PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner + examens [P4P]

OVERVIEW

The aim of this training event is to provide delegates with an in-depth knowledge and practical understanding of the PRINCE2® project management method. This training will help prepare delegates for the PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner examinations. This focuses on the PRINCE2® framework and how this is be applied intelligently to real projects.

PRINCE2® has established itself as global standard for managing projects and is generic, tailorable and uniquely business-driven.

Organisations that have adopted the PRINCE2® claim that they have been able to deliver projects and their products more successful, with enhanced control and greater customer satisfaction.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the need for project management and a project management method.
• Understand the Principles, Themes and Processes used in PRINCE2®, and how they are integrated.
• Understand how to intelligently apply PRINCE2® to projects.
• Prepare for and take the PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner examination

AUDIENCE

This training event is designed for project managers, project leaders and project coordinators, plus programme and operations managers, and technical personnel who need to understand how PRINCE2® works.

CERTIFICATION

Delegates will take the PRINCE2® Foundation exam on day 3, and the PRINCE2® Practitioner exam on day 5. Exam fees are included in the list price.

CONTENT

PRINCE2®

Background & Objectives

• Benefits
• Scope
• Structure

Project organisation

• Organisational structure
• Roles and responsibilities
• The project board
• The project manager
• Team management.
• Project assurance
• Project support
• Supplier relationships

Planning

• Purpose and importance
• Components & types of plan
• Planning techniques
• Product based planning
• The steps in planning.

Project control

• Work package authorisation
• Stage assessments
• Establish project & stage tolerance
• Checkpoints & highlight reports
• Handling exception situations
• Project issues
• Project reporting

• Categories of risk
• Risk analysis and management
• The risk log

Quality

• Ensuring quality
• Quality planning
• Product descriptions
• Quality control and quality review

Change Control and Configuration Management

• Change control steps
• Authority levels
• Analysing the impact
• Configuration management Processes
• Starting up and Initiating a project
• Directing a project
• Managing stage boundaries
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Closing a project
• Planning

PRINCE2® in practice

• Tailoring PRINCE2® for different business environments
• Scaling PRINCE2® for use with projects of different type and/or size
• Implementing PRINCE2®
• Project documentation and filing