r/Prince2

Little disappointed, but I know the wordy questions just trip me up so much.

Hello,

I wanted to share my experience. As per title, I passed both exams on people cert within a few days of each other. I did the ILX online courses for both and read the manual once the day before the exam. I didn't use any other resources. I've been managing public sector projects for a few years though, so I'm very familiar with the practical application, but less so with the vocabulary.

I found Foundations significantly harder because of the memorization. I did the course with a 1-2 hours per day over a couple of weeks, because it took a long time for my brain to memorise and absorb the terminologies. I did the practice exam on ilx a few times and scored between 65-81%.

For Practitioner, I also did the ILX course, but found it way easier to absorb and completed the course in a day. I did the 2 practice exams, which were the most useful study tool. Many "trick questions" that got me in the practice exams, I could recognize them them in the actual exam. I didn't study the book again, because it was still in my brain. I did one of the practice exams while doing the course, 1 section exam after each corresponding section course, then the full exam after course.

For Foundations, I think I could have done better by focusing not just on main concepts but also internalising the RACI and headers for different products a bit more.

For Practitioner, I found it very useful to do it so closely to Foundations, because the concepts and book layout were still in my head, so it was easy to look things up quickly. The timeframe for the exam was more than enough for me to look up most questions in the book. I used the e-book in the app, with no bookmarks or annotations. Sometimes the book gets stuck and loads for a while.

My overall verdict is that, possibly due to multiple years experience in using similar project management approaches, it was much easier than I expected. But I still learned a lot about how things should be done vs. how they are done.

For those of you who cleared Practitioner successfully, I’d appreciate if you could give me tips on how to clear it , how did you prepare for it, how long did it take you to prepare for the exam and how many hours a day did you spend on it , where did you get your study material from , can I prepare for it while having another job Monday to Thursday?

Hello all,

I'm absolutely excited to share that I passed PRINCE2 foundation with 82% today. I am one of those viewers of daily posts in this group, sometimes I post or comment for someone's post. Today I want to write my journey with this. And thanks to the suggestions for my latest post asking for the revision.

1. First thing is first, the movement I decided I'm going to do this, I signed up for the provider (The knowledge academy) based on their reviews on various platforms. However, it was worst onboarding experience, login issues, even content and so on. So, I am basically just using the exam tokens from them and self-preparing for the test.

2. The Plan

As my company is sponsoring this, I was able to prepare besides my daily job during the work time. So, I was preparing for 45min-1 hour daily for almost 6 working weeks - 6 weeks * 5 working days * 1 hours/ day = 30 hours in total + additional 5-6 out of work hours for my confidence(mock tests) in the exam.

3. The Preparation

I started to directly rely on the manual from the people-cert. Read at least 2-3 times each chapter. And referred to ChatGPT, Google and YouTube too for any doubts. I made my notes on management products (who prepares for whom and when-process/ activity) , performance targets/ aspects, practices, processes, principles, RACI of people for different activities in processes, Activities & actions table for different processes, more info on management approaches those in PID (what it does, who prepares, why, etc), some important definitions too, etc. (Sorry might not be able to share as I got it in the physical book)

4. The Mock tests:

From the Reddit posts and my financial conditions made me to choose trusted institute (luckily I used only free version (just for 3days prior to my exam - but used extensively; planning to take 1 month subscription for practitioner though) as I found it to be a better option for self-evaluation(p.s. the platform is using previous version of PRINCE2 - so be careful if you are using). As I have now done the with exam, I can tell that the questions are little similar (as I've had set the questions to be expert level each time I'd done the mock test). However, the platform helped me in analysing my weak areas, and so I referred & revised them particularly. And built my confidence level better. Also, gone through the YouTube channel - this video specifically at least 2-3 times to test my answers accuracy. I heard about MPlaza many times, but it's really expensive for me.

5. The 'D' Day of the exam:

I basically gone through the manual once again, referred back to my notes. Referred to my weak areas based on the tests I've done. I had light lunch 30 min prior to my exam. And tried to be peaceful 15min before the exam as I wanted to be calm, relaxed and composed for the exam. After the starting the exam, as I knew I got 75 minutes and 60 questions, I tried to answer 1st what all I can and flagged where I was doubtful(40-45min). Then, next 5-10 min answered/ flagged the unanswered questions, next visited twice the flagged questions only. Finally confidently ended the exam. Boom, I could see the results, and I'm happy with that. You can follow your own rules.

