Enhance Your Chances of Project Success to Achieve Excellence
PRINCE2® is a structured and process-based methodology for project management for providing an easily tailored and scalable method for the management of all types of projects. The method is the de-facto standard for project management in the UK and is practiced worldwide. It is based on a wealth of experience drawn from thousands of projects undertaken in organisations around the world.
PRINCE2® is a flexible method that guides you through the essential for running a successful project regardless of project type or scale. PRINCE2® can be tailored to meet your organsation or industry-specific requirements.
With a strong focus on business justification, PRINCE2® provides a framework covering the wide variety of disciplines and activities required within a project.
Adopting PRINCE2® provides your organisations’ projects with:
• A common, consistent approach
• A controlled and organized start, middle and end
• Regular reviews and assurance of progress against the plan and business case
• Involvement of management and stakeholders at the right points during the project
• Good communication channels between the project and relevant business areas
• A means of capturing and sharing lessons learned.
One of PRINCE2®’s greatest strengths is that it is truly generic; the method can be applied to all types of projects regardless of scale, industry, sector and geography.
What is the PRINCE2® certification?
The PRINCE2® is a part of the AXELOS Global Best Practice portfolio. The PRINCE2® certification has Foundation and Practitioner levels, and provides a basis for accreditation of people involved in PRINCE2® project environments and helping them make informed decisions about the risks that affect their strategic, programme, project and operational objectives.
Upcoming PRINCE2® Courses in the UK
Cambridge
Peterborough
Target Audience
The PRINCE2® certification is designed for candidates:
- who are Project Board members (e.g. Senior Responsible Owner);
- who are Team Managers (e.g. Product Delivery Managers);
- who are Project Assurance (e.g. Business Change Analysts);
- who are Project Support (e.g. Project and Programme Office personnel);
- who are operational line managers or team members;
- who are key team members in the design, development and delivery of projects.
Course Outline
Area 1: PRINCE2® Overview and Principles
- Definition and Characteristics of a Project
- 6 Aspects of Project Performance
- 4 Integrated Elements in a PRINCE2® environment
- 7 Principles, 7 Themes and 7 Processes
- Customer/Supplier Context of a PRINCE2® Project
- Benefits of using PRINCE2®
- Difference between Embedding and Tailoring PRINCE2®
Area 2: Business Case Theme
- Purpose of the Business Case Theme
- Definition of a Project Output, an Outcome, a Benefit and a Dis-Benefit
- Business Case and Benefits Review Plan
- Relationship between a Programme’s Business Case and a Project’s Business Case
Area 3: Organization Theme
- Purpose of the Organization Theme
- Roles within the Organization Theme
- Project Board, Project Manager, Project Assurance, Change Authority, Team Manager, and Project Support
- Definition of Stakeholders
- Communication Management Strategy
- 4 Levels of Project Management Structure
Area 4: Quality Theme
- Purpose of the Quality Theme
- Quality Review Team Roles
- Quality Review Technique
- Quality Planning, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
- Difference between Customer’s Quality Expectations and Acceptance Criteria
- Difference between Quality Assurance and Project Assurance
- Project Product Description, Product Description, Quality Register, and Quality Management Strategy
- PRINCE2® Approach to Quality – Quality Audit Trail
Area 5: Plans Theme
- Purpose of the Plans Theme
- Levels of Plan recommended by PRINCE2®
- Product-based Planning Technique
- Project Plan, Stage Plans, Team Plans, and Exception Plans
Area 6: Risk Theme
- Purpose of the Risk Theme
- Definition of a Risk
- Difference between a Threat and an Opportunity
- Difference between a Risk Owner and a Risk Actionee
- Recommended Risk Response Types
- Definitions of Risk Budget, Risk Probability, Risk Impact and Risk Proximity
- Difference between Cause, Event and Effect
- Risk Management Strategy and Risk Register
- Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerance
- Inherent Risk, Secondary Risk, and Residual Risk
Area 7: Change Theme
- Purpose of the Change Theme
- 3 Types of Issues: Request for Change, Off-Specification, and Problem/Concern
- 5 Typical Activities of Configuration Management
- Change Budget
- Configuration Management Strategy and Configuration Item Record
- Issue Report and Issue Register
- Product Status Account
- Issue and Change Control Procedure
Area 8: Progress Theme
- Purpose of the Progress Theme
- Lines of Authority and Report between the 4 Levels of Management
- Difference between Event-Driven and Time-Driven Controls
- Management Stages
- Factors to consider in identifying Management Stages
- Varieties of Tolerances
- Daily Log, Lessons Log and Work Package
- End Stage Report, End Project Report, and Lessons Report
- Checkpoint Report, Highlight Report, and Exception Report
- Work Package
Areas 9-14: PRINCE2 Seven Processes
- Starting Up a Project (SU) Process
- Initiating a Project (IP) Process
- Controlling a Stage (CS) Process
- Managing Product Delivery (MP) Process
- Managing a Stage Boundary (SB) Process
- Closing a Project (CP) Process
- Purpose, Objective and Context of all seven processes
- Activities and Responsibilities within the seven processes
PRINCE2® Exam Format
PRINCE2® Foundation | PRINCE2® Practitioner | PRINCE2® Re-Registration | |
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Question Type | Multiple Choice | Multiple Choice; objective testing based on a case-study scenario | Multiple Choice; objective testing based on a case-study scenario |
No. of Questions | 75 (5 trial and unscored) | 80 (4 main questions, each subdivided to 20) | 30 (3 main questions, each subdivided to 10) |
Duration | 60 minutes | 2.5 hours | 1 hour |
Passing Score (%) | 35 out of 70 (50%) | 44 out of 80 (55%) | 17 out of 30 (55%) |
Exam Style | Closed-book | Restricted open book – only the Official Manual may be used | Restricted open book – only the Official Manual may be used |