Good question! Any answers?

I have had a look at the various training courses and packages and it does seem a bit of the Emperors New Clothes to me ie government inspired practices trotted out as an industry standard and something which no one really knows either how to use properly or to implement. I would love to hear from anyone who actually uses it in practice. The initial training course costs ?500 by e learning and takes 8 hours for the tutorials followed by an exam ( and thats cheap as the prices seem to range up to ?1000 for the foundation course) so it seems to be a cash cow for some training organisations.

All the available information seems to concentrate on selling the benefits and advantages without spelling out exactly what it is being offered. I was under the clearly mistaken impression that it was a software package. I have used Microsoft Project in the past which I have found good enough. As were Post It notes arranged on my wall at work- significantly cheaper..