PRINCE2 2017 FOUNDATION AND PRACTITIONER TRAINING

Our 2 day PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner course is designed to give candidates an extensive overview of the PRINCE2® methodology as well as ensuring that you are fully prepared for the final exam.

This course delineates the fundamental constituents of the PRINCE2® methodology - including the processes, themes, and principles, that underpin proficient project management. Whilst learning how to increase productivity and functionality of a project, we will also discuss the similarities and the opposites of Agile vs PRINCE2® Project Management styles. This training course will help candidates appreciate that a project must remain worthwhile and of business value throughout its lifecycle, in order to be deemed a success. It is more rigid in nature than Agile being a flexible approach.

Prince 2 is still by far the most popular project management certification in the UK, and more recently a 2017 revised approach has been introduced. PRINCE2® is an established process-driven methodology that appears commonly across industries and organisations of all sizes and types. Hence, this PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner course promotes an appreciation for project risk, contingency plans, business justifications, and of how to optimise individual project contributions.

Prince 2 has seen many project managers pass this qualification in recent years and returning again to refresh knowledge or update their qualification. Hence, undertaking this PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner course can elevate a candidate’s career opportunities, through demonstrating that they can effectively contribute to a PRINCE2® project team.

This course includes the official PRINCE2® exam.

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

Day 1

Introduction to Projects and the PRINCE2® methodology:

• Define the characteristics of a project
• Six aspects of project performance
• Integrated elements of PRINCE2®
• Understand the key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2®
• PRINCE2® Principles
• Initiating and Directing a Project Process

Business Case Theme

• Explain the purpose
• Benefits management approach
• Minimum requirements to apply the business case theme
• Business justification and key concepts

• Review of initiating and directing a Project Process
• Review of evening work

Risk Theme

• Risk management approach
• Purpose of a risk budget
• Key concepts related to risk

Quality Theme

• Explain purpose
• Minimum requirements to apply the quality theme
• Quality planning and assurance, customer expectations and acceptance criteria

Organisation Theme

• Purpose and the key management products
• Minimum requirements to apply the organisation theme
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of all of those involved in organisation theme

Plans Theme

• Types of plans
• Recommended approach to planning and defining analysing products

Change Theme

• Change control approach, issue register, issue report
• Types of issue
• Change control procedures

• Review of evening work

Progress Theme

• Daily log, lessons log, lessons report, work package etc.
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a stage boundary
• Closing a project process

Day 2

Apply PRINCE2® principles

1. Continued business justification
2. Role and responsibilities
3. Experience, Tailor the principles
4. Focus on the product

Assess effectiveness of applying the quality theme.
Demonstrating understanding of key management products.
Applying the PRINCE2® risk, change, and controlling themes.
Carrying out the activities of initiating project process activities.

1. Directing project process activities
2. Controlling stage process activities
3. Managing product delivery process activities
4. Managing stage boundary process activities
5. Closing a project process activities

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

The Prince2 course is open to everyone.

There are no prerequisites.

Project Manager, Senior Project Manager or PMO roles