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PRINCE2® Foundation with Practitioner

Duration:  5 days |  Book this course 
Cost: $2995.00 + GST

Course Description

PRINCE2 is a process-based approach for project management, providing an easily tailored and scalable method for the management of all types of projects, across industries, both locally and internationally.

This course is aligned with the PRINCE2 2017 update. This is an interactive five day course with a mixture of presentations, group practical activities, case studies and practice exams based on our top quality course materials developed with subject matter experts. Expect homework and pre-course reading.

This course is run in partnership with Auldhouse.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have an understanding of project management but knowledge of PRINCE2 is not required.

Objectives:

  • The principles of the PRINCE2 project management method
  • How to start, control and close projects
  • How to manage quality and risk
  • How to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the specified business case

Course outline

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Topics covered

Topics covered:

The seven PRINCE2 themes and processes, how they are used throughout the life cycle of a project together with the principles and how the method is tailored to apply to a real-world environment. You get extensive course materials that include online resources, a workbook and PRINCE2 manual:

  • Themes: Business Case, Organisation, Quality, Plans, Risk, Change, Progress
  • Processes: Starting up a Project, Directing a Project, Initiating a Project, Controlling a Stage, Managing Product Delivery, Managing a Stage Boundary and Closing a Project
  • Principles
  • Tailoring the method

  • Exam preparation: review key topics, how to answer, practise exams, personal feedback and review sample practitioner exams with scenarios

  • Foundation exam: 60 minutes, 60 questions, pass mark 55%
  • Practitioner exam:  2½ hours, 68 questions, 38 marks to pass/approximately 55%

Target Audience

  • Project Managers
  • Project Team Managers and Leaders
  • Project Co-ordinators
  • Project Support Staff
  • Project Officers
  • Consultants and Contractors

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:

    • Introduction to project management and PRINCE2
    • Principles, themes and processes
    • Business Case What is a business case, development path, contents
    • Organisation Roles, each role in turn.
    • Quality Key terms, quality planning, control and assurance
    • Plans Planning procedure, plan types: exception, project and stage
    • Risk Risk management policy, risk management procedure
    • Change Configuration management & issue and change control procedure
    • Progress Tolerances, lessons, raising exceptions
    • Foundation exam review
    • Processes and the application of the themes: Starting up a Project, Directing a Project, Initiating  a Project, Controlling a Stage, Managing Product Delivery, Managing a Stage Boundary, Closing a Project
    • Foundation exam: 60 minutes, 75 multi choice questions, 35 marks to pass, closed book (no reference material allowed).
    • Case study analysis: Two case studies supplied by the examination board will be used to demonstrate the application of PRINCE2
    • Practitioner exam review
    • Practitioner exam 2½ hours, 9 questions, 108 marks, 59 to pass, open book, PRINCE2® manual allowed to be referenced.

Additional Information

Additional Information
The price of this course covers:

  • Exclusive accredited pre-course and course material developed with the Lead Author of the PRINCE2 manual

  • A copy of Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 - the official PRINCE2 2017 manual

  • Small class sizes - usually twelve people or fewer - so you get more time with the trainer

  • Leadership and support from one of our top quality trainers

  • Exam fees

  • Lunches, snacks and beverages on each day of the course.

  • Structured homework, Note that to ensure you achieve the best results possible you will be expected to complete the structured homework (2-3 hours per night).

Next Steps

Next Steps

  • Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation with Practitioner
  • Project, Programme and Portfolio Office (P3O®) training

We can assist you with PRINCE2 implementation by:

  • Arranging for a consultant to advise on how best to implement PRINCE2 in your organisation using implementation road maps
  • Reviewing programme or project office operations
  • Providing programme management training for your executives.

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited

PMI® is a registered trade mark of Project Management Institute Inc.