PRINCE2™ is a process-based approach for project management providing an easily tailored and scaleable method for the management of all types of projects.
Reasons include:
Actual standards will not be altered however there may initially be a perceived reduction in quality of the assessment procedure. The APMG may arrive with a new level of Prince2 certification that will evaluate people’s ability on actual projects in work environments.
There is a perceived view that multiple choice (objective) exams are easier than essay style exams. Although this might not be a true reflection of the situation we expect that there will no doubt be a two-class system for the foreseeable future of those people who sat the ‘original Prince2 Practitioner exam’ and those who sat the ‘Multiple choice Prince2 Practitioner exam’
A feedback report will give the candidate advice as to how well they performed in the exam. We are unsure if feedback report will be provided to people who pass and people who fail the Prince2 exam - currently for long-answer (essay-style) exams only those who fail receive feedback, usually via the trainer.
Each Prince2 exam tests different levels of knowledge:
We suggest that if you intend on sitting an objective Prince2 examination after receiving training geared towards the essay-style exam you seek additional training to give you the best opportunity to pass. It may, at first glance, look easy however objective exams are more difficult than they seem. There is a different approach to sitting the objective examinations, it includes understanding how the different questions work and understanding how to apply the PRINCE2 method to a scenario while extracting the correct information to answer a question.
The APMG have carried out trials across the country over the last few months and had numerous training days with all PRINCE2 certified trainers to take account of their input and feedback.
We have been told that there will not be a change in the number of people passing the Prince2 exams.
Chaos. The world will come to an end. The project is being run by the APM Group - who certify people in PRINCE2, they have the best tools available to them. They are not performing an activity that has not been done before, the chances of failure are low and success is high - contact them if you are concerned that they will not work and log an issue in their issue log.
It is anticipated that this may be approximately 6 – 8 weeks. However, this may shorten as time passes.
Yes - the Prince2 certificates are not expected to change, they will be issued approximately 12 weeks after sitting the exam.
There will be no change in the look of the Prince2 certificates.
It is expected that there will be a database of questions (similar to the Prince2 Foundation exam) which are sourced randomly and make up the 9 questions.
There will be no change in price, although Prince2 examinations are a large portion of the cost for an exam the additional cost of rewriting material and changing processes will not result in any decrease nor increase in price.
You will have the option to sit the long-answer (essay) style Prince2 exam until the end of October 2007 at silicon beach training.
silicon beach training, will be offering the new Prince2 exam format from November and by January 1st 2008, all Accredited Training Organisations have to offer the objective examinations.
The objective Prince2 exam will remain as 3 hours long, the number of separate questions will increase from 3 to 9 questions, each scheduled to take 20 minutes.
For more information see the question “What is the exact format of the Prince2 exam?”
There will be no reading time allowed.
Only the official OGC title: Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 can be taken into the exam. No written notes nor additional training provider material can be taken into the exam.
You will receive a question booklet, an answer booklet and a pencil (including eraser).
You can remove your mark on the answer booklet (using eraser) and then select your answer again.
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This is a 3 day Prince 2 Foundation course. The training will provide you with an understanding of PRINCE2 principals and it's approach. This training course should equip you to apply the method to your own working environment. The Prince2 Foundation course will prepare you for the Prince2 Foundation examination that is taken at the end of the third day.
This 5 day Prince2 Practitioner course is designed to provide clients with a detailed understanding of the PRINCE2 approach and the ability to apply the method to your their working environment. The Prince2 Practitioner training course prepares delegates for the practitioner examination.
This is a 2 day Practitioner workshop course is designed to provide you with a detailed understanding of the Objective Practitioner Examination.It is suitable for delegates who have completed a PRINCE2 foundation course and wish to upgrade to a PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification. This will be achieved by a working through a sample paper covering 11 topics designed to prepare you for the practitioner examination.
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