I have spent all week on a PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) project management course at Learning Tree in London. The course was quite intensive, and involved:
- 20 hours pre-course reading
- 2 hours study each evening
- Foundation exam on Thursday – 75 multiple choice questions
- Practicioner exam on Friday – 3 hour open book written paper
Phew! I’m glad to be back home. I didn’t get to see much of London as there was lots of work to do, but there’s a nice sense of achievement in having worked so hard. I passed the Foundation exam, but I don’t find out about the Practicioner exam for about 6 to 8 weeks.
The real test will come on Monday, as I have to complete a Team Plan for the part of a project I’m working on, using the Product Based Planning technique.
I remember a few years ago at work that if you showed too much promise in the IT area they would threaten a Prince course. It was enough to discourage anyone!
Indeed, see Dilbert’s view.