Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Any Prince 2 Practitioners/ITIL people? (Project Managers)

[Lily]

its actually fairly time intensive and if you can i would say its probably easier to book a course and do it rather than having to sit and read at home, unless you are totally dedicated.

try and do the practitioner course straight off as this includes the foundation course (multiple choice) so saves a bit of time.

[TP]

Originally posted by Lily
its actually fairly time intensive and if you can i would say its probably easier to book a course and do it rather than having to sit and read at home, unless you are totally dedicated.

try and do the practitioner course straight off as this includes the foundation course (multiple choice) so saves a bit of time.

I'd rather not spend the money on courses and I'm not overly mobile at the moment! Seriously, the last one of these types of courses I went to I nearly went insane with the number of stupid questions and time wasting that goes on (Veritas Clustering ..).

I've done all my certifications and Uni through self study and not attending courses so I can be disciplined enough to get the job done when I need to. I prefer that to be honest.

[Lily]

i guess its not like you can go for a jog or anything


I have little discipline at home as there is always ironing to do or kittens to play with

[andyb]

Do any of those qualifications stop you posting twice?

[Redsps]

tony , does that mean you are fully conversant with disk array's , clustering , etc.

if so......

[TP]

Originally posted by Red SPS
tony , does that mean you are fully conversant with disk array's , clustering , etc.

if so......

pretty much .. depends what OS you're talking about with clustering though. I've done the veritas clustering training but it was windows focussed. I'm not a Unix man. I've done some cluster design and implementation.

What are you looking for?

[guest1]

Originally posted by TP
You've done both?

Well, I want to learn more about PM'ing and also have an industry recognised certification for doing so.

You know what recruiters are like, it's all tea and donuts and no research

Thanks Robin, that's an interesting way to look at it

Recruiters - Oi! I resemble that remark (even though it is true)

PM'ing certification - Institute of Project Managers would be a good place to start. The teams I've worked with seem all decent fella's

Colleague of mine was doing Prince2 course and found it pretty easy to follow (via online and CD/Manual)

Best of luck

[Edited on 14-9-2005 by guest1]

[ali]

Best qualification I've seen of late in terms of cash vs effort is CISSP. Nothing to do with PM but lucrative all the same. Thought about doing it last year when things were looking bleak on the work front and stillmight if I get turfed out soon.

Ali

ps: Six Sigma also worth a look but I think companies are getting tired of paying £1.5k/day to have someone spout mgmt bo11ocks at them....

[TP]

Originally posted by guest1
Recruiters - Oi! I resemble that remark (even though it is true)

PM'ing certification - Institute of Project Managers would be a good place to start. The teams I've worked with seem all decent fella's

Best of luck

Well it was a hook for Dibble but you'll do

[TP]

Originally posted by ali
Best qualification I've seen of late in terms of cash vs effort is CISSP. Nothing to do with PM but lucrative all the same. Thought about doing it last year when things were looking bleak on the work front and stillmight if I get turfed out soon.

A friend of mine did that recently but it's not really inline with where I want to go mate. I'm trying to move further away from hands on ultimately, not back into it. I know you can do consulting work with the CISSP but you wouldnm't be any good without some decent hands on experience in that field.

And as you know, Microsoft pay lip service to security ...