Prince2 Practitioner
Duration: 5 Days
Introduction
PRINCE2 (PRoject IN Controlled Environment) is a project management methodology designed to ensure that a system development project meet its objectives, within constraints and delivers stated benefits. This course is primarily aimed at staff in a junior team manager or project support and assurance role in a PRINCE2™ environment who require a formal qualification in the project management method.
Course Objectives
To provide delegates with knowledge of PRINCE2 and to prepare them for the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination.
Skills Gained
At the end of the seminar, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the need for project management and how PRINCE2 meets that requirement.
- Understand the PRINCE2 process model
- Apply the PRINCE2 processes
- Prepare project plans using product based planning techniques
- Undertake risk analysis and management for the project
- Prepare information for inclusion in a Project Initiation Document
- Understand and apply techniques for the management of product development, quality control and change control
Course Contents
Introduction to PRINCE2
- The background, objectives, benefits, scope and structure of the method
Project Organisation
- Organisational structure, roles and responsibilities
- The project management team including the project board
- Project and team management
Planning
- Purpose and importance of the planning components
- Types of plan
- Product identification and specification
- Determining stages
- Planning techniques
- Product based planning
- The steps in planning
Project control
- Work package authorisation
- Stage assessments
- Establishing project and stage tolerance
- Checkpoint & highlight reports
- Handling exception situations
- Project issues
- Project reporting
Risk management
- Types of business and project risk
- Risk analysis and management
- The risk log
Quality
- Ensuring quality
- Quality planning
- Relationship with ISO9000
- Product descriptions
- Quality control
- Quality review
Change control and Configuration Management
- Change control steps
- Authority levels
- Analysing the impact
- configuration management
Processes
- Starting up a project
- Directing a project
- Initiating 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
Exam
- The examination scheme is administered by APM Group Ltd.
- The Practitioners examination, which consists of three questions, based on a case study, lasts for three hours.
PRINCE2 is a registered trademark of APM Group.
