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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? In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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7 Best PRINCE2 Books for 2021 (Including PRINCE2 Agile Books)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The PRINCE2® certification exam is tricky to pass because of the style of objective testing and the number of questions you have to answer. But PRINCE2 itself is not a difficult method to learn – and the official manual is actually pretty easy to follow and understand. PRINCE2 Handbook.

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MPlaza PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam Simulator Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you looking at the Mplaza PRINCE2® Practitioner exam simulator? The right exam simulator can boost your confidence on test day and help you focus your study time on the topics where you need the most revision. Who is the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam simulator for?

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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? There are a few options to consider, and it’s worth making the right choice, so you don’t waste time and money studying for something that isn’t going to help your career.

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MPlaza PRINCE2® Foundation Exam Simulator Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you considering buying the Mplaza PRINCE2® Foundation exam simulator? In this PRINCE2 Foundation Mplaza exam simulator review , I’ll share: Whether the tool is worth the investment (spoiler: yes, even if you are taking Practitioner as well). PRINCE2® Foundation Exam Simulator. £34.

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12 Tips for PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam Success

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 Foundation was the first project management certification that I took. PRINCE2 is one of the most popular project management frameworks around the world, with thousands of certified professionals globally. Pick an area you want to study. Study with diagrams.

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7 Best PRINCE2 Books for 2022 (Including PRINCE2 Agile Books)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The PRINCE2® certification exam is tricky to pass because of the style of objective testing and the number of questions you have to answer. But PRINCE2 itself is not a difficult method to learn – and the official manual is actually pretty easy to follow and understand. PRINCE2 Handbook.

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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? PRINCE2® Practitioner, Online Course and Exam.

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The Best PRINCE2 Exam Simulators

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I remember studying for my PRINCE2 exam and taking plenty of sample papers and mock tests. These days, the best exam prep I can suggest for PRINCE2 certification is to use online exam simulators. Important Features of a PRINCE2 Exam Simulator. Studying for PRINCE2 exams?

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MPlaza PRINCE2® Practitioner Online Course Review (for 2023)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Welcome to my Mplaza PRINCE2® Practitioner review! I gained a lot of project management knowledge and confidence from doing my PRINCE2 course. BUT… it’s hugely important to choose a good quality PRINCE2 course. Who is PRINCE2 Practitioner for? Have done some self-study?

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MPlaza PRINCE2 Foundation Online Course Review (for 2023)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Welcome to my Mplaza PRINCE2 Foundation review! I owe a lot of my confidence as a project manager to the PRINCE2 course I took many years ago. I’ve lost count of the number of people who have had bad experiences with PRINCE2 training providers… and that’s a lot of wasted money.

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How to Choose a PRINCE2 Course Online

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’re looking for the best PRINCE2 course online. In this article, I’ll share what to look for in an online training provider and how to choose the right PRINCE2 certification course for you. What to look for in an online PRINCE2 course.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is PRINCE2? PRINCE2 is a project management method. PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN a Controlled Environment (Version 2). Who is PRINCE2 for? PRINCE2 works in a huge number of industries and domains. The History of PRINCE2. PRINCE2 Core Principles.

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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. PRINCE2® is a difficult topic to learn online. When I did my refresher course for re-certification I studied mainly online and then did a day-long crash course prior to the exam.

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PRINCE2: An Introduction to the Project Management Methodology

ProjectManager.com

Project managers who aren’t based in the United Kingdom might not be intimate with the PRINCE2 method of managing a project, which is primarily used by the British government. Although foreign to some, there’s still much to be gained from the PRINCE2 method, even if it isn’t adopted in its entirety. What Is PRINCE2? PRINCE2 is an acronym for Projects IN Controlled Environments. History of PRINCE2. The PRINCE2 Methodology. PRINCE2 Roles.

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Review Official PRINCE2 Foundation App

Henny Portman

A companion learning tool to pass the PRINCE2 Foundation exam. It’s based on a simple 3-step approach: study, practise and mock exams. The App contains a case study to bring PRINCE2 to life and offers links to continue your PRINCE2 journey. On the main menu you have to choose between study or practice. The case study contains 5 topics: Introduction to PRINCE2: introducing the company, it’s vision, the project and the key employees.

