Those who have been in contact with the project are naturally fine. If you are a novice with 0 experience, you must not be a project manager directly.
The first thing is to accumulate some experience. If you are a pure novice, it is recommended to take another P2 (prince2) certificate. This certificate is mainly practical and can take you to do projects by hand. The PMP certificate is more theoretical, so use P2 to go Transition is a great option.
Secondly, it depends on the company's job matching degree, luck and interview experience. The PMP certificate generally exists as a stepping stone, because many companies require PMP certificates. First find this kind of company to take a few projects and do it yourself with the knowledge you have learned, and accumulate a little experience before jumping to a big company.
Finally, you must believe in yourself. You have learned all the theories of the science major. What are you afraid of when you work with a certificate? Win at the starting line!
Let me tell you about the P2 certificate! For those who are not confident in themselves and don’t know how to get started, let’s take a look
1. What is PRINCE 2? How is it different from PMP?
prince2 is the abbreviation of PRojetcts IN Controllde Environments, which means projects in a controlled environment in Chinese, and refers to the project management methodology in a controlled environment .
The differences between PMP and PRINCE 2 are as follows:
The difference between prince2 and PMP
PMP focuses on what to do, like a Chinese dictionary , which explains the pronunciation and meaning of each word individually, like a reference book;
while PRINCE 2 focuses on how to do, which can connect the knowledge points in PMP Get up, form phrases and articles, tell us how to use it and when to use it, so as to better transform it into our own knowledge .
PS: Let me talk about the renewal of the two certificates. The validity period of prince2 is 5 years. The renewal is to take the exam, 30 questions, 17 points, and the PMP is valid for 3 years. You can accumulate 60 PDUs + 150 US dollars within 3 years to renew the certificate. No examination is required.
2. What are the prince2 exams and what are the conditions for registration?
1. What does prince2 test?
The prince2 exam is divided into two levels : basic level and practical level
The basic level is a closed-book exam , 75 multiple-choice questions (5 questions are not scored), 35 points to pass, the content of the test is very simple, basically the concept of the book, theoretical knowledge, etc.
The professional level is an open-book exam (you can turn the book), The difficulty of the practice-level test questions will increase relatively. There are 8 big questions, 10 multiple-choice questions below each big question, 44 points to pass , and 44 points for the open-book exam
. 3500, and it takes about 3000-5000 training fees to participate in the training course.
2. What are the conditions for prince2 registration?
There are no restrictions on the two levels of prince2 exams, no project experience, no education, no age requirements, as long as you want to take the exam, you can sign up.
And there is no time and space limit, computer-based test, after making an appointment 15 days in advance, you can take the test at home, completely unaffected by the epidemic , compared to the PMP test that has been delayed for two years, it is not too good, want to be fast Those who get the certificate can go to take the prince 2 test.
3. Who is suitable for Prince2?
Decision-making level - the company's decision-making level, senior managers , etc.;
Execution level - project execution level , technical managers, engineers, etc.;
Management – project management , project managers, project managers, supervisors, PMO managers, project directors , etc.;
PMP holders - have obtained PMP certification, hope to continue to improve, project management practice ability, etc.
4. What industry is prince2 suitable for?
Like PMP, prince2 also has the most exams for people in the IT industry. For positions, there are more people who take the exam for project managers, supervisors, project team members, and technical positions.
3. The gold content of prince2
The popularity of prince 2 in China may not be as high as that of PMP. After all, it started eight or nine years later than PMP, but the gold content is not low at all. Many companies will give priority to certificate holders when recruiting . Like PMP, project managers If you want to be promoted, you will generally take this certificate.
In general, the gold content of prince2 mainly focuses on the following four points:
>Strong practicality: Prince 2 focuses on organizations and people, products, phased management, exception management , business justification, continuous business verification, and strong practicality in tailoring;
> Strong competitiveness : Measuring organizational maturity is firmly rooted in the organization, providing continuous improvement methods for the organization delivering projects, and enhancing competitiveness;
> Good management : suitable for the national conditions and focusing on the management of people, and more suitable for project managers who have responsibilities but not rights in the Chinese enterprise environment to manage projects well ;
>High controllability : improve the actual combat ability and build a controllable pattern, tailor it according to the enterprise environment, easy to use and more practical and controllable in the work.
4. How to learn prince2
1. Familiar with the teaching materials
The basic level of prince2 is mainly to test the knowledge of the textbooks. The textbooks must be read twice more, and the textbooks of prince2 are only more than 200 pages, unlike PMBOK, which is a big brick with more than 700 pages, and it is relatively easy to read.
2. Formal study in class
Like PMP, Xiaobai friends all recommend to enroll in classes to study. The cost of self-study is actually higher than the training fee of several thousand dollars. At this stage, after reading the textbook several times, it has a general impact on the textbook and then began to follow the teacher's course to enter the basics—— In the four stages of intensive lecture-intensification-sprint learning, the basics mainly explain the courses, and the following intensive lectures, strengthening, and sprints are the key and difficult points and their application.
3. Active output
Learn to make mind maps, some people will give up as soon as they listen to it, because they don’t sort out after class, and they don’t transform knowledge into their own after thinking. Doing mind maps after each class is a good way to organize ideas , It is recommended that every small partner can try it.
You can also combine some cases, try to analyze it yourself, share the knowledge you have learned in the group, and discuss it with your friends, so that you can grow rapidly and accelerate the transformation of knowledge.
Usually, you can put yourself into the thinking mode of the "problem maker", imagine which knowledge points to test to understand the examinee's mastery of the chapter, and from which angle to write questions, so that the examinee can go from memorization to understanding to flexibility. Use it to understand the examiner's thinking and find out what is so difficult about this exam.
5. Prince2 exam tips
Let me share with you a few tips for quickly finding the answer in the textbook for the prince2 professional-level exam (open book). It is very easy to use, so why not try it~
