Frequently Asked Questions on PRINCE2

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1 Frequently Asked Questins n PRINCE2 What are the PRINCE2 qualificatins and what will they teach me? There are tw PRINCE2 qualificatin levels: PRINCE2 Fundatin and PRINCE2 Practitiner. Africa Value Slutins ffers bth qualificatins by bth e-learning and Instructr Led Classrm training. A PRINCE2 Fundatin qualificatin will teach yu the PRINCE2 principles, terminlgy and when qualified yu will be able t act as an infrmed member f a prject management team using the PRINCE2 methdlgy within a prject envirnment supprting PRINCE2. A PRINCE2 Practitiner qualificatin is the highest level f PRINCE2 qualificatin and will teach yu t apply PRINCE2 t the running and managing f a prject within an envirnment supprting PRINCE2. Once qualified yu will be able t apply and tune PRINCE2 t address the needs and prblems f a specific prject scenari. Yu will have a cmprehensive knwledge f the relatinships between the PRINCE2 principles, themes and prcesses and PRINCE2 prducts and will understand these elements. What will a PRINCE2 qualificatin d fr me? The PRINCE2 prject management methdlgy is the de-fact standard fr prject management in the UK and is practiced wrldwide. It cvers the management, cntrl and rganizatin f a prject. A qualificatin in PRINCE2 will nt nly bst yur skills and cnfidence when managing prjects but will greatly imprve yur emplyment prspects. Many rganizatins, bth private and public, mandate the use f PRINCE2 and therefre require their staff t be cmpetent and qualified t practice the methd. Many large private and public bdies in East Africa have adpted PRINCE2 as the prject methdlgy f chice. What is the rigin f the name PRINCE? PRINCE is an acrnym derived frm Prjects IN Cntrlled Envirnments. What is PRINCE2? It is a methd fr managing prjects, there is n Hardware r Sftware (apart frm supprting tls) just a best practice apprach t running Prjects in a cnsistent and referenceable framewrk.

2 PRINCE2 is flexible, adaptable and as much as a Prject methd can be, friendly. PRINCE2 may be similar t what yu currently use, but what it des best is pull tgether cmmn names and descriptins int a structure that anyne familiar with PRINCE2 can understand, regardless f backgrund and Industry. Hw d I get recgnized in PRINCE2? It depends n if yu are an individual r cmpany. T get recgnized in PRINCE2 as an individual yu need t achieve certificatin at either Fundatin r Practitiner level. As a very rugh guideline if yu are invlved in Prjects in a supprting rle (yu may be in a marketing, administratin r technical jb), Fundatin level may be suffice. If generally yu are leading prjects then Practitiner is the level yu shuld aim at. Fr cmpanies wishing t adpt PRINCE2, the rute tends t be slightly different. The biggest decisin is decide if PRINCE2 is right fr yu, and that requires an investment f time, cllecting and reviewing infrmatin frm the marketplace. Yu culd just take the view that with ver 30,000 peple in the UK alne having taken the PRINCE2 exams as f 2009, it must be pretty prven and successful; therwise it wuld nt have the wrldwide take-up it des. Once yu have decided t implement PRINCE2, then yu need t plan an adptin strategy. The mst cmmn apprach is t train an initial grup f peple, then run a PRINCE2 prject t decide if PRINCE2 is right fr yu, r run a pilt PRINCE2 prject. Remember that PRINCE2 is cnfigurable, s frm the initial Prject yu can start t lk at what parts f PRINCE2 yu may r may nt use. Africa Value Slutins ffers cnsulting n PRINCE2. Please cntact us fr details. Why d I need a PRINCE2 qualificatin? Individual The majrity f peple that cnsider PRINCE2 as a qualificatin d s fr career and persnal develpment reasns. Often this is driven by a change f jb r career, where yu ntice that t get t the tp f the CV pile, yu need t have an extra qualificatin like PRINCE2 (even if yu have been managing Prjects successfully fr many years withut it). In many advertised psitins PRINCE2 has becme a prerequisite, particularly in Public Sectr jbs. Cmpany The majrity f cmpanies that implement PRINCE2 als encurage their emplyees t take the exams. If yur staff have accredited PRINCE2 qualificatins, then yu can present yur cmpany as using PRINCE2. This wrks particularly well where yu tender fr r supply t any Public Sectr cmpanies, such as Plice, NHIF, cunty and central gvernment.

