PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training

• Prepare for and take the PRINCE2 2009 Foundation and Practitioner Exams
• Work with the seven guiding principles of PRINCE2 that provide a framework of good practices
• Create and critique the management products
• Apply the key themes and processes that form the core of PRINCE2
• Close projects with expected outcomes, next steps and lessons learned
• Improve your exam-taking techniques with PRINCE2 sample questions and papers

Introduction to PRINCE2

• The benefits of a structured project management approach
• Establishing the key elements of PRINCE2 and how they work together
• Tailoring PRINCE2 for projects of varying sizes
• The principles that guide obligations and good practices of PRINCE2

Building the Pre-Project Foundation

Starting up a project process

• Determining project objectives and defining the approach
• Establishing the benefits and risks

Establishing the Business Case

• Judging whether the project is desirable, viable and achievable
• Supporting decision making in the business investment

Structuring the project management team

• Defining and establishing the project's structure of accountability and responsibilities
• Ensuring appropriate governance
• Representing the business, user and supplier stakeholders

Planning and Initiating a Project

Producing the Project Initiation Documentation

• Planning project delivery and quality goals
• Setting up the project management controls and strategies
• Developing a robust Business Case
• Assembling the Project Initiation Documentation (PID)

Designing the controls of the project

• Creating the Project Plan
• Identifying the project stages
• Establishing Tolerance criteria
• Creating monitoring and reporting mechanisms

The PRINCE2 approach to planning

• Establishing the planning levels
• Employing Product-Based Planning
• Creating the Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) and Product Flow Diagram (PFD)
• Establishing Product Descriptions

Applying risk assessment to decision making

• Analyzing the risks
• Devising risk-response plans
• Ongoing management of risk

Managing the Project

Controlling a Stage Process

• Assigning work to be done, monitoring the work and reporting progress
• Dealing with issues and taking corrective actions
• Controlling the link between the project manager and the team manager

Driving the Product Delivery Process

• Identifying Work Packages
• Accepting and executing the Work Packages
• Handing the product back to the project manager

Change control and the approach to quality

• Creating and verifying products that are fit for purpose
• Incorporating issues, change control and configuration management
• Applying the change and configuration management procedures

Managing the project stage boundaries

• Assuring the project board of successful stage completion
• Preparing the next stage plan
• Testing to ensure the Business Case is sound

The Fin
Workshop Course
Exercises and sample paper exam questions conducted by a PRINCE2 accredited trainer simulate and prepare attendees for the PRINCE2 environment and exams. These exercises include:

• Evaluating and critiquing a business case
• Designing a project management team
• Establishing controls and strategies
• Planning a product-based project
• Identifying and ensuring project quality using PRINCE2
• Analyzing and managing risk
• Creating Work Packages