Starting Project Management Training/certification

 Nferyn,

Please kindly send the Prince2 manual to me.
My Email is tobie009@yahoo.com.

thanks for your anticipated response

Nferyn,

  Could you please send me the link for the download for the PM, www.yousendit.com says it as expired that u should be contacted to review it for me to get it downloaded, that means u will have to send me the link, thanks in anticipaton.

hey everyone,
I need to ask everyone who has done Prince2 certification or knows about it. I want to do the foundation program immediately and i need information regarding the schedule for the exams. Is it like PMP in that the exams are held every month? I hear the exam is done at British Council, is that also correct?? I  know the foundation exam costs 190Pounds but r there any other fees to be paid before one can sit the exam? If anyone has this info please let me know because i really want to take the exam before the year runs out. Thanks

@nolaodus and all offering the training

please is there any training center in warri or port harcourt.im a lot interested and my colleagues as well just time out is a major factor,. so if there could be any weekend lectures down here it's appreciated. i need reply on this please
 

lawuyi,
i am planning to take the prince 2 exam. this is the reply from the prince2 guys.

Customer Closure Receipt

 

Dear Afieroho ,

 

We are pleased to inform you that your reported request has been completed.

 

Reference No     : APM- TSK -25988

Description        : Interest for candidates sitting the exam outside the UK

 

Solution

 

How can I take Examinations outside the UK ?   

 

For candidates outside the UK we use the British Council to run the PRINCE2™ exams for us on an ad-hoc basis. In Nigeria the British Council have the facilities for delegates to take exams at their offices.

 

Should you wish to continue with taking the exam please can you complete the attached application form, state when you wish to write the exam and return it to me along with payment. We can then go ahead and arrange your requested date to take the exam.

 

For your information you pay us for the exam and we then pick up all the associated costs charged by the British Council.

 

Please note we need at least 4 weeks notice of your intended exam date.

 

Please click on the link below for information on the British Council details in your area:

 

http://www.britishcouncil.org/home-contact-worldwide.htm?mtklink=contact-us-worldwide-corporate-homepage-link

 

 

PRINCE2™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce

 

Regards


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Harvinder Sehra
Service Desk Advisor
+44 (0)1494 452450

i believe this will help u . also attached is the form that state the cost implication.


@bebe4u,
i think what u need to do is to group your collegues and get a PMP/trainer to come and organise the training for your group. some time last year some of my friends in warri contacted me on their interested to take the pmp exam. i did link them up with cpms and the organisation has to send a team of trainers to warri for 3 weekends. you can contact me on ezeuloho@yahoo.com. for more information i am certified and serve as a facilitator. thou for now i am not into it full time because of my work pressure.


mystical,
to the best of my knowledge project management for now has know area of specialisation. it has nine knowledge area ( risk, cost, human resource,procurement,time, scope,communication,intergration and quality management).
the pmp exam is an online exam and as such can be taken any time of the year in approved prometric centres. as for the institute you can attend any one advertise on the website so long as the trainers are pmp certified. you can confirm a trainer status by login on to www.pmi.org.
you need 35 hours training to take the exam and as such your triaing duration should not be less than 35hours. a three weekend training of 12hours/weekend is sufficient.

i do hope this help u can also see my post on http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-148.96.html#msg1474679  for more on this topic.
thanks




 

ulohomuno thanx a bunch. This really helps.

Anyone interested in PM training can contact me here wt your mail add. I'll send you details.

It's the certification of the future and cuts acrooss every field/career. Very intersting too.

Running some training progs. currently.

@mystikal
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visit www.abrpm.com

Hi everyone!

Good to know that folks back home are gearing up towards becoming equipped as their counterparts in the western world.

I am thrilled - well done guys!

I have been in project management for a while now and I will advice anyone serious about taking their career to the next level to do so.

I chose Prince 2 over PMI because it can be easily deployed and in quite practical. I also have a good knowledge of PMI but would advice starters back home to run with Prince 2 first. Besides, applications from the UK are readily deployed in Nigeria and it would not be fair to sell a methodology in Nigeria just for the sales purpose of it.

Again it is up to you guys! If you have access to the internet, do the research before investing in the programmes! Again, DO NOT just go through the training like everyone did during the MSCE rush in the 90s. In whatsoever means, get the practical aspect of Project Management as well. You will be surprised to know that going to the cybercafe to browse itself is a project! Everything we do can be likened to a project - Getting admission to study at the Uni, Planning to get a certification for Project Management, Renting a flat or even simply planing a birthday party are typical examples of Projects that needed to be managed to be successful.

I understand the sudden rush to the gold mine but sometimes over here in the UK, employers only want you to have the 'knowledge' of Prince 2 and you will be given a job - as long as you can learn on the job and prove you have the right grey matter up there!

I will be honest - I got my first Project Management job without the certification and I am doing well today with the certification.

Bottomline folks - if you are interested in becoming a Project Manager - go in there with your heart, mind and a plan to get some bucks pilling up in your bank account not just to get another paper or accreditation to your name. Afterall, a lot of MSCEs out there in Nigeria do not know jack about a network :-)

All the very best and come along and join the train to success :-)

Abbihh

@Abbihh,

Abeg o, browsing the internet is not a project, neither is renting a flat a project in the strict sense of it.  Many things we call 'projects' colloquially are not projects.

In the professional realm, those unique, start and stop engagements we pursue might only pass for a project when it lasts at least, for about 3 months. There must be a plan which should be approved/authorised and resources committed.

Cheers.

@ bibibabe

Can u please give me info about this and maybe how i can register please, u can mail any info here or to my email at goldengl007@yahoo.com.

please help

BLESS You

Hi Chyzo

Can u give me a brief download about the program and please where is there office in Lagos?

ciao

tnx Chyzoo

but what does it cost to write the exam

let me know any and every other detail about it because i am really interested and want to do it ASAP.

God bless

Ciao