Prerequisites of the exam:

Prior to the exam when I was checking for the compatibility of my system & other needs for the exam. I realised my work system is not allowing the exam website, of course, I took help of our IT team. Then 1 more thing is that I needed my national ID, and I couldn't find it as I recently rearranged my room. Lucky me, the proctor allowed me for 5 min to check and come back again. Of course, I found it and showed it to the proctor. So, please make sure to have your original ID and compatibility test done. Also, make sure to follow your other guidelines with respect to exam and what the proctor tells.

Now, I need to go through the practitioner test. I hope I find better resources for this and come back to you guys, planing to do this next month as the concepts remain fresh now.

Please feel free to reach out if you got any questions.

p.s: This is just my learning journey only. I'm not asking to follow but sharing the experience that I had in return to the posts that I referred, saved and adopted in my learning. Thanks for reading.

Hello everyone! Life has been on my neck but I’m buckling down and want to do my exam in 2 months. I’ve heard Mplaza is the best for exam simulation, wanted to ask for a huge favour. If anyone bought access and has passed, would you be happy to pass on or share access for others preparing within a shorter scope of time? Thought I’d ask, thank you in advance!

Hi everyone,

I have my PRINCE2 Foundation exam on 20 May and I’m currently preparing for it. I would really appreciate any last-minute tips, study strategies, or advice from people who have already cleared the exam.

A few things I’d especially like guidance on:
- Best way to revise in the final few days
- Important topics/processes/themes to focus on
- Common mistakes to avoid in the exam
- Practice mock test recommendations
- Time management during the exam

I’ve been studying the manual and practising mock questions, but I still feel a bit nervous about whether I’m preparing the right way.

Any suggestions, resources, or experiences would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

- im due to sit my practioner exam soon.

- I'm 2/3 through reading the entire book… not sure if this was the best idea as I have been told numerous times to not try and remember everything.

- I have not highlighted or annotated the book or ebook at all. I feel like going back to the start to find things just to highlight may be another waste of time I don't have

- I'm relying heavily on memory and Ctrl F to find the needed parts when required.

- I fear I'm going to be wasting time in the exam…

- chat gpt recommended

Key areas worth tabbing:
• Roles & responsibilities
• Risk responses
• Management products
• Tailoring
• Change theme
• Progress theme
• Process flow diagrams

What is the best advice going into the open book exam regarding prep please? I'm really anxious

I scored 88% in foundation. Never worked in pm before...

I passed the PRINCE2 Foundation today with 75%. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who kindly shared their learning recommendations, links to practice questions, sites, videos etc this has been a huge help.

It took me about 2-3 months along side full time working and completing another course so I wasn't in too much of a rush but I did decide last minute yesterday to go ahead and book my exam.

I wanted to recommend an app I used for my revision which I have used for other exam studies and found useful so I thought I would try it for this exam and it was fab. Its called Quizlet and there is a free version and a paid option for about £10 a month. I paid for one month. You can create your own flashcards or use the ones that other users have added and use it to practice exams questions etc. It even gives you the option to create a quiz or learn through game-like features. It worked quite well for me alongside the official People cert manual, manual flash cards and copilot so hopefully it will help other people too.

I'm glad to have passed and will be taking a short break before considering the Practitioner exam.

Hey everyone

I’ve been working as a Contract Administrator/Contracts & Commercial Analyst for around 4 years in the construction and renewable energy industry in Australia and I’m looking to complete my PRINCE2 certification to help move into more project-focused roles.

There are so many providers out there (PeopleCert, ILX, Knowledge Academy, Lumify, PM Partners etc.) and I’m not sure which one is actually worth it.

I’m mainly looking for:

• A provider that is well recognised in Australia
• Good quality training/materials
• Online/self-paced options
• Strong exam prep/support
• Good value for money

Would love to hear:

• Which provider you used
• Whether you did Foundation only or Foundation + Practitioner
• If it actually helped your career progression/salary
• Any providers to avoid

Many thanks

I took the exam this morning. Here was my method:

I read through the book once. Then I did lots and lots of practice tests. In my opinion, the MPlaza tests are very realistic.

I completed the PeopleCert mock exam and the two free sample tests as well. I kept practicing the MPlaza tests until I consistently scored around 75–80%.

Whenever I got an answer wrong — or even if I had just guessed correctly — I carefully read the explanation.

After about 10 tests, I created my own custom test set using only the questions I struggled with, and I practiced those on the final day.

For me, ChatGPT and Claude were not very helpful because sometimes they gave different answers than the ones marked correct in the tests. When I pointed it out, they apologized and admitted I was right 😃

I didn’t attend any course; I prepared entirely on my own in about one month while working full-time.