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

 

The course prepares delegates for the PRINCE2 Practitioner's examination which is taken on the final day. Extensive use is made of case study material which is designed to help delegates to consolidate the elements of the PRINCE2 Foundation course, produce the key PRINCE2 management products, discuss PRINCE2 scalability issues and apply the elements of PRINCE2 to a practical scenario as they will be expected to do in the Practitioner exam.

 

 

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

 

APMG PRINCE2 Foundation  Exam

 

REVISION

MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND SUB-PROCESSES
Components
Techniques
Management Products

 

CASE STUDY
Designing a Project Management Team
Preparing a Project Brief
Analysing Risks
Defining & Analysing Products
Setting Up Project Controls
Planning Quality
Authorising a Work Package
Examining Project Issues

THE APMG EXAMINATION PROCESS EXPLAINED
Hints and tips on passing the examinations
Typical examination scenarios and questions
Mock examination papers

APMG PRINCE2 Practitioner Examination