PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner Certification Training

Goal: To understand the characteristics of PRINCE2® Principles and the 7 Principles in detail

Objectives: After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Understand the characteristics of the 7 PRINCE2® Principles
• Differentiate between the 7 PRINCE2® Principles

Topics:

• The seven PRINCE2® Principles

Goal: To understand the linkage of themes to Principles and the minimum requirements of each Theme, including the products that must be created and maintained; Understand the responsibilities in each theme and how to tailor the Themes for a Project based on guidance; Gain awareness to apply the Themes to Projects with different organizations, environments and delivery approaches, and PRINCE2® recommended techniques for the various Themes

Objectives: After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Link Themes to Principles
• Apply the minimum requirements to each Theme in a Project
• Tailor the Themes for a Project based on guidance
• Apply Themes to Projects with different organizations, environments and delivery approaches
• Apply recommended or alternative techniques of Themes to Projects

Topics:

• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Change
• Risk
• Progress
• Tailoring the Themes

Goal: To understand the purpose, objectives, contexts, associated activities and responsibilities of all the Processes; To become aware of general and Project context based tailoring guidelines for individual Processes, and overall tailoring guidelines for Processes as a whole

Objectives: After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Perform the 7 Processes with their associated relevant activities during the Project lifecycle
• Perform Process specific tailoring based on Project context
• Apply general Process tailoring guidelines to a Project

Topics:

• Starting up a Project
• Directing a Project
• Initiating a Project
• Controlling a stage
• Manage product delivery
• Managing a stage boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring the Processes

Goal: To understand the two types of tailoring depending on whether an organization has its own PRINCE2® based method or not, what can be tailored, who is responsible for it and where it is documented; Realize how tailoring is constrained and influenced by context, become familiar with how to tailor a few commonly known Project contexts; To get clarity about adopting and embedding PRINCE2®, along with the key activities or steps to adopt PRINCE2® (tailor the method) for an organization

Objectives: After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Identify the elements that can be tailored in a PRINCE2® Project
• Recognize the ways of tailoring Projects in a few common situations or contexts
• Identify the key steps to adopt PRINCE2® in an organization

Topics:

• Tailoring PRINCE2®
• Tailoring – some common situations/contexts
• Adopting and embedding PRINCE2®

PRINCE2® is useful for anyone who aspires to become a project manager or has project management experience and desires a globally recognized credential that will lead to professional career growth and recognition. It promotes project management skills, career development and also required as part of the project manager role in many countries and environments. It is also relevant for related roles like project board members, project assurance, project support, operational and functional managers/staff who operate or collaborate with projects.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Prepare and successfully pass the PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner exams
• Understand the PRINCE2® project management method in detail
• Successfully manage projects or work in a project environment using this globally recognized project management method
• Tailor your project management to suit the project size, scale, complexity, risk and environment.
• Use a structured proven best practice approach to project management

• There are no prerequisite(s) for the course. However, some project management experience is desirable, particularly for the Practitioner level exam.
• Note that for the Practitioner level exam, the Foundation Certificate is a pre-requisite. Or an equivalent certification from PMI, APM or IPMA.