I'd still like to know about the different courses and difference between Prince2 and the APM stuff, and where these extremely expensive and specialist courses actually take you and what they actually do for you. My employer is ceasing to pay for these courses due to budget cuts; there is no longer any training budget where I work, a public sector company, at least not for the forseeable future and only where there are health and safety implications.
I've worked in project management for 20 years without these qualifications and only even at certain times using Microsoft Project. if anyone knows the answers to the sort of questions I'm asking please chip in!