Course Objectives

To provide delegates with a complete and practical understanding of the PRINCE2™ project management method. To prepare delegates for both the Foundation and Practitioner Certificate examinations in PRINCE2™.

 

What skills will the delegate gain?

This course will enable delegates to:

 

Course Content

Introduction to PRINCE2™
The background, objectives, benefits, scope and structure of the method.

 

Project organisation
Organisational structure, roles and responsibilities

The project management team including the project board

Project and team management

The roles of project assurance and project support

Handling relationships with suppliers

Programme management and the relationships with projects.

 

Planning
Purpose and importance of the planning components

Types of plan

Product identification and specification

Determining stages

Planning techniques

Product based planning

The steps in planning.

 

Project control
Work package authorisation

Stage assessments

Establishing project and stage tolerance

Checkpoints

Highlight reports

Handling exception situations,
Project issues

Project reporting.

 

Risk management
Types of business and project risk

Risk analysis and management

The risk log.

 

Quality
Ensuring quality

Quality planning,
Relationship with ISO9000

Product descriptions

Quality control

Quality review.

 

Change Control and Configuration Management
Change control steps

Authority levels.

Analysing the impact

Configuration management.

 

Processes
Starting up a project

Directing a project

Initiating a project

Managing stage boundaries

Controlling a stage

Managing product delivery

Closing a project

Planning.

 

PRINCE2™ in practice
Tailoring PRINCE2™ for different business environments, scaling PRINCE2™ for use with projects of different type and/or size, implementing PRINCE2™, project documentation and filing

Who will the course benefit?

Staff who will undertake a PRINCE® role in a project, in particular Project Managers, Team Managers/Leaders, Project Assurance or Project Support roles. This course is also suitable for those who wish to undertake the examinations in PRINCE2™ administered by the APMG.

 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites other than a basic awareness of project work in the delegates own business environment.

 

Examinations

The examination scheme is administered by the Association for Project Management Group Ltd. The examinations consist of the Foundation examination, which is a one-hour, 75 questions, multi-choice paper and the Practitioners examination, which consists of three questions, based on a case study, lasting for three hours.

Additional Notes

What's Included ?
The course fee includes 4 nights accommodation, breakfast, lunch, evening meal  and exam fees.A free copy of the PRINCE2™ manual published by TSO will be provided to all delegates (normal price £55.00).

 

 

PRINCE2™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce