Project Director Certification -PRINCE2® & MSP® Foundation & Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Exams - FREE week’s holiday for 4 people*

Study PRINCE2®, MSP® and Lean Six Sigma and monitor your project management team with expertise and efficiency by gaining the three industry-recognised certifications that will demonstrate your leadership, strategic and organisational skills.

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About the Certifications

PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner

PRINCE2® stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments and throughout the PRINCE2 course you will learn the seven PRINCE2 processes, themes and principles which are implemented into PRINCE2 projects using the PRINCE2 methodology. PRINCE2 can be applied to any type of project so you will learn how to manage projects of any size, in any industry effectively using the PRINCE2 framework.

Course Units

• Principles of PRINCE2
• Business Case Theme
• Organisation Theme
• Quality Theme
• Plan Theme
• Risk Theme
• Change Theme
• Progress Theme
• Starting up a Project Process
• Directing a Project Process
• Initiating a Project Process
• Controlling a Project Process
• Managing Product Delivery Process
• Closing a Project Process
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment

Exam Format:

• Foundation:

o Multiple choice

o Closed book format

o 75 questions

o 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) – 50%

o 60 minutes’ duration

• Practitioner:

o Objective testing

o 8 questions – 10 question items per question, each worth one mark

o 44 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 55%

o 2 hours and 30 minutes’ duration

o Open book exam (official PRINCE2 manual only)

MSP Foundation & Practitioner

MSP stands for Managing Successful Programmes and MSP is a globally recognised framework for managing groups of projects. MSP is a world-leading qualification for professionals who want to demonstrate industry best practice in project management and business strategy execution.

Course Units

• MSP Introduction and MSP Overview
• MSP Frameworks and MSP Concepts
• Vision
• Blueprint Design and Delivery
• Defining a Programme
• Planning and Control
• Benefits Realisation Management
• Organisation and the Programme Office
• The Business Case
• Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
• Managing the Tranches
• Delivery the Capability and Realising the Benefits
• Quality Management
• Risk Management and Issue Resolution
• Closing a Programme
• Practical Work

Exams

• MSP Foundation

o Multiple choice

o 75 questions

o 60 minute’s duration

o 50% needed to pass

o Closed book

• MSP Practitioner

o Objective marking

o 8 questions

o 2 hours 30 minutes’ duration

o 50% needed to pass

o Open book exam

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training & Examination

Lean Six Sigma is the world’s most recognised process improvement methodology. This qualification is fully accredited by the International Association for Six Sigma Certification (IASSC) and will help you to get certified and master the process improvement framework of Lean Six Sigma.

The Lean Six Sigma methodology will allow you to enhance business processes and quality management while gaining the understanding needed to identify and remove waste in an operation.

Course Units

• The Define phase during which projects are outlined, elements of waste are identified and the management decisions required to move forward.
• The Measure phase which is used to catalogue and analyse existing processes to define an operational baseline that can be used to calculate potential capability of each.
• The Analyse phase uses statistical analysis and testing to model how processes may be improved and the potential value of each improvement without affecting existing systems.
• The Improve phase helps students to identify the changes that will deliver the greatest business benefits before putting those plans into action.
• The Control phase monitors each change that is mad and record any deviations from the predicted benefits. The results will then be able to demand what actions should be taken.

Exam

• Multiple choice and true/false questions
• 150 questions
• 4-hour duration
• 580 points out of 750 required to pass (77%)

This comprehensive package that includes PRINCE2, MSP and Lean Six Sigma is for anyone who is looking to become an expert in project, programme or operations management as these three qualifications will go together to provide your career with a boost and prepare you for a huge number of lucrative roles worldwide.

There are no requirements for this package as all entry levels are included.

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PRINCE2 and MSP can lead you into roles including:
• Project Manager
• Process Improvement Manager
• Lead Analyst
• Business Process Manager
• Senior Project Manager
• Junior Project Manager
• Project Co-ordinator
• Project Administrator
• Project Planner
• Project Support Officer
• Programme Manager
• Software Development Manager