I’m a Project Manager. I manage projects. Or, at least, I used to … and now I want to give it another go.
You know how it is – Project Management’s a dirty job, and we all think about moving on … I had this dream about buying some land, gonna give up the booze, and the one night stands – just try to settle down, in a quiet little town, and forget about everything. But you know he’s gotta keep moving … etc.
So back down these mean streets I must go. And, one difference I have noticed from the old days is how every project management job ad now lists PRINCE2 certification as at least “highly desirable”. Now, I have managed a few projects in my time. And, I’ve used plenty of structured methods, including the original PRINCE (before it became new and improved). But, until I can put “PRINCE2 certified” on my CV, that’ll be one box I fail to check, when I start looking for an actual job again.
So, I have decided to do a course on PRINCE2 – one of the one-week, Foundation-and-Practitioner level bootcamps that should see me qualified. And, I thought that it would be amusing … and, hey, maybe even informative to somebody … to blog about it. So, here we are.
So, time for my first big question. Why does the cover of OGC’s Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 have Lando Calrissian from Star Wars on the far right?
You know how it is – Project Management’s a dirty job, and we all think about moving on … I had this dream about buying some land, gonna give up the booze, and the one night stands – just try to settle down, in a quiet little town, and forget about everything. But you know he’s gotta keep moving … etc.
So back down these mean streets I must go. And, one difference I have noticed from the old days is how every project management job ad now lists PRINCE2 certification as at least “highly desirable”. Now, I have managed a few projects in my time. And, I’ve used plenty of structured methods, including the original PRINCE (before it became new and improved). But, until I can put “PRINCE2 certified” on my CV, that’ll be one box I fail to check, when I start looking for an actual job again.
So, I have decided to do a course on PRINCE2 – one of the one-week, Foundation-and-Practitioner level bootcamps that should see me qualified. And, I thought that it would be amusing … and, hey, maybe even informative to somebody … to blog about it. So, here we are.
So, time for my first big question. Why does the cover of OGC’s Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 have Lando Calrissian from Star Wars on the far right?
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