Project management certification is a great way to make your career take off. Promotions, salary increases, and prestige are just some of the rewards waiting at the end of the journey, but not all certifications are equivalent. Hence, it's important to have a flight plan prior to spending many hours obtaining a certification you might regret. A pilot that's … [Read more...]
Project management certification can boost your job prospects, increase your salary, and get you a promotion. But it is important to choose the right certification, or you could end up spending alot of time and money only to be disappointed with the result. The International Project Management Association (IPMA) and PRINCE2 are two of the prominent certifications … [Read more...]
PRINCE2 and PMP (Project Management Professional) are the two main certifications for project managers in the world today. Although the certification bodies, Axelos and the Project Management Institute (PMI), tend to play friendly with each other, they are competitors. In most areas of the world, project management certification is a choice between these … [Read more...]
Becoming a PRINCE2 Practitioner is one of the best steps you can take in your career. Every year tens of thousands of people make the leap from technical professional into project management, or start their career in project management, through this certification. It is a very easy certification to obtain, and carries a tremendous amount of prestige with … [Read more...]
Obtaining a PRINCE2 Foundation certification is an unbelievably easy way to take a huge leap forward in your career, from technical professional into project management. In fact, if you're in a technical role and not looking at PRINCE2 Foundation certification you're experiencing a huge missed opportunity cost, it's like winning the grand prize show home at the … [Read more...]
PRINCE2 is one of the world's main project management certifications. It was developed by the UK government, and continues to be administered by Axelos, a company that is still partially owned by the UK government. Certification is a requirement of bidding on some UK government projects. Hence, PRINCE2 is most prominent in the UK. But although 44% of … [Read more...]
PRINCE2 is one of the world's main project management methodologies. It was developed by the UK government and is administered by Axelos, a company partially owned by the UK government. Axelos administers the two PRINCE2 certifications: PRINCE2 Foundation and PRINCE2 Practitioner. The latter is the main certification, and the former is the more basic, … [Read more...]
PRINCE2's processes are structured activities that turns one or more inputs into outputs. They are the tasks required to direct, manage, and deliver a project successfully. There are 7 processes within the PRINCE2 methodology: Starting up a project Directing a project Initiating a project Controlling a stage Managing product delivery Managing a … [Read more...]
PRINCE2 Themes are functional categories, or knowledge areas, that a project must draw on at any time in its life cycle. Like a train that needs wheels, comfortable chairs, windows, and a driver - Each part works together to allow it to arrive at the destination in the maximum amount of comfort. The seven PRINCE2 Themes are: Business Case Organization … [Read more...]
PRINCE2's principles are guiding doctrines which must be followed by all projects. They are like a project constitution of sorts. All projects must abide by these philosophies. The seven principles are: Continued Business Justification Learn from Experience Defined Roles and Responsibilities Manage by Stages Manage by Exception Focus on … [Read more...]
