PRINCE2® Foundation Course

This course is based on the new PRINCE2® 2009 version.

Learning outcomes of the course:

On completion of the course the participants should be able to:

• Discuss the principles of PRINCE2 methodology.
• Apply PRINCE2 methodology to projects within their organisations.

Prerequisites

To gain the most from the PRINCE2® Foundation Course we recommend that delegates should have had prior experience or awareness of projects and the project management environment, though not necessarily as a project manager. Prior to day one of the Foundation course, delegates should have completed their pre-course study pack. The course content and timing is based on the assumption that they will have done so.

Course

The Foundation course will examine:

• Definition of a Project and its relationship to Products
• Benefits of a structured approach to Project Management
• Eight Processes in PRINCE2®
• Starting up a Project
• Initiating a Project
• Directing a Project
• Planning
• Controlling a Stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing Stage Boundaries
• Closing a Project
• Eight Components in PRINCE2®
• Business Case
• Organisation
• Plans
• Controls
• Management of Risk
• Quality in project environment
• Configuration management
• Change Control
• Three Techniques in PRINCE2®
• Product Based Planning
• Change Control
• Quality Review
• Management Products
• Types (e.g. Project Mandate, Project Brief, Business Case, P.I.D.)
• Purpose
• Key contents
• Links (as inputs and outputs)
• Processes where produced
• Relationships between Components and Processes
• Scalability
• Conclusion

PRINCE2® Foundation Exam

At the end of the course there will be a PRINCE2® Foundation examination.

The Foundation exam is:

• Consists of 75 multiple choice questions
• Lasts one hour
• Pass is 50% (38 correct answers)
• Closed book

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