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Prince2 Certification Guide for Misguided #ProjectManagers

nTask

So, here I am, once again, writing the dreaded guide about Prince2 methodology and certification. Believe me, getting the Prince2 Foundation level certificate is not as hard as having to write the entire post again…. Prince2 Certification from Experts’ Point of View: Let’s start with Colin Bentley this time. He has a book called: ‘Prince2 A Practical Handbook’. Bentley’s argument has a lot of weight in the context of Prince2 methodologies.

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Managing a Football Team Like a PRINCE2 Project

Prince2

Well, as anyone who’s studied project management will know – its processes and themes all find mirrors in everyday life. PRINCE2 is a controlled, consistent approach to projects that allows you to logically plan your tasks and objectives. We guarantee** the winning team this weekend will be using PRINCE2 processes – so if you haven’t implemented them in your organisation, click here to see why you should!

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Project Management Training to Help You Achieve Certification This Year

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If your goal this year is to put yourself ahead of the curve and get studying for a certification, then I’m here to help! There is a dizzying array of courses out there to help you achieve project management qualifications, both for PMI® courses, PRINCE2® courses and more.

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?BOOK REVIEW: ALEXEI KUVSHINNIKOV’S “THE DEEP-SPACEODDITY PROJECT” (PRINCE2® FICTION)

Brad Egeland

​BOOK REVIEW: ALEXEI KUVSHINNIKOV’S “THE DEEP-SPACE ODDITY PROJECT” (PRINCE2® FICTION) It’s easy to get excited and enthusiastic about something so new and unique. The author called it “PRINCE2 Fiction” and at least I am not aware of anything remotely similar existing on the market. They are responding to a threat of cosmic proportions using PRINCE2 to run their project.

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How the PRINCE2 Directing Guide helps with decision latency

Henny Portman

On the AXELOS website you can find my blog how the Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 guide can help you with decision latency. The Standish Group studied this decision latency for over a decade and stated that a project will create one decision for every $1,000 in project labour cost. To order Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2: managementboek.nl , bol.com , Amazon. directing English Post Prince2 Project Board

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Project Management Training to Help You Achieve Certification This Year

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If your goal this year is to put yourself in that bracket and get studying for a certification (perhaps trying to squeeze in your PMP® before the exam changes), then I’m here to help! There is a dizzying array of project management courses out there to help you achieve project management qualifications, both for PMI courses, PRINCE2 courses and more. Logical Model PRINCE2 courses. Simon has two online e-learning video PRINCE2 courses.

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5 Project Red Flags

Prince2

A good Practitioner will tailor PRINCE2 to the environment. The whole reason PRINCE2 works is that every type of project tends to unfold similarly. University College London studied all their IT projects over three years. According to the study , “78 percent of projects which adhered to PRINCE2 were a success compared to 38 percent where PRINCE2 was not used.”. But if PRINCE2 sounds too restrictive out of the box, then you’ll like the latest 2017 update.

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Challenging Change

The Lazy Project Manager

You can read more about this at SME www.smeweb.com/sme/how-mismanaging-change-is-the-biggest-risk-of-all – where Peter describes the four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com which found that the number one reason CEO’s got fired was …. project management alex marson apm change ocm peter taylor PMI pmp prince2 project project manager projects speaking success tailwind

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PRINCE2 Fiction an Easier Way to Learn the Methodology

Project Smart

But studying project management methodologies can bore one to death. Learning materials and study aids tend to be on the dry side. Managing projects is an exciting profession that offers plentiful opportunities for having good fun.

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How to Run Brexit Like a Project

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You’ve just earned your PRINCE2 Foundation certificate and your first job is to manage Brexit. You won’t have many case studies to work with, because Brexit is unprecedented. But before you can even work as an informed member of a PRINCE2 project team, you’ll need a Foundation certificate. To run and manage a PRINCE2 project, you’ll then need a Practitioner certificate. The post How to Run Brexit Like a Project appeared first on PRINCE2 Blog.

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Why the Stage Gate Process will Make You a Better Project Manager

Online PM Courses

Gateway (PRINCE2). And of course, it isn’t just you who will be studying this evidence closely. ’ PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 0 – Strategic Assessment. PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 1 – Business Justification. PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 2 – Delivery Strategy. PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 3 – Investment Decision.

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What are the Best Project Management Books?

