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
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