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What PRINCE2® certification should you get?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you looking at what PRINCE2 ® (PRojects IN a Controlled Environment) certificate you should get? I’ve taken the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exams in the past so let me share my experiences and research. I’ve taken the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exams in the past so let me share my experiences and research.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We were talking about PRINCE2®, what it means to get qualified and how it compares to the PMBOK Guide. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004. Elizabeth, what’s the story behind the PRINCE2 methodology? PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN Controlled Environments and is a widely used project management method.

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Should I take CAPM or PRINCE2?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

She asked whether she should take the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) or the PRINCE2 Foundation. Is it possible to take CAPM and then PRINCE2 Practitioner or are the standards different, she asked? And are the Project Management Professional (PMP® ) and PRINCE2 seen as equivalent by employers in the UK?

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PRINCE2 Agile Training: Logical Model Online Training Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Product reviewed: PRINCE2® Agile Bundle (includes exam fee, self-paced online training, support and mock exam). Other products offered by this training company: PRINCE2®, PMP Exam Prep, other online PM courses including How to Estimate, Recovery of Troubled Projects, Project Governance. See the whole list here.

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The Confusion Over Risk

Project Risk Coach

A modern definition of risk sees risk as “uncertainty about outcomes that can be negative or positive.” Choose Your Definition Within the world of project management, we have different definitions of risk. A few years back, these definitions were more at odds with one another. Peter Bernstein. How About You?

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The PMBOK provides definitions and guidelines for project planning, scheduling, executing and controlling. It’s a great way to keep everyone on the same page, so to speak, and offers a clear definition of how a project is managed. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.

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Review Project, Programme and Portfolio Governance

Henny Portman

The Introduction chapter discusses the target audience (governance body members, project, programme and portfolio managers, PMOs, …)., gives definitions of projects, programmes and portfolios and their relationships. Case studies regarding a basic project, complex programme, standing programme boards and portfolio governance models.