Prince2 Foundation

Course details

The aim of this three-day accelerated training event is to provide delegates with a practical understanding of the PRINCE2 project management method. Delegates will be able to go on and take the PRINCE2 Foundation examination at the end of this event. The course follows the standard syllabus issued by the PRINCE Examinations Board, which focuses on the PRINCE2 framework and how this might be applied pragmatically to real projects.

This course is designed for Practising project managers, project leaders and project coordinators and who wish to gain formal recognition of their skills by taking the PRINCE foundation examination.

PRINCE2

• Background ; Objectives
• Benefits
• Scope
• Structure

Project Organisation

• Organisational structure
• Roles and responsibilities
• The project board
• The project manager
• Team management
• Project assurance
• Project support
• Supplier relationships

Planning

• Purpose and importance
• Components ; types of plan
• Planning techniques
• Product based planning
• The steps in planning

Project control

• Work package authorisation line
• Stage assessments
• Establishing project and stage tolerance
• Checkpoints ; highlight reports
• Handling exception situations
• Project issues
• 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 and quality review.

Change Control and Configuration Management

• Change control steps
• Authority levels
• Analysing the impact
• Starting up and initiating a project
• Directing a project
• Managing stage boundaries
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Closing a project

Recommeded as preparation for the following test(s):  On day 3 of this training event the delegates will take the PRINCE 2 Foundation exam.