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MSP Training with Prince2 Training
Why do you need MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) if you have already adopted Prince2?
Silicon Beach Training provide accredited PRINCE2 Training and MSP Training in Brighton, Sussex with pass rates well above the national average (99% for our PRINCE2 Foundation Training!) We also provide free MSP Resources and free Prince2 Resources.
With PRINCE2 there is an assumption that there is already a reasonably clear view of the objectives of the project, and also what the business case is. This allows the project to begin with a clear direction and a sound and well developed project brief.
Projects using the Prince2 methodology deliver specific outcomes measured against the specific business case, normally following the shortest path from start to finish. This implies that you know what the staring point is, what it looks like, and how you are going to know when you have reached the finishing line.
Usually the key stakeholders know that something needs to change in the organisation, but they may not be clear about what changes need to be made, so the direction of the project may not be clear and goals definable.
Enter MSP
Often managers are asked to:-
- ‘speed up processes’
- ‘provide better customer service’
- ‘motivate staff’
To make strategic changes and improvements such as these there needs to be a clear understanding of what projects are required and what he outcomes should be. The journey from start to finish may develop and change over time.
MSP helps to form a strategic vision of the future and pave the way to making this vision a reality. It helps to ensure that decision making is based on overall business objectives rather than isolated project outcomes.
MSP is the glue that bridges the gap between strategic vision and individual projects by focusing on:
- Organisational Benefits which must be achieved if the vision is to be achieved.
- New Capabilities which are delivered by tranches of projects and implemented by normal operations.
- Programme Organisation which gives equal weight to operational management and programme management, linking functional activities and project based changes around a common purpose.
MSP programme management can be used to consolidate and synchronise visions of change with the tactical use of programmes of projects. Can your organisation afford to be without MSP?
Posted by Heather Buckley in Human Resources, MSP Training, New Free Resources, PRINCE2, Project Management on December 1st, 2010| 1 Comment »
Free PRINCE2 Ebook download for Mobile
As ever we like to keep on trend! So for all you Project Managers on the go or those wishing to revise for their PRINCE2 Practitioner Training or PRINCE2 Foundation Training in Brighton, Sussex, we have provided a PRINCE2 guide – a Free Prince2 Ebook for your mobile devices. It will work on your IPhone, IPad, IPod Touch, Android Phone… just about everything.
We will be adding lots more ebooks for mobiles in the near future so if you have any requests let us know – use comments below for suggestions.
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We also have a free PRINCE2 quiz for you to test yourself.
Posted by Heather Buckley in Human Resources, New Free Resources, Offers, PRINCE2 on November 18th, 2010| No Comments »
Best iPhone apps for Project Managers
The other month I got my very first smartphone, in the form of Apple’s iPhone! I first really didn’t know where to start when it came to picking the best and most useful apps, so I asked my friends on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for help. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Where there were rival apps I’ve chosen the one that was cheaper. Hope it’s useful – let me know if I’ve missed something.
Silicon Beach Training offer a range of Project Management Training courses including PRINCE2 Training in Brighton, Sussex. We also offer a popular range of Social Media Training courses. If you’re a lover of all things iPhone don’t miss our general list of iPhone apps for Business.
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Posted by Heather Buckley in Project Management on July 7th, 2010| 1 Comment »
At Silicon Beach Training we offer a wide range of IT, Business and Management training courses including Project Management training, PRINCE2 training and Six Sigma Training in Brighton, Sussex. We’re always looking to network with others interested in Project Management and have even compiled a list of the best Project Managers to follow on Twitter.
Check out this list of 10 excellent Project Management blogs: there are so many different blogs to choose from, my choice below focuses on blogs that are a bit different and provide personal angles on Project Management…
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Posted by Heather Buckley in Project Management on July 2nd, 2010| 4 Comments »
PRINCE2 on the web: the best PRINCE2 blogs
PRINCE2 is ever-growing and we’ve recently extended our PRINCE2 Training to cover Birmingham as well as Brighton. We’ve also created a communal PRINCE2 Facebook page to encourage people to share their PRINCE2 tips and resources.
It’s easy to find great Project Management blogs, see our list for Business Computing World. But despite the popularity of PRINCE2, there’s a surprisingly small number of PRINCE2 dedicated and regularly updated blogs on the web.
