Product Description

Thinking about using PRINCE2[registered] to manage your projects or preparing for PRINCE2[registered] training? Need a rounded introduction to help you get to grips with the basics? Revised and updated throughout to match the details and requirements of the 2009 PRINCE2[registered] manual and simplified to make it more useful for those who are new to the method, "PRINCE2 Revealed, 2nd edition" is the perfect first reference - a readable, end-to-end overview of the complex PRINCE2[registered] method that starts from a more accessible level than the other detailed manuals to help ease you into the topic and put the method into a real-world context. Whether you are looking for a reliable introduction to the basics and underlying principles to help you understand how the method could work for you or to help you prepare in advance of PRINCE2 training and study, "PRINCE2 Revealed" will give you the grounding to take your PRINCE2 knowledge and application to the next level. The book is revised and updated throughout to match the details and requirements of the 2009 PRINCE2[registered] manual. It provides a concise introduction to the basics and underlying principles of PRINCE2[registered] for those wanting to get quickly up to speed and prepare for PRINCE2[registered] training and application. The book starts from a more accessible level than the dry, detailed official manuals to ease readers into the topic and put the method into a real-world context.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #407529 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Colin Bentley has spent the last 40 years managing projects, large and small, across the world. He has worked with PRINCE2(R), PRINCE(R) and its predecessor, PROMPT II, since the 1970s and was one of the team that brought PROMPT II to the marketplace. As the main author of the original PRINCE2(R) manual, a former Chief Examiner in PRINCE2(R) for the Association for Project Management Group (APMG) and Lead Reviewer for the 2009 PRINCE2(R) manual, he is the perfect guide to real-world application of PRINCE2(R) beyond the classroom theory for project management success.

Customer Reviews

Easy to read and very usefull in the real world
Easy to read and very usefull in the real world. The auther even has a sence of humour (quite unlike the OCG prince two books)

Be careful
This book gives a practical introduction to PRINCE2. However, PRINCE2 certification is not based on the content of this book or any other, apart from, of course, "Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2". So, where there are grey areas in PRINCE2, and there are many, the latter book is the reference. The other books may offer sensible advice, but if they were to contradict the reference book, or provide information not in the Reference book, you could end up being right but getting it wrong, at lest as far as the exam is concerned! My advice, if you want the PRINCE qualification, is to get and study the reference book, using a formal training course / trainer. The other books are for after the qualification, when you then need to know how to use the method.

It's only OK !!
I was hoping that this book would help me simplify the detail in the course books, sadly it just managed to confuse me more, the diagrams used in this book, although trying to explain the same situation differ in many cases from the course books and therefore can cause confusion. In isolation from the course books, or as an introduction to to process the books is probably useful. But as in my case, as an additional source of information working toward the qualification more confusing than helpful. It is however well written and more lighthearted than the coursebooks (and way less heavy/bulky) and therefore is a good portable option.