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PRINCE2
News
There is always lots going on in the world of PRINCE2 and we like to keep you up to date:NEW Official PRINCE2 template pack is available - Following quality assurance by APMG the new official PRINCE2 template pack, authored by our own Malcolm West is now available for download.
Need a Health check ? Call the Project Doctor - The Project Doctor from CUPE ltd is a free health check on the status of your PRINCE2 project documentation. Fill in the form and someone from CUPE will be in touch with feedback, amazingly a free service!
PRINCE2 is currently going through a refresh - to find out more why not watch the 'PRINCE2 2009 Project - Progress Update ' presentation (26mins) given by Andy Murray the lead author at the BPUG event earlier this year. A copy of the slides are also available and Andy's Blog is linked below.
Test
your PRINCE2 knowledge
If you are thinking of taking your exam and want to test your level of
PRINCE2 knowledge we recommend you use the PRINCE2 exam Assessments
provided free by Provek:
Foundation
exam assessment - takes
around 30 mins, scores given
Practitioner exam assessment - takes around 45 mins, scores and report given
AFAprojects also provide a set of PRINCE2 questions and answers in PDF form aimed at assessing your readiness for the Foundation exam. They recommend that with a score of 1-10 you would be unlikely to pass the Foundations exam, with 11-17 you may need some more work and above 18 you should consider sitting it and looking forward to the Practitioner.
Are the exam formats looking unfamiliar? You might like to consider buying the 'Passing the PRINCE2 exam' book which provides a number of sample papers that you can test your self with.
Find out more about the PRINCE2 exam
The PRINCE2 exam structure consists of two papers, the Foundation and the Practitioner. In order to take the Practitioner exam you must have first passed the Foundation.
The APMG provide very useful pages which explain about the format of the exam and how you can go about booking your place on a public exam day.
Public exam day - booking a place
The new structure of PRINCE2 exams, what, why and how a video from Mavern Training (4 mins).
If you think you are ready for an exam you might like to take the pre exam assessments first. If you are progressing to exams at this time then good luck!
PRINCE2™
process maps
As a process based methodology PRINCE2 lends itself very well to being communicated via process diagrams. In fact the PRINCE2 manual itself uses process diagrams extensively to explain the interactions between the Management products, processes, techniques and components.
The Free PRINCE2 software includes the authentic process diagrams as used in the manual as a basis for point and click navigation. Other organisations have reorganised the PRINCE2 structure to give some insight on different aspects of the methodology or to use as simple reference cards. The following are popular in this respect and free:
CrazyColour PRINCE2 process reference card
CrazyColour PRINCE2 Board reference card
PRINCE2 Process Model and Reference Card from Key Skills
AFAprojects Process diagrams - we like these as they also split out the flow around some of the key PRINCE2 management products
AFAprojects PRINCE2 cross reference - a lot of PRINCE2 information packed into a small space!
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wikis
Wikis are informative and generally authoritative sources of information on a subject assembled by the community of users. PRINCE2 is well served by wikis and the following few are the most helpful:
IT
Toolbox - PRINCE2 software wiki
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PRINCE2 Forums
There are many PRINCE2 forums but the majority of these are under used and lack currency, we recommend the following:
We are reviewing this list regularly but if you have come across a useful resource please let us know.
[Top]PRINCE2 blogs
There are a wide range of Project management and IT development related blogs which occasionally touch on PRINCE2. The blogs shown below have a main theme of PRINCE2 and will hopefully therefore be a little more helpful.
Andy Murray Blog - Lead Author PRINCE2 refresh project
Patrick Mayfield Blog - PRINCE2 Practice Blog
Malcolm West Blog - P2 methods and more
Free and Authentic PRINCE2 software
PRINCE2 as a methodology to learn and apply early on can be quite daunting due to its complexity and weight of documentation. Quite a few companies have now tried to launch software to help users through this difficult period and almost all fail. The most common reasons being:
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Not free - usually free is said but trial is meant to try and trap users into having to buy the products in question
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Too complex - users have to learn the software before they can learn the methodology
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Not Authentic - to avoid paying royalties organisations redraft guidance and redraw diagrams so they differ from what is said in the PRINCE2 manual and examined!
Only one piece of PRINCE2 software satisfies these tests
by
being completely free, simple to use and containing Authentic materials
under licence and that is PROJECT in a box Community Edition.
You can register and download it from this website and share
it with whoever you want.
Glossary
PRINCE2 relies heavily on a Glossary of terms which on occasion assign meanings to some words or terms that differ from the 'normal' Project Management terminology. Under the terms of our licence agreements with OGC (the owners of the PRINCE2 methodology) we are entitled to reproduce the Authentic PRINCE2 glossary here for your use.
[Top]PRINCE2 Books
Whilst the resources provided above take you a long way in supporting the development of your PRINCE2 skills they don't provide the core PRINCE2 detailed information you need to pass the exams or to apply the methodology in practice.
The best way to achieve this detailed knowledge is either from a training course or a book.
If you are looking into the book approach we recommend you visit the book store one of our partners websites who have an excellent collection of Authentic PRINCE2 and related publications.
For the bargain hunter you might like to look at the Amazon site where it is sometimes possible to pick up a current 2nd hand PRINCE2 manual for something much below list price.
If you are looking to develop your PRINCE2 skills
through a
more formal training environment such as supported learning or a taught
classroom setting you might like to view the list of training
partners we recommend.
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Authentic and original PRINCE2 templates
All many of you are after is a quick head start in getting your PRINCE2 projects up and running and here we have the perfect thing with the Authentic PRINCE2 (2005 version) template pack. This pack contains the OGC recommended PRINCE2 templates for the current version of the manual, written by PROJECT in a box, reviewed by APMG and the PRINCE2 examiners and adopted by OGC. This is the same set of templates as provided in the free PRINCE2 software package above but this way you can be using them even quicker!
Please note that use of these templates is not a simple dot to dot route to successful PRINCE2 implementation and we recommend they are used in support of a formal education programme towards accredited PRINCE2 exams or by PRINCE2 qualified team members.
Download OGC recommended PRINCE2 template pack
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