Customer Reviews
The least practical book you'll ever read - By: , 01 Jul 2004 
Despite the title, you can expect nothingin the way of how to run a Prince2 project. As the chief examiner for the Prince2 exams, he probably had a lot of input into the course book. Shame, because he simply regurgitates it here. There are a mere 2 real world examples given, one of which is how to book a restuarant...
Worse still, the writing is terrible. He's obtuse, humourless & characterless. It makes for slow reading, & without any real practical advice, it can be a struggle to make it to the end.
Finally, the index has been corrected, only for him to miss out a couple of appendices. Nice touch.
It avoids 1 star becausein conjunction with the handbook, there are some useful nuggets here, especially about cost benefit analysis. However, they're so few & far between, I'd give it a wide birth.
Er, where's the project management? - By: , 16 Jul 2002 Ironic that a book professing the all-seeing, omnipresent wizardry of PRINCE 2 didn't itself take heed to the section on project control. Quite obviously this book was publishedin such a rush that they left the proof-reading to...well, I don't think they actually did it at all. There is no table of contents & the index is full of errors completely unsatisfactory. The Quality, Cost & Time Triangle should be renamed 'crap we're running out of time, just publish the thing, what's proof-reading?'. The layout of the book is bad & hard to follow with no indication of where things should be found or coherence of pregression. It's only after a couple of hours trying to work out how the book is structured that you start to get a feel for how to use it. Otherwise the content is good & fairly comprehensive, except the two-line paragraphs on 'Small Projects' which basically all read 'don't ignore the above on your small projects'! Thanks for the advice, big help!
A good book made average by an incorrect index - By: , 11 Feb 2002 
This is a good reference for PRINCE2, or at least it would be if the index didn't appear to come from a version of the book that was nearly 100 pages shorter.
If you never use an index, then consider this a 4 star review, but if -- like me -- you need an index to use a reference book on a daily basis then you'll find this a chore. Example: "Risk Management" is listed as being on page 146, when it's actually dealt within a chapter that starts on page 197.
When you do find the information, it is clearly & concisely represented, but I'd suggest checking with the publisher that the index has been fixed before ordering.
Engineering Council Examination recommended reading list - By: , 09 Aug 2000 
Recommended reading for the Engineering Council Part 1 Examination Subject 504, Engineering Perspectives & Skills
Good value for money & easier to carry than the CCTA manual - By: , 18 Jan 2000 
Mr. Bentley has helped develop Prince 2, so it shouldnt be too surprising that this book is very well informed. Where it scores over the CCTA manual isin price, weight & style.
I would add a note of caution to anyone thinking of purchasing without undertaking training first - DONT. The book will only make sense if you already understand the principles behind Prince 2.
A useful book for the desktop of the project manager.
