the ability to control your body for that length of time things get a bit twitchy.

[maviczap]

You are not wrong, Talking with a few others last week, it is 30 years since we have had to sit exams. That part of the brain has long since gone into hibernation and re adjusted itself for other tasks.

A 2.5 hour exam may be nothing to you young uns, but when you no longer have the ability to control your body for that length of time things get a bit twitchy.

I'm hardly young Tim, ask Speedplay :p

I went through a Charterd Institute of Management program a couple of years ago. No formal exam, but lots of writing to pass the end assesment.

Not in the same league as your qualification Tim, although I did learn German and passed my exam when I was 44. As I never did languages at school I was quite chuffed

Well done again

[Sir Trev]

I concur on the classroom preference for this one - much easier to understand with discussion.

Well done Tim!