PRINCE2® Foundation (2017)

Product Description

The aim of the PRINCE2® Foundation training is to provide delegates with a fundamental understanding of the PRINCE2® project management method, and help delegates to prepare for the PRINCE2® Foundation examination at the end of this course.

The course follows the standard syllabus issued by the PRINCE2® Examinations Board, which focuses on the PRINCE2® framework and how this might be applied pragmatically to real projects. PRINCE2® has established itself as the premier approach to managing projects. PRINCE2® is generic – capable of being applied to any kind of project – scaleable and business-driven. Organizations that have adopted the PRINCE2® have claimed that they have been able to achieve greater customer satisfaction during and at the end of projects, to reduce costs and to realize greater benefit from project deliverables.

AUDIENCE

The PRINCE2® Foundation course will be of interest to:

Project Managers

Aspiring Project Managers

Project Board Members

Team Managers

Project Assurance

Project

Operational Line Managers/Staff

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of the education and examination components related to this qualification, candidates can expect to gain competencies in the following:

Project Organization:

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

Planning:

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

Project Control:

• Work package authorization
• Stage assessments
• Establishing project and stage tolerance
• Checkpoints and highlight reports
• Handling exception situations
• Project issues
• Project reporting

Risk Management:

• Types of business and project risk
• Risk analysis and management
• The risk log

Quality:

• Ensuring quality
• Quality planning
• Product descriptions
• Quality control and quality review

Change Control and Configuration Management:

• Change control steps
• Authority levels
• Analyzing the impact of configuration management

Processes:

• Starting up and initiating a project
• Directing a project
• Managing stage boundaries
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Closing a project
• Planning

Examination Format

• Multiple choice questions
• 60 questions per paper
• 33 marks required (out of 60 available) to pass: 55%
• One hour’s (60 minutes) duration
• Closed book.