However, the survey also found that corporate adoption of PRINCE2 was not the most common reason for taking the qualification. Only around a fifth of survey respondents said they had taken the training because they had to use it on all new projects, which may imply that the approach is not fully understood at C-level and organisations are not getting the most from PRINCE2.

In comparison, nearly half of the respondents said they had taken the examinations in order to improve their own CV. The results also reflected the growing popularity of PRINCE2, as the vast majority (more than eighty percent) had undertaken PRINCE2 training within the previous twelve months.

Other key findings from the QA survey include

• Over eighty percent of respondents had their PRINCE2 training paid for by their employer, and a further 81% believed that formal training support would help them achieve the best examination results.
• Sixty-seven percent of respondents undertook classroom-based PRINCE2 courses, while fourteen percent of respondents had undertaken eLearning or blended-learning courses. and only twelve percent relied purely on the official textbooks with no other form of training.
• Respondents prefer an element of classroom training: 67% would prefer classroom only, and a quarter said they would like to adopt a blended-learning approach of eLearning and classroom in the future.
• A third of respondents worked outside traditional project and programme management or project-environment roles. Similarly, while more than a third of the respondents work in IT, nearly as many work in job roles that are not directly related to a project-management function such as planner, analyst, quality specialist, or administrator.
• PRINCE2 is widely used across all vertical sectors, with the most respondents working in the Finance/Insurance sector, closely followed by the construction industry and business services.