In addition to our ever-popular PRINCE2 training courses in Brighton, we’ve now widened our reach along the south coast to run scheduled PRINCE2 Training in Southampton.

You can expect the same great trainers, course materials and pass rates (currently 98% for PRINCE2 Foundation and 85% for PRINCE2 Practitioner), just all a little bit further West! The Southampton PRINCE2 courses courses start in November 2010.

What’s more – if you make a booking in September or October, we’ve got some great reduced rates available:

PRINCE2 Foundation training Southampton – 22-24 November: £795 + vat (normally £995)

PRINCE2 Practitioner training Southampton – 22-26 November: £895 + vat (normally £1,395)

All PRINCE2  courses are run by PRINCE2 Accredited trainers with a wealth of real-world project management experience.

For more information or to book your place call 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk

Posted by Andy Trainer in News, PRINCE2, Project Management on September 29th, 2010| No Comments »

We do a lot of project management training here at Silicon Beach – including our ever popular PRINCE2 courses in Brighton, Sussex – and we’re often asked “should I take the PRINCE2 Practitioner or the APMP exam.

Well, there are some important differences between the PRINCE2 Practitioner certification and the APMP qualification, and we’ll cover those as quickly and clearly as we can here…

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Posted by Andy Trainer in PRINCE2, Project Management on July 14th, 2010| 13 Comments »

Book in July or August for great rates on PRINCE2 Training and Six Sigma Training in Brighton, Sussex.

 
There are already lots of reasons to take your PRINCE2 and Six Sigma courses at Silicon Beach Training.

And here’s another great reason! If you book in July or August you can take advantage of these fantastic low rates:

All Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training Courses: £1,495 + vat (normally £1,795)
All PRINCE2 Foundation Training Courses: £845 + vat (normally £995)
All PRINCE2 Practitioner Training Courses: £995 + vat (normally £1,395)

And with small group sizes, inspirational tutors with extensive real-world project experience and some of the best PRINCE2 pass rates in the country, our delegates always go home happy!

I recently attended (and passed) the PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner course at Silicon Beach and cannot recommend it enough.  The brilliant trainer brought the subject matter to life making it interesting and integrating PRINCE2 into my day to day working life has been made so simple – a real life skill.  A great location too – thank you Silicon Beach.
Emma Rance – The Body Shop

For more information or to make bookings, call us on 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk

Read more about using Six Sigma and PRINCE2 together
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Posted by Andy Trainer in Lean & Six Sigma, News, Offers, PRINCE2 on July 12th, 2010| 1 Comment »

We’re pleased to announce that we’re now offering public PRINCE2 Training in Birmingham, and we’ve got some excellent reduced rates on the first workshops to celebrate the launch.

We’ve been running our regular PRINCE2 courses in Brighton for six years now, and achieve some of the best pass rates in the industry – currently 98% for Foundation and 85% for Practitioner.

We have many great clients outside the South East and we’re often asked if we run PRINCE2 training anywhere else in the country – and now the answer is YES!

Our PRINCE2 Foundation and PRINCE2 Practitioner courses in central Birmingham are now available to book, with dates starting from July 2010.

And to celebrate our Birmingham PRINCE2 launch, we’re offering some good discounts:

PRINCE2 Foundation training Birmingham – 5 – 7 July: £795 + vat (normally £995)

PRINCE2 Practitioner training Birmingham - 5 – 9 July: £895 + vat (normally £1,395)

Our courses are run by PRINCE2 Accredited trainers with a wealth of real-world project management experience.

For more information or to book your place call 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk

Posted by Andy Trainer in News, Offers, PRINCE2 on April 12th, 2010| 1 Comment »

Interested in PRINCE2 Training and want to test your knowledge?

Now you can, with our Interactive PRINCE2 Quiz.

Broken down in to 11 bite-sized parts, our new quiz tests your knowledge of PRINCE2 2009 Themes and Processes.

Parts 1 & 2 are available now, with the rest to follow shortly.

So what are you waiting for – get stuck in and test your knowledge!

If you need a little help, why not check out the comprehensive guide to PRINCE2 in our Free Resources section?

Whist our free resources and quiz are a great way to swot up and test your knowledge – the only way to thoroughly prepare for your official PRINCE2 exam is to attend our instructor-led PRINCE2 Foundation training or PRINCE2 Practitioner training courses.

Happy Quizzing!

Posted by Andy Trainer in New Free Resources, News, PRINCE2 on November 30th, 2009| No Comments »

It’s our last PRINCE2 training course of the year – there’s just a few places left to fill and to celebrate early we’re offering you a Christmas cracker of an offer!

So – get your skates on if you want to take advantage of these great rates:

PRINCE2 Foundation training – 30 November – 2 December
£795 + vat (normally £995).

PRINCE2 Practitioner training - 30 November – 4 December
£995 + vat (normally £1,395)

As always, our fees are inclusive of all of the official course material and your PRINCE2 examinations – plus the usual great training, friendly staff and bags of Christmas cheer!

Call us now on 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk to snap up your place.

If you need to learn more about PRINCE2, don’t miss the complete guide to PRINCE2 2009 Processes & Themes in our Free Training Resources section.

Posted by Aaron Charlie in News, Offers, PRINCE2 on November 5th, 2009| No Comments »

Project Management Tips

Written by Alistair Wylie – 20.10.09

Today we’ve launched a complete guide to PRINCE2 Processes and Themes in our free resources section, which will prove a valuable source of information for Project Managers.

This post provides some valuable tips about the interpersonal and organisational skills you’ll need as a Project Manager.

Our Introduction to Project Management, PRINCE2 Foundation and PRINCE2 Practitioner training courses explore these areas in more detail

Stay calm:

Your job as a project manager is to give a sense of organisation and direction to a group, the result of which should be a more efficient and well thought out project. The ability to stay calm is vital, you need to be able to think quickly and clearly under pressure and not get too overwhelmed and make rash decisions.

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Posted by Alistair Wylie in New Free Resources, Project Management on October 20th, 2009| No Comments »

All of our public PRINCE2 Training courses are delivered using the new PRINCE2 2009 manual. If you’re moving from using PRINCE2 2005 to PRINCE2 2009, you’ll need to know what’s changed, so we’ve summarised the main differences below:

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Posted by Andy Trainer in PRINCE2 on October 13th, 2009| 2 Comments »