Below we’ve listed our favourites as well as some others from scouring the Internet and the SERPs. Let us know what you think – we’d love to hear if you know a PRINCE2 blog that we’ve missed.
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Posted by Andy Trainer in PRINCE2 on May 12th, 2010| 5 Comments »
7 secrets to make sure you pass your PRINCE2 exam
If you’re thinking of attending PRINCE2 Training in Brighton, read these handy tips to help you perform to your best:
- Read the manual! It sounds silly but you’d be surprised how many skim read the PRINCE2 manual or miss out chunks. The five-day PRINCE2 Practitioner training is very intensive, so do yourself a big favour by reading the manual right through in advance.
- You can take in your PRINCE2 Practitioner manual although you can’t take in your own notes or documents. But you can put notes all over your PRINCE2 manual – this is fine! So whether it’s a process diagram or a one word memory trigger, fill the white spaces on the inside covers with notes to help you.
- Familiarise your self with PBS (product breakdown structure); if you are not familiar with this you will struggle with many of the questions. If you really have difficulty interpreting the product symbols then include your own notes in your PRINCE2 manual. You need to then understand how a PBS relates to a product flow diagram. Lack of revision in this area is an easy way to lose marks.
- When choosing from multiple choice answers, watch out for answers that have the word “must” or “always” in, because there are very few straight and simple answers in PRINCE2 and the examiners will try to catch you out.
- If a question requires the same answer twice in a row e.g. “who would be the most suitable person for this task?”, don’t worry about choosing them twice – the questions are not related to each other at all.
- Beware of common sense! The PRINCE2 exam is looking for an ideal application of its methodology in specific scenarios, not what you may well do in a real-life situation where your colleagues haven’t taken their PRINCE2 certification.
- Remember your photographic ID as the invigilator won’t let you take the exam without it. If you have changed your name since you registered or took Foundation then take the appropriate paperwork.
Posted by Alistair Wylie in New Free Resources, PRINCE2 on April 30th, 2010| 3 Comments »
We’re pleased to announce that we are now offering MSP Training, with MSP Foundation and MSP Practitioner in Brighton, Sussex, starting in Summer 2010.
We’ve been offering accredited PRINCE2 Courses for many years and achieve great pass rates for both PRINCE2 Foundation and PRINCE2 Practitioner – the industry standard qualifications for Project Managers.
PRINCE2 is great for Project Managers running single projects – but Programme Managers who look after portfolios of multiple projects require a different methodology, and that’s where MSP comes in.
MSP stands for Managing Successful Programmes and provides a flexible and proven toolkit of Programme Management principles that can be adapted for any businesses’ requirements.
The courses we are offering (and our first available dates) are:
MSP Foundation Training: 3-days – £995 + vat
5-7 July 2010
MSP Practitioner Training: 5-days - £1,395 + vat (includes Foundation certification)
5-9 July 2010
Please call Silicon Beach Training on 01273 622272 or e-mail colin@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk for further information and bookings
MSP™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce
http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/prince2-project-management-training/
Posted by Alistair Wylie in MSP, News on January 15th, 2010| 1 Comment »
One of the questions we’re most commonly asked by delegates attending our PRINCE2 Training is “how does this apply in the real world”. Whilst a good PRINCE2 Foundation or PRINCE2 Practitioner course should get you through your exam (which I’m pleased to say we’re very successful at with a 97% pass rate), PRINCE2 is essentially a toolkit, and it’s equally important to understand how you’ll actually use these tools back at the office.
We achieve this by using PRINCE2 certified trainers who have extensive real-world experience as project managers who can help you to understand how the PRINCE2 processes and themes apply to real projects.
PLUS – everyone can now download free PRINCE2 Project Templates and PRINCE2 Case Studies from our Free Resources section.
Download the PRINCE2 Project Templates for a zipped folder stuffed with documents in Word and Excel format that you can use at every stage of your PRINCE2 project.
Download the PRINCE2 Case Studies for real-world insights in to how the British Council and Suffolk County Council have benefited from PRINCE2.
If you have any questions about the PRINCE2 method or are interested in attending a PRINCE2 training course, call our office on 01273 622272 or e-mail us at info@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk
Posted by Andy Trainer in New Free Resources, News, PRINCE2 on November 18th, 2009| 1 Comment »
