David Cameron

I am knackered.

In trying to make myself more competitive in the job market after being made redundant from BP, I decided to improve (get) formal Project Manager qualifications. As a result, I booked myself onto a Prince2 foundation and practioner course held this week which includes both stages of exam.

I admit that I was not prepared (i.e. not advised in advance of the commitment by the reseller of the training) for the intensity of the course, needing around 3-4 hours of homework (Other providers may vary according to the materials that they provide you for examination prep work) each night to meet the course timetable.

It is all over now. I have my Prince 2 Accreditation at foundation level (provisional results given during the course), building upon my practical experience of projects but now waiting to find out how I did at practioner level. Personally, I feel pretty comfortable about passing with the excellent training and materials provided by Maven Training and having passed both trial papers in exam conditions.

Prince2 may not teach you anything new about how Projects should be managed, but I found it a fascinating insight into the principles and themes that are making Prince2 a De Facto standard for running a project and it cannot do my CV any harm to have that under my belt.