PRINCE2 Combined Foundation and Practitioner Classroom Live London September 09, 2019

Course Overview

Course Outline

This PRINCE2® Combined Foundation & Practitioner training course will cover the following subjects:

Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2®:

Recall:

• the definition and characteristics of a project
• the six aspects of project performance to be managed
• the integrated elements of PRINCE2®: principles, themes, processes and the project environment
• what makes a project a PRINCE2® project

Describe:

• the features and benefits of PRINCE2®
• the customer/supplier context on which PRINCE2® is based

Understand how the PRINCE2® principles underpin the PRINCE2® method:

Explain the PRINCE2® principles:

• continued business justification
• learn from experience
• defined roles and responsibilities
• manage by stages
• manage by exception
• focus on products
• tailor to suit the project

Explain which aspects of a project can be tailored, who is responsible, and how tailoring decisions are documented.

Understand the PRINCE2® themes and how they are applied throughout the project:

Explain the purpose of:

• the business case theme
• business case, benefits management approach

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the business case theme.

Define key concepts related to business justification, and the differences between them: outputs, outcomes, benefits & dis-benefits.

Explain the purpose of:

• the organisation theme
• communication management approach

Describe what PRINCE2® requires, as a minimum, for applying the organisation theme.

Describe the role and responsibilities of:

• project board
• executive
• senior user
• senior supplier
• project assurance
• change authority
• project manager
• team manager
• project

Explain key concepts related to organisation:

• stakeholder
• the three project interests and how these are represented within the four levels of management

Explain the purpose of:

• the quality theme
• product description, project product description, quality management approach, quality register

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the quality theme.

Explain key concepts related to quality, and the differences between them:

• quality planning and quality control
• project assurance and quality assurance
• customer quality expectations and acceptance criteria

Explain the purpose of:

• the plans theme
• project plan, stage plan, exception plan, team plan

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the plans theme.

Recall the steps in:

• the recommended approach to planning, including
• the recommended approach to defining and analysing the products and explain:
• the factors to consider when structuring the project into management stages

Explain the purpose of:

• the risk theme, including the purpose of a risk budget
• risk management approach, risk register

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the risk theme.

Define key concepts related to risk, and the differences between them:

• a risk: threat or opportunity
• recommended risk response types
• risk owner and risk actionee
• cause, event and effect
• risk probability, risk impact and risk proximity

Describe the recommended risk management procedure.

Explain the purpose of:

• the change theme, including the purpose of a change budget
• change control approach, configuration item record, issue register, issue report, product status account

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the change theme.

Describe:

• types of issue
• the recommended issue and change control procedure.

Explain the purpose of:

• the progress theme
• the daily log, lessons log, lessons report, work package, end stage report, end project report, checkpoint report, highlight report , exception report .

Describe PRINCE2®’s minimum requirements for applying the progress theme.

Explain key concepts related to progress:

• event-driven and time-driven controls
• tolerances and exceptions, including how tolerances are set and exceptions are reported

Understand the PRINCE2® processes and how they are carried out throughout the project.

Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2® processes:

• starting up a project, including the purpose of the project brief,
• directing a project, including the purpose of the project initiation documentation (PID),
• initiating a project,
• controlling a stage,
• managing product delivery,
• managing a stage boundary,
• closing a project.

Explain the objectives of the PRINCE2® processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief).

Explain the context of the PRINCE2® processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief).

Prerequisites

Please Note: To take the PRINCE2 - 6th Edition Practitioner examination you must provide proof of having passed one of the following:

• PRINCE2® Foundation (This must be a 5th edition certificate or later)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)*
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)*
• IPMA Level A® (Certified Projects Director)
• IPMA Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)
• IPMA Level C® (Certified Project Manager)
• IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)

Private on-site training courses are delivered by Purple Griffon and are accredited through PeopleCert. Some of our public scheduled courses, dependant on location and availability, may be delivered by one of our strategic training partners, courses on this page are currently sourced from our strategic training partner, Knowledge Train. In those cases, the PRINCE2® courses on this page are offered by Knowledge Train, an ATO of AXELOS Limited.

Prereading

You will be given comprehensive pre-course reading that you will need to complete before attending our PRINCE2® Combined Foundation & Practitioner training course. There is approximately 7 hours of pre-reading.