How to Differentiate Between PRINCE2 Training Providers

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All PRINCE2 training providers must be accredited by APMG in order to offer official PRINCE2 courses. This often leads to the misconception that all PRINCE2 courses are the same, and that the only differentiating factor is price.

That’s simply not the case…

Read a list of common misconceptions about PRINCE2

If you see a 5-day PRINCE2 Practitioner Course advertised for £600, stop and ask yourself how that course is so cheap.

The main way to get the price down, is to cram more delegates in to the training room. We’ve come across some PRINCE2 training providers who will fill courses up to 20 people. That’s right – TWENTY! That’s an insane number of people for any training course – let along an intensive workshop like PRINCE2.

You can also cut costs by using the cheapest PRINCE2 trainers (which tend to be those with less experience) and by using lower quality training materials.

Our PRINCE2 courses will never be the cheapest on the market, but we’re quite happy with that.

We’re confident that for the rates we charge, our PRINCE2 courses are excellent value for money for the high quality we provide.

Here’s what sets us apart from the rest – you might want to use this as the basis for questions to ask PRINCE2 course providers if you’re shopping around.

Why are our PRINCE2 Courses different?

Maximum Group Size of 12

PRINCE2 Training RoomHaving the time to have your questions answered is vital on a PRINCE2 course. This will not only help you to pass your PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam – but will be a great help in relating what you are learning to your own work, helping you to start implementing it faster when you get back to the office.

In a group of 20 – we believe you have no hope of having your questions answered effectively – so we NEVER have more than 12 people on a course.

Experienced Project Managers as PRINCE2 Trainers

Just holding a PRINCE2 qualification doesn’t make you a brilliant project manager – and the same applies to trainers.

All of our trainers have proven project management expertise from using PRINCE2 on projects in the real world.

This makes it easy for them to:

  1. Help you to pass your PRINCE2 Practitioner exam, which is all about applying the methodology to real-world scenarios
  2. Give you advice that is based on hard-won experience on how to effectively apply PRINCE2 to your own projects when you return to the office

We NEVER use trainers who have just learned the PRINCE2  methodology in order to teach and have not applied it for real

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PRINCE2 Exam Tips

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Good Luck with your Prince2 Exam

If you are just about to take your PRINCE2 Exam don’t panic. Make sure you are familiar with the manual then try some of our Prince2 puzzles and quizzes. Read our Prince2 exam tips below:

How to pass a Prince2 Exam – Top-tips

Make sure you are particularly familiar with the PBS (product breakdown structure) section of the manual

Product Breakdown Structure will form the basis for many of the questions.

Write some memory joggers in the Manual!

You are not allowed any handwritten notes, however you can write on the manual and you can take that with you into the exam.

READ THE QUESTION

Read the questions carefully, under time constraints its very tempting to scan read and this can loose you marks.  Take your time and watch out for “negative” questions like   “which of these is NOT… “

ANSWER THE QUESTION

Trust your instincts and don’t try and be too clever! Remember that the exam is based entirely on PRINCE2® terminology and what’s in the manual.

Move On Quickly If you get Stuck

Don’t panic if you do get stuck!  If you have time you can go back to it later but you are better off focusing on the questions you can answer.  If you have time to return to it you may find that the answer then comes to you. If you’re still unsure guess.

Guess (quickly) but don’t look for patterns

It is entirely possible to have a run of questions where the answer is the same letter or even the same terminology.  Don’t worry about choosing them twice, if you are guessing  use your gut instinct and move on.

You were probably right the first time!

Avoid the temptation to start changing your answers unless you have made an obvious and glaring mistake.

Don’t worry if you finish early

It’s perfectly possible to finish early.

Good luck with your PRINCE2 exam !

NEW PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam Tips Download

PRINCE2 training helpful exam tipsHead over to the PRINCE2 Downloads section for our latest free PRINCE2 Resource – a comprehensive PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam Tips PDF!

We provide a copy of this Practitioner Exam tips guide to everyone attending our PRINCE2 Practitioner Training courses here in Brighton – but its so outrageously good we couldn’t resist making it available for public download!

Caveat: Reading this guide alone WON’T fully prepare you to sit the PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam! It’s purpose is to be used AS WELL AS our PRINCE2 Training courses. Details of our  PRINCE2 Foundation Training course and PRINCE2 Practitioner Training in Brighton, Sussex can be found on this site.

One of the things that a lot of our delegates told us was that they hadn’t sat an exam since they were at school (which for some people is a LONG time ago), so in addition to learning the PRINCE2 methodology, they needed some general exam technique tips.

This PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam Preparation Guide therefore provides a range of tips, including how to manage the exam booklets. how to read the information provided in the scenarios, and how to manage your time during the exam. We also provide a range of tips on the different types of questions and what to look out for.

Happy reading, and GOOD LUCK in your PRINCE2 Exams!

We hope that this will be a helpful guide for completing the sample PRINCE2 Practitioner papers you will be provided with. If  you have any of your own tips you would like to add – feel free to add them in the comments section below.

This guide is used by delegates on our PRINCE2 Practitioner Training course and we have now made it available to download here for all those who are interested in the PRINCE2 Practitioner Qualification.

Please note that this guide alone will not prepare delegates to sit the PRINCE2 Pracititioner Exam! It is intented to be used in conjunction with our PRINCE2 Training courses. We offer both the PRINCE2 Foundation Training course and PRINCE2 Practitioner Training course here in Brighton, Sussex.

In this guide you will find helpful hints on how to manage the booklets and read the information you are provided with, as well as how to manage time during the examination, and some techniques you can use for answering the different styles of questions.

We hope that this will be a helpful guide for completing the sample PRINCE2 Practitioner papers you will be provided with. If  you have any of your own tips you would like to add – feel free to add them in the comments section below.

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