WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The course will benefit those with project support or project assurance roles, team managers and team members aspiring to a more senior role. It is also suitable for those wishing to gain formal qualifications after a couple of years of project management experience
 

PRE-REQUISITES

Delegates should have some familiarity with projects and ideally Project Management tools and techniques

 

COURSE TOPICS

INTRODUCING PRINCE2
Causes of Success and Failure of Projects
Overview of PRINCE2 Methodology
Benefits for Managers, Users and Project Managers

KEY CONCEPTS
Project Life Cycles
PRINCE2 Manual and Terminology
Processes and Management Products

 

ORGANISATION
Need for Project Environment
Organisation Structure
Roles and Responsibilities

 

STARTING UP A PROJECT
Pre-project Elements

 

INITIATING A PROJECT
Baseline Documentation

 

QUALITY
Relevance of Quality
Quality Plans
Quality Log
Purpose and Steps of Quality Review
Responsibility Levels

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS PLANNING
Product Descriptions
Product Breakdown Structure
Product Flow Diagram
Hierarchy of Plans

 

CONTROLLED PROGRESS
Breaking a Project into Stages
Benefits of Stages
Controls in Mid-project
Tolerance 

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Need for Configuration Management
Components of CM
Relationship to Type and Size of Project

CHANGE CONTROL
Endemic Nature of Change
Types of Change
PRINCE2 Approach to Change

 

RISK
Requirement for Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Responses to Risks
Risk Monitoring

 

PRODUCT DELIVERY
How Work Packages are Agreed, Undertaken and Delivered
Handling Serious Plan Deviations
Managing Stages
Handling Issues

 

CLOSING A PROJECT
Controls
Steps to be Taken

 

FOUNDATION EXAM
Preparation sessions during the course, prior to taking the exam on the final afternoon.

Some pre-course preparation work is required, along with some evening work during the course.

PRINCE2 FOUNDATION EXAM FEE: £62