Welcome to the PRINCE2®: Practitioner (Aligned with PRINCE2® Manual, 5th Edition) course. If you are taking this course, you might already be a project manager, or you may be considering a career change and becoming one. Your ability to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete 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® Practitioner examination.
This course is accredited by ACQUIROS and PEOPLECERT.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for those seeking to achieve the PRINCE2® Practitioner certificate, which is an important and valuable qualification, demonstrating increasingly higher levels of competence. This level aims to measure whether a candidate can apply PRINCE2® to the running and managing of a non-complex project within an environment supporting PRINCE2®. To this end they need to exhibit the competence required for the Foundation qualification and show that they can apply and tailor PRINCE2® to address the needs and problems of a given project scenario.
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® Practitioner exam with confidence.
- Begin to apply the method, tailoring it to your project’s needs.
ITIL Training Prerequisites
Students in Practitioner should have a familiarity with the basic concepts of PRINCE2®. They can obtain that level of knowledge by taking the following Logical Operations course:
- PRINCE2®: Foundation (Aligned with PRINCE2® Manual, 5th Edition)
Students must complete pre-work before class, which includes:
- The Pre-course Workbook
The PRINCE2® Foundation Refresher Workbook
These files can be downloaded from the CHOICE platform Files tab and are saved under the Pre-course Work folder within the data files.
During this class, students should have the Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2® 2009 Edition manual available to them.
To take the PRINCE2® Practitioner exam, a student must hold at least one of the following prerequisite certifications:
- PRINCE2® Foundation
- Project Management Professional (PMP®)
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)
- IPMA Level A® (Certified Projects Director)
- IPMA Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)
- IPMA Level C® (Certified Project Manager)
- IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)
Course-specific Technical Requirements
Hardware
For this course, you will need one computer for the instructor. If you have students work on activities electronically, each student will also need a computer. 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® 8.1 Professional or the current version.
- Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2013 or the current version.
- Any PDF reader software.
Course duration
2 Days
ITIL Training Course outline
Lesson 1: Overview
- Topic A: Introduction to PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Topic B: Principles, Themes, Processes, and Products
- Topic C: The Project Environment
Lesson 2: Business Case Theme (BC)
- Topic A: What is a Business Case?
- Topic B: Outputs, Outcomes, Benefits, and Dis-Benefits
- Topic C: 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: Quality Theme (QU)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Quality Management
- Topic C: Project Product Description
Lesson 5: Plans Theme (PL)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Plan Types
- Topic C: Plans in the Project Lifecycle
Lesson 6: Risk Theme (RK)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Risk Management Procedure
Lesson 7: Change Theme (CH)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Issues
- Topic C: Configuration Management
Lesson 8: Progress Theme (PG)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Stages
- Topic C: Tolerances
- Topic D: Progress Control
Lesson 9: Starting Up a Project (SU)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 10: Directing a Project (DP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 11: Initiating a Project (IP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
- Topic C: Strategies
- Topic D: Create the Project Plan
Lesson 12: Controlling a Stage (CS)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 13: Managing Product Delivery (MP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 14: Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 15: Closing a Project (CP)
- Topic A: Context
- Topic B: Process
Lesson 16: Examination Preparation
- Topic A: PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam
