Categories: PRINCE2™ Practitioner ,  Project Management

PRINCE2™for Practitioners

Introduction
PRINCE2™ is the project management method that provides a guiding framework of processes, principles and techniques and has been proven to be effective on a vast array of projects.
PRINCE2™ offers a business-based and generic, rather than technically specific, process that can be readily applied to a wide variety of large and small business projects. PRINCE2™ works equally effectively in a stand-alone, or a programme environment.

Steria’s PRINCE2™ for Practitioners course conforms to the syllabus set down by APMG (the examination administration body) for delegates wishing to gain the PRINCE2™ foundation and practitioner certificates.

Whether attendees are new to PRINCE2™ or need to understand the PRINCE2™ approach, this course will be appropriate for them.

Who will benefit?
This course is particularly suited to anyone requiring the qualification and/or who needs to understand the practical application of PRINCE2™.

It is particularly aimed at:  
- Project managers who need to apply the method, or who wish to assess its applicability for their project or across their organisation 
- Business managers who are tasked with undertaking a project 
- Programme managers wishing to understand how PRINCE2™ operates 
- Project team leaders, project support personnel and project auditors will benefit from the practical insight offered by this course into the flexible application of PRINCE2™
Project office managers who wish to gain a detailed understanding of the method with a view to
implementing it throughout their organisation 
- Consultants who require the qualification and an understanding of PRINCE2™, in order to successfully apply the method for their clients.

Course content 
- Introduction to PRINCE2™ 
- Organisation 
- Business case 
- Plans 
- Product based planning 
- Quality in a project environment 
- Quality Review
- The management of risk 
- Controls 
- Configuration management 
- Change control 
- The PRINCE2™ processes: 
- Examination technique 
- Mock examinations.

The course is delivered in an entertaining and highly interactive manner with many real life examples used to illustrate the subject. There is a high degree of delegate participation, examination preparation and practice.

Pre-requisites
Attendees should have some knowledge of project management principles and practice.
Delegates are sent a copy of the PRINCE2™ manual prior to the course, prereading will dramatically increases the chance of success in the examination.

Duration
The course is an intensive, five-day, practically based event. The foundation examination is held midweek and the practitioner’s examination on day five.

Examinations
The Foundation examination lasts one hour and is a closed book, multiple choice paper. Candidates must achieve 50% or more to pass. The Practitioners examination lasts three hours. There are nine multi-part questions, all compulsory, from a syllabus which covers eleven subject areas. The exam applies the PRINCE2™ methodology to a single scenario with additional information given for each question. Each of the nine questions addresses a different aspect of PRINCE2™ and, over the whole exam, an overall score of 50%, or greater, is required to pass. The style of the questions are described as being Objective.

Test Exam format
The Practitioner examination is open-book format allowing the use of the PRINCE2™ manual to be taken into the examination, but does not allow any other paper-based or electronic reference material.

Accreditation
This course is accredited by the APM Group.