Course Title

PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training Program

 

Learning Objectives

•       Understand the PRINCE2 method

•       Understand the PRINCE2 principles

•       Learn the PRINCE2 themes and processes

•       Understand the PRINCE2 project management team roles and their responsibilities

•       Understand how to tailor PRINCE2 to your project environment

•       Develop Key PRINCE2 products

•       Apply classroom concepts to project scenarios

 

Overview

 

PRINCE2® is “Projects IN Controlled Environments”, a structured PROJECT MANANGEMENT method designed to aid the organisation and control of projects. PRINCE2® is the UK Government Best Practice standard for effective Project Management.

A PRINCE2® qualification is a great asset for your resume and will give you the skills to feel confident in managing projects successfully within the workforce.

Duration

 

Foundation Course: 3 Days

Practitioner Course: 5 Days

 

Pre-course reading is provided and is a must to understand the PRINCE2 concepts and pass the exams in the first try. Pre-Course reading is one day duration and requires participants to read, and solve the case study scenarios and questions. There are also offline exercise, quizzes and crosswords that are required to be completed before the course begins. This helps the participants to not only quickly grasp the PRINCE2® concepts but also apply them in their real time projects.

 

Outline

 

1.PRINCE2® Introduction •    PRINCE2® and the Big Picture •    7 governance themes •    7 processes for managing projects •    PRINCE2® and the product life-cycle	2.Organisation •    The project management team •    Defining responsibilities for:- •    The Project Board •    The Project Manager •    Team Managers •    Programme and project support
3.Starting up a Project •    Writing a Project Brief •    The essential Business Case	4.Initiating a Project •    70% of success is in the planning •    Compiling Project Initiation Documentation
5.Quality Management •    Defining Customer expectations •    Writing a Quality Management Strategy •    Quality reviews	6.Planning •    Product-based Planning •    Transforming products to activities
7.Progress Controls and Stages •    Project controls •    Project Board controls •    Defining your level of authority	8. Risk Management •    Business and project risk analysis •    Risk management approaches •    Allocating risk ownership
9. Directing a Project •    Taking authority and responsibility •    Steering through problems	10.   Managing a Project •    Controlling a stage •    Managing product delivery •    Managing stage boundaries
11.     Change •    Why Change Control? •    Configuration Management	12.     Closing a Project •    Benefits of obtaining a formal project sign-off •    Why Post-Project Reviews?
13.     Live Case Study •    Using PRINCE2® techniques for real projects •    Producing example templates	14.     Exam Practice Questions •    Using a sample paper

 

Contents

•         Introduction to PRINCE2

•         The Structure of PRINCE2

•         The PRINCE2 Process Model

•         The PRINCE2 Themes

•         Tailoring PRINCE2

•         PRINCE2 Organisation Structure

•         Developing and Maintaining a Business Case

•         Management Project Risks

•         Creating, Updating and Managing the Project Risk Log

•         Project Quality Planning

•         Planning the Project

•         Levels of Plan

•         Stages

•         The Product-Based Planning Technique

•         Developing the Project Initiation Document [PID]

•         The daily activities of the Project Manager

•         Work Packages

•         Progress reporting

•         Setting Tolerances

•         Event based / Time based Reporting

•         Change Control and Configuration Management

•         Management by Exception

•         Practice Mock Questions for Foundation / Practitioner

•         Foundation Exam

•         Practitioner Exam

Accreditation

Foundation Examination

• Multiple choice format
• 75 questions per paper
• 5 questions to be trial and not counted in scores
• 35 marks required (out of 70 available) to pass - 50%

Practitioner Examination

• Objective testing format
• 9 questions per paper with 12 marks available per question i.e. 108 marks total
• Duration is 2.5 hours
• Open book exam (Official PRINCE2 Manual only)
• 59 marks required (out of 108 available) to pass - 55%

Audience

Anyone, who wants to take up project management including Project Managers, Team Managers, Executives, Project Leaders, Project Co-ordinators, Program and Delivery Managers. There are no pre-requisites or eligibility criteria.

 

Deliverables

§ Pre-Course Reading Material

§ Student Handbook

§ Crosswords and Quizzes

§ Assignment and Exercises

§ Practice Questions

§ PRINCE2® Foundation & Certification Examination

§ Foundation Certification from APMG on Exam Success

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§ Useful PRINCE2® Project Management Templates

 

Format

§ Classroom 5 days

§ Pre-Course reading is done offline

 

 

Why Get Certified?

§ Widely recognized Project Management Certification

§ Certification increases your Marketability

§ Approval of your knowledge of Project Management

§ Proof of Professional Achievement

§ Improves the way you manage your Projects

§ Better Job prospects in the recession time

 

Eligibility Criteria

§ No eligibility for exams

§ Foundation exams can be taken by delegates who are new to project management

§ Practitioner exams are targeted for delegates who are familiar and experienced in project management

 

Accreditation

§ Foundation exams are taken on the 3^rd day of the course

§ Practitioner exams are taken on the 5^th day of the course

§ Delegates can take the exams again if they fail it in the first attempt

§ In case any delegate fails the exam than he/she can take the exam separately by attending any of our courses

§ Projecting will not charge the delegate for the training but only for the exam fees

 

Benefits

PRINCE2® provides benefits to the organisation, as well as the managers and directors of the project, through the controllable use of resources and the ability to manage business and project risk more effectively. PRINCE2® enables projects to have:

 

§  A controlled and organised start, middle and end

§  Regular reviews of progress against plan and against a specified Business Case

§  Flexible decision points

§  Automatic management control of any deviations from the plan

§  The involvement of management and stakeholders at the right time and place during the project, and

§  Good communication channels between the project, project management, and the rest of the organisation.

 

Why Projecting?

§  Trained over 600 professionals on best practice project management and scheduling

§  Experienced and accredited trainers

§  Hands-on training based on real time project scenarios

§  Scenario based Step-by-Step instructions manual

§  Customized courseware that uses your domain / project for case study

§  Guidelines / checklist on best project management and scheduling practices

§  Post training support

 

PRINCE2® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries

 

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ProjectingIT is a registered affiliate of Scoll Methods who are APMG accredited ATO for PRINCE2® trainings