PRINCE II Exam

Chardee MacDennis

Anyone know where I can take the PRINCE II foundation exam in Dublin. Dont want to do the course just want to sit the exam itself, tried doing a search but all the info is pretty old!

any info would be great, thanks!

tHE vAGGABOND

I too would like this info - as I am doing the "do it yourself" course at home and need to do the exam soon....

Chardee MacDennis

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

I too would like this info - as I am doing the "do it yourself" course at home and need to do the exam soon....

havent started yet, how you finding it?

the foundation test is supposed to be ok and it's multiple choice.

seamus

http://www.sureskills.com/prince2.html

They do Prince II courses but also schedule exams at the end of each course which I gather you are allowed to sit in on.

The exams aren't really all that tough so long as you've done a few practice exams and run through the how and whys of your wrong answers. You also need to be somewhat in a Prince II "zone" so that you think about the exams from a PrinceII perspective. You couldn't just rock into the exam and sit down and do it, you'll want to have been studying and practicing it for at least 2 days beforehand.

Eoin

Also check out TPG academy. I did the full foundation and practitioner course with them last year, but they did have people come in just to do the exams as far as I remember.

count66

Anyone know how much it costs to take the exams and do the course?

Also, if you wish to do self study prior to takin the exams, where can you get the books, course material, prior exam papers and how much does that cost?

Thanks,

ABajaninCork

I did mine through APM in London.

It's pretty expensive to do the course as well as the exam. When I did it, I passed the Foundation fine - no problem.

Needed to re-take the Practitioner exam, as the exam format had changed and no-one bothered to tell me until I was about to take the exam!:eek:..Think it cost £400 for the retake and that was three years ago, so only God knows what the cost will be here...

In short - Contact APM as they are the body who accredits PM's. They should be able to point you in the right direction.

Hope this helps!

count66

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I did mine through APM in London.

It's pretty expensive to do the course as well as the exam. When I did it, I passed the Foundation fine - no problem.

Needed to re-take the Practitioner exam, as the exam format had changed and no-one bothered to tell me until I was about to take the exam!:eek:..Think it cost £400 for the retake and that was three years ago, so only God knows what the cost will be here...

In short - Contact APM as they are the body who accredits PM's. They should be able to point you in the right direction.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for all that info - that's a great help!

Just one final question - is the exam beneficial in your workplace - i.e. have any of you found that having this particular qualification meant that you got that promotion or new job that you didn't think you would get without it?

Cheers,

ABajaninCork

count66 wrote: »

Thanks for all that info - that's a great help!

Just one final question - is the exam beneficial in your workplace - i.e. have any of you found that having this particular qualification meant that you got that promotion or new job that you didn't think you would get without it?

Cheers,

Had I stayed with my previous employer (who paid for the course!:D), it probably would've been most beneficial as PM was an expanding area. Meanwhile, I took redundancy, and thought I'd chance my arm here as a PM as I was moving in any case.

But I've found a lot of people do not even KNOW what PRINCE2 is. I then explain, and am then told they want experienced people. I am not so stupid as to assume I would get a project straight away, but I can do Project Admin/Co-ord and can do Junior PM. But in this climate it will be very difficult if not impossible to get ANY kind of job in this field if you're newly qualified.

finisklin

I did this course recently with skillsolve.co.uk It cost €800 and had a great tutor who knew the material inside out. I'm glad I did the course as it helped in the practitioner exam. I really think that I would have found it much more difficult if I had studied on my own at home.....it is multiple choice, but not your bog standard one. One style of question is where you have to pick out the two right answers!

There's no negative marking, which is fine and the practitioner is based on a project scenario which relates to the nine questions. Each question is worth 12 marks and comprises maybe 12 sub questions. At times you are very much on auto pilot, certainly in my case as my PM experience was limited. A pass is 55%.

My advice is do the course as learning in a class environment ensures that you pick things up quicker, esp off the other attendees, IMHO. When I did it there was 14 people of various levels/involvement of PM work.

Stheno

count66 wrote: »

Thanks for all that info - that's a great help!

Just one final question - is the exam beneficial in your workplace - i.e. have any of you found that having this particular qualification meant that you got that promotion or new job that you didn't think you would get without it?

Cheers,

I got my current job partly based on the fact I was PRINCE2 qualified, it definitely helped.

I also did the course with skillsolve and whilst you could pass foundation online/without a course, I don't think you'll learn how to pass the practitioner without attending a course.

Sureskills do the exams every week so you could try to book an exam through them.