Welcome to the PRINCE2®: Foundation (Aligned with PRINCE2® Manual, 5th Edition) course. Whether you are a seasoned project manager, have only a few years of project management experience, or are just beginning your career, this course can be a great help for you. Demonstrating best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is crucial for competing in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by PRINCE2®. This course will also serve to prepare you for the PRINCE2® Foundation examination.
This course is accredited by ACQUIROS and PEOPLECERT.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for those seeking to achieve the PRINCE2® Foundation certificate, which is an important and valuable qualification, demonstrating increasingly higher levels of competence. This level aims to measure whether a candidate could act as an informed member of a project management team on a project using the PRINCE2® method, within an environment supporting PRINCE2®. To this end they need to show they understand the principles and terminology of the method. It is also the starting point of providing a higher-level qualification.
This course is governed by the PRINCE2® Examination Syllabus, which details the topics which must be covered by courses accredited to provide training and prepare candidates for the examinations in PRINCE2®.
You may well be very concerned about the examination(s), but you will get some practice before the real thing. The main purpose of this training is to give you knowledge and ideas to help you to do your job better. The examination result merely contributes towards demonstrating that you can be efficient and effective in your role.
Course Objectives
To help you understand PRINCE2® in respect of its:
- Principles, processes, themes, techniques and roles for successful project management.
- Management products that are input and output of the processes.
So that you may:
- Attempt the PRINCE2® Foundation exam with confidence.
- Begin to apply the method, tailoring it to your project’s needs.
ITIL Training Prerequisites
Familiarity with project management concepts and some working experience with project management are required. Experience with a specific project management software tool is not required. Basic computing skills and some experience using Microsoft® Office is desirable but not required.
Students must complete pre-work before class, which includes:
The file can be downloaded from the CHOICE platform Files tab and is saved under the Pre-course Work folder within the data files.
During this class, students should have the Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2® manual available to them
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (×86) or 64-bit (×64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
- 1024 × 768 resolution monitor recommended
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Software
- Microsoft® Windows® 10 or 8.1.
- Microsoft® Office 2016 or 2013.
- Any PDF reader software.
Course duration
2 Days
ITIL Training Course outline
Lesson 1: Overview of PRINCE2
- Topic A: Introduction to PRINCE2 Foundation
- Topic B: What is a Project?
- Topic C: Principles, Themes, Processes, and Products
- Topic D: PRINCE2 Principles
Lesson 2: Business Case Theme (BC)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: What is a Business Case?
- Topic C: Outputs, Outcomes, (Dis-)Benefits
- Topic D: Business Case in the Project Lifecycle
Lesson 3: Organization Theme (OR)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Management
- Topic C: The Project Board
- Topic D: The Project Manager
- Topic E: Organization in the Project Lifecycle
Lesson 4: Starting Up a Project (SU)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 5: Directing a Project (DP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 6: Initiating a Project (IP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
- Topic C: Communication Management Strategy
- Topic D: Project Initiation Documentation
Lesson 7: Quality Theme (QU)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Quality Management
- Topic C: Project Product Description
Lesson 8: Plans Theme (PL)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Plan Types
- Topic C: Plans in the Project Lifecycle
Lesson 9: Risk Theme (RK)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Risk Management Procedure
Lesson 10: Progress Theme (PG)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Stages
- Topic C: Tolerances
Lesson 11: Controlling a Stage (CS)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 12: Managing Product Delivery (MP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 13: Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 14: Change Theme (CH)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Issues
- Topic C: Configuration Management
Lesson 15: Closing a Project (CP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process Overview
Lesson 16: Examination Preparation
- Topic A: PRINCE2 Foundation Exam
