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PRINCE2® Practitioner + Foundation  -  latest version
Course Syllabus

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PRINCE2 OVERVIEW

  • Project definition
  • Key Project Failure Areas
  • Project Success Factors
  • The Project Management Triangle
  • The PRINCE2 Structured approach
  • PRINCE2 Processes, Techniques and Components

STARTING UP A PROJECT

  • The Project Mandate
  • The Project Brief
  • The Organisational Component
  • The Customer/Supplier Structure
  • The Project Board
  • The Project Manager
  • The Team Manager
  • The Project Team
  • Project Support
  • Project Assurance

INITIATING A PROJECT

  • The Business Case
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Setting up the Filing System
  • Using Configuration Management
  • The Project Initiation Document
  • The Initiation Stage
 

DIRECTING A PROJECT

  • Authorisation Responsibilities
  • Stage Direction
  • Managing Stage Boundaries
  • Providing Ad-hoc Direction

MANAGING PRODUCT DELIVERY

  • Accepting A Work Package
  • Executing A Work Package
  • Delivering A Work Package

CONTROLLING A STAGE

  • Authorising Work Packages
  • Project Issues
  • Assessing/Reviewing Progress
  • Taking Corrective Action

MANAGING A STAGE BOUNDARY

  • The Stage End Report
  • Next Stage Planning
  • Updating the Project Plan
  • Updating the Business Case
  • Exception Plans

CLOSING  A  PROJECT

  • De-commissioning the Project
  • Identifying Follow-on Actions
  • Evaluating The Project

EXAMINATIONS

  • The PRINCE2 Foundation examination is a one hour multiple choice paper, taken at the end of the third day.
  • The PRINCE2 Practitioner examination is a 2½ hour, open book (PRINCE2 manual only), new-style Objective Testing examination (similar to multi-choice), taken on the morning of the fifth day.