Online PM Courses

The books style is to create mini case studies and then discuss options and solutions. In this part, let’s look at some of the specific topics you’ll want to study, as you develop your project management career. Managing successful projects with PRINCE2. There are lots of introductory and explanatory guides to PRINCE2 on the market, but if your serious… This is the authoritative guide published by the current owners of the PRINCE2 methodology set.

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Q & A with "The Deep-Space Oddity Project” Author Alexei Kuvshinnikov

Brad Egeland

One, that learning PRINCE2 can be fun. Though while it’s true that a PRINCE2 course is hardly stand-up comedy, I’ve got some tricks up my instructor’s sleeve to make it a bit more lively. Two, that while learning PRINCE2 involves studying the concepts it equally involves learning the interaction between different project team roles when applying those concepts. Three, that the power of PRINCE2 is in its nuances. Now have a look at PRINCE2.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Kanban project management has been around since the late 1940s, when it was studied by Toyota to use the rate of demand to control the rate of production of its vehicles. PRINCE2. PRINCE2 came about in 1996 as a more general project management method.

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Artificial Intelligence And Transformation Team Implications

International Institute for Learning

PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile, MSP®, P3O®, MoP®, Managing Benefits, Change Management, AgileSHIFT, Certified Coach. By Dr. Elissa Farrow. Views on Artificial Intelligence (AI), its future use and impact on organisations and society are often polarised (Farrow, 2019; van Belkom, 2020).

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Artificial Intelligence And Transformation Team Implications

International Institute for Learning

PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile, MSP®, P3O®, MoP®, Managing Benefits, Change Management, AgileSHIFT, Certified Coach. By Dr. Elissa Farrow. Views on Artificial Intelligence (AI), its future use and impact on organisations and society are often polarised (Farrow, 2019; van Belkom, 2020).

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Do you need a project management degree?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

She wrote: I have been advised that you have to do a degree in a particular subject e.g. engineering, do project management training e.g. PMI®, PRINCE2® etc and work your way up in order to become a project manager.

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Top 10 Books on Change Management (2023 edition)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I think this book is more for transformative, disruptive, organizational change instead of project-led ‘small’ change, but the theories, case studies, and techniques can definitely be applied to a project environment.

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Project Management Training To Help You Achieve Certification in 2017

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APM Salary and Market Survey 2016 says that 23% of people last studied for a project management related qualification within the last six months. If your goal this year is to put yourself in that bracket and get studying for a certification, then I’m here to help! There is a dizzying array of courses out there to help you achieve project management qualifications, both for PMI courses, PRINCE2 courses and more. Logical Model PRINCE2 courses.

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What is a PDU (in Project Management)?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In order to maintain your PRINCE2® certificate , AXELOS requires you to do 20 hours of CPD per year. PRINCE2® Practitioner, Online Course and Exam. A comprehensive and accredited PRINCE2 Practitioner online course, including exam voucher and simulator access.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

Being a project manager is a trade, after all, and there are many trade schools and universities that offer a course of study resulting in a degree. There are two major certifying bodies, PRINCE2 and the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Mindful Leadership in the Workplace: How to Get Started

Prince2

If you’re not, we recommending books or studies by author and scientific journalist, Daniel Goleman , who has written extensively on the subject. The post Mindful Leadership in the Workplace: How to Get Started appeared first on PRINCE2 Blog. Mindfulness is a meditation technique that focuses not on achieving a state of calm, but on observing thoughts and emotions as they are.

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Agile Certification: Your Guide to the Large Array of Agile Qualifications

Online PM Courses

I have also included the Axelos PRINCE2 Agile qualifications here. I very nearly placed Axelos PRINCE2 Agile in here and could equally well have done so, but you’ll find that certification discussed in my Tier 2 section. Study the Scrum Framework with OnlinePMCourses Here at Online PM Courses, we offer training towards the PSM Level I certificate exam, The Scrum Framework. In this category, I’ve also included Axelos, the owners of PRINCE2. Axelos PRINCE2.

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How To Make Time for Professional Development

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Making Time to Study for a Project Management Certificate. This is also the category where self-study falls. PMP® Self-study courses I recommend: The PM PrepCast (world-class online training from a company that really cares about student success). You need a plan to get the time for this kind of study. Draw up a study plan ( here’s a guide on how to do it ). Read next: Specific tips for how to balance work and PMP® study. Finding Time for Long-Term Study.

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