Online PRINCE2 Foundation

Course details

The PRINCE2  Foundation exam aims to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2  method within a project environment supporting PRINCE2 .

Overview of the 7 PRINCE2 processes and how they are used throughout the lifecycle of the project:

• Starting Up a Project - define the project; create business case; identify customer's quality expectations
• Directing a Project - authorize the project and stage plans; decide how to deal with issues
• Initiating a Project - identify the products that will be produced; plan the project; set up controls and files
• Controlling a Stage - activities performed by the project manager on a day to day basis to manage a stage
• Managing Product Delivery - products are developed and quality is reviewed
• Managing Stage Boundaries - create all stage and exception plans
• Closing a Project - formal customer sign off; capture outstanding issues for future reference

PRINCE2 themes

Each of the 7 PRINCE2 themes of a project and how they are used by the PRINCE2processes:

• Business Case - A PRINCE2 Business Case drives all decision-making in the project.
• Organization - The Organization theme defines and establishes project roles and responsibilities for a PRINCE2 project.
• Quality - In PRINCE2, quality focuses on ensuring that the project's products are fit for purpose.
• Plans - Plans are the vehicle used to define how, where and by whom the project's products will be delivered.
• Risk - PRINCE2 looks at risks relative to the project's objectives.
• Change - The Change theme in PRINCE2 encompasses configuration management, issue management and change control.
• Progress - Progress refers to the mechanisms used to monitor and compare the actual project progress and performance against the planned values.