3 What d PRINCE2 qualificatins cnsist f? This is fairly straightfrward! The tw levels f qualificatin are Fundatin and Practitiner. Fundatin cnfirms yur understanding f what PRINCE2 is, Practitiner shws yur knwledge in the applicatin f PRINCE2. If yur rle is ne f being n the periphery f Prjects, perhaps Prject Administratin, spnsr r n secndment, then Fundatin level may be suffice. It tells peple that yu can wrk within a PRINCE2 prject effectively. If yu are a cntractr r Prject Manager, then chances are Practitiner level is the right certificatin, as it demnstrates the ability t run PRINCE2 prjects. Fr individuals, we wuld say that the majrities d eventually g t Practitiner level, sme in stages, thers in ne g. This has been the verall bservatin f Africa Value Slutins. Mst cmpanies generally train everyne invlved in the prject t Fundatin Level, with a cre f Prject Managers t Practitiner Level. Hw big des a prject have t be befre PRINCE2 can be used? PRINCE2 can be applied t all srts f prjects, frm the very small t the very large. Even prjects lasting nly a few days will benefit frm selective applicatin f PRINCE2 guidelines. The key t success with PRINCE2 is t remember it is highly cnfigurable, and s can be adapted fr all prject types regardless f industry and marketplace. Is PRINCE2 aimed at any particular type f prject? PRINCE2 is designed t be applied generally t all types f prject, be they cnstructin, engineering, IT, business, financial r whatever. In the past, it has been aimed at IT prjects, and s it is still well used in this area hwever there has been significant grwth recently in ther industries, especially Telecms and Finance. D I need a cmputer based planning tl t implement PRINCE2? N! PRINCE2 makes n recmmendatin n which tls yu shuld use t assist yu manage yur prjects but it des recgnise that such tls are widely used. PRINCE2 will sit quite happily alngside a paper-based planning system r any ther tl which yu find t be effective in yur envirnment. Is PRINCE2 suitable fr nn-it prjects?

4 Yes! Unlike the first versin f PRINCE, PRINCE2 is designed t be generic and can be used fr prjects f any nature. Des PRINCE2 guarantee a successful utcme t prjects? N! but applied sensibly it will increase the chances f yur prjects being successful. Wh wns/sells PRINCE2? The cpyright f PRINCE2 belngs t the UK Cabinet Office, the material itself is therefre Crwn Cpyright. The marketing f the manuals is carried ut by The Statinery Office (frmerly knwn as HMSO). Hw many exams wuld I need t take? Yu need t take tw exams t becme fully qualified, PRINCE2 Fundatin and PRINCE2 Practitiner. Read mre abut the PRINCE2 Fundatin exam. Read mre abut the PRINCE2 Practitiner exam. When can I expect the results f my PRINCE2 Examinatins? PRINCE2 fundatin examinatins are marked n lcatin with prvisinal results prvided immediately after marking. Practitiner answer sheets are marked at APMG-Internatinal ffices and results released sn after. Exams are sent directly t yu via the relevant APMG-Internatinal ffice apprximately 7-10 days after the date f yur exam and NOT via Africa Value Slutins. When will I receive my certificate? A fundatin certificate will be dispatched directly t yu frm APMG apprximately 2 weeks, if yu nly tk the fundatin exam.

5 If yu sat a practitiner r bth exams, a practitiner certificate will be dispatched 2 weeks after the practitiner results have been released. What are the pass marks fr the PRINCE2 examinatins? Pass marks fr the PRINCE2 examinatins are as fllws: Fundatin: Yu will need t scre 35/70 t pass the Fundatin exam. Practitiner: Yu will need t scre 59/108 t pass the Practitiner exam. Re-Registratin: Yu will need t scre 20/36 t pass the Re-Registratin exam. Hw can I advertise myself as PRINCE2 qualified n my business card? Candidates wh have passed the PRINCE2 Practitiner examinatin can put PRINCE2 Practitiner n their business cards. Yu can als include a web address n yur business card ( which takes yu t an nline list f all PRINCE2 Registered Practitiners.This website is nt wned by Africa Value Slutins. Can I use the PRINCE2 lg? Only rganizatins licensed t d s are allwed t use the PRINCE2 lg. Such rganizatins include PRINCE2 ATOs (Accredited Training Organizatins) and PRINCE2 ACOs (Accredited Cnsulting Organizatins) accredited by APMG-Internatinal. The PRINCE2 lg is a registered trademark f the Cabinet Office and must nt be used withut their permissin r apprpriate license. Due t data prtectin laws, we are unable t qute rganizatins that use PRINCE2 withut prir cnsent. Hwever we can cnfirm that PRINCE2 is used by a wide variety f rganizatins in varius industries, bth public and private. The methd is extremely ppular amngst lcal and central gvernment departments and is als adpted by a number f multinatinal, blue-chip rganizatins. Please cntact Africa Value Slutins if yu have any mre questins

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