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PRINCE2® Practitioner 6th Edition Training Course Outline

Module 1: Organisation Theme

  • Four Levels of Management
  • PRINCE2® Organisation Requirements
  • Project Management Team
  • Project Management Team Roles
  • Project Board
  • Project Assurance
  • Change Authority
  • Project Support
  • Communication Management Approach

Module 2: Starting Up a Project (SU)

  • Process Overview
  • Feasibility Study and Mandate
  • Appoint the Executive and the Project Manager
  • Capture Previous Lessons
  • Design and Appoint the Project Management Team
  • Prepare the Outline Business Case
  • Project Product Description
  • Select the Project Approach and Assemble the Project Brief
  • Plan the Initiation Stage
  • Tailoring the SU Process

Module 3: Directing a Project (DP)

  • Authorise Initiation
  • Authorise the Project
  • Authorise a Stage or Exception Plan
  • Authorise Project Closure
  • Give Ad Hoc Direction
  • Tailoring the DP Process
  • Theme Overview
  • Balance of Justification
  • Continued Business Justification
  • PRINCE2® Requirements
  • Contents of a Business Case
  • Business Case Development
  • Benefits Management Approach
  • Key Responsibilities

Module 4: Initiating a Project (IP)

  • Agree the Tailoring Requirements
  • Prepare the Risk Management Approach
  • Prepare the Change Control Approach
  • Prepare the Quality Management Approach
  • Prepare the Communication Management Approach
  • Set Up the Project Controls
  • Create the Project Plan
  • Prepare the Benefits Management Approach
  • Assemble the Project Initiation Documentation
  • Tailoring the IP process

Module 5: Risk Theme

  • Risk Definition
  • Effective Risk Management
  • PRINCE2® Risk Requirements
  • Risk Management Approach
  • Probability/Impact Grid
  • Risk Register
  • Risk Management Procedure
  • Identify Step
  • Risk Budget
  • Key Responsibilities

Module 6: Quality Theme

  • Quality Definitions
  • Quality Management
  • Quality Planning and Control
  • What is Quality Assurance?
  • PRINCE2® Quality Requirements
  • PRINCE2® Quality Documentation Requirements
  • Quality Management Approach
  • Quality Audit Trail
  • Project Product Description
  • Product Description
  • Quality Review Technique
  • Quality Review Roles/Responsibilities
  • Quality Review Meeting
  • Off-Specifications and Concessions
  • Review Follow-Up
  • Quality Review Benefits
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Communication Management Approach

Module 7: Plans Theme

  • Dealing with the Planning Horizon
  • PRINCE2® Planning Requirements
  • Documentation Requirements
  • Project and Stage Plans
  • Team Plans and Work Packages
  • Plans Relationship
  • What is in a Plan?
  • PRINCE2® Approach to Plans
  • Designing a Plan
  • Delivery Approaches
  • Defining and Analysing the Products
  • Product Breakdown Structures
  • Product Description
  • Product Flow Diagram
  • Identify the Activities and Dependencies
  • Preparing Estimates
  • Preparing a Schedule
  • Documenting the Plan
  • Analysing Risks to a Plan
  • Gantt Chart and Tailoring
  • Key Responsibilities

Module 8: Progress Theme

  • Progress Definition
  • PRINCE2® Requirements
  • Progress Control
  • Management by Exception
  • Delegating Tolerances and Reporting Actual and Forecast Progress
  • Types of Control
  • Management Products and Progress Control

Module 9: Change Theme

  • Issue Definition
  • PRINCE2® Approach to Change
  • PRINCE2® Change Documentation
  • Issue Register
  • Change Control Approach
  • Change Budget
  • Issue and Change Control Procedure
  • Issue Report
  • Exception Report

Module 10: Controlling a Stage (CS)

  • Activity Breakdown
  • Authorise a Work Package
  • Work Package
  • Review Work Package Status
  • Receive Completed Work Packages
  • Review the Management Stage Status
  • Report Highlights
  • Highlight Report
  • Capture and Assess Issues and Risks
  • Escalate Issues and Risks
  • Take Corrective Action
  • Tailoring CS

Module 11: Managing Product Delivery (MP)

  • Accept a Work Package
  • Execute a Work Package
  • Checkpoint Report
  • Deliver a Work Package
  • Tailoring MP

Module 12: Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)

  • Plan the Next Management Stage
  • What is in a Plan?
  • Update the Project Plan
  • Update the Business Case
  • Report the Management Stage End
  • End-Stage Report
  • Produce an Exception Plan
  • Tailoring SB

Module 13: Closing a Project (CP)

  • Prepare Planned Closure
  • Hand Over Products
  • Evaluate the Project
  • End Project Report
  • Recommend Project Closure
  • Tailoring CP

*The PRINCE2® Practitioner exam is taken online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of PRINCE2® online exams include:

  • Proven higher pass rates
  • Quicker Results
  • Save Travel Costs
  • Flexibility
  • Convenient
  • Sit your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready

PRINCE2® Exam Preparation Workbook

Our exam preparation workbook ensures and validates that you have the knowledge and confidence to pass your exam.

The exam preparation workbook comprises of mock questions, applicable scenario-based projects, and is known to further elevate pass marks. Please note that this exam preparation workbook and instructions of how to book your exam, can be found in your Joining Instructions, received upon enrolment. Completion of the workbook prior to sitting the exam, is highly recommended to maximise your chances of passing.


PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

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Who should attend this PRINCE2® training course?

This PRINCE2® Practitioner training course is for anybody interested in the field of project management. This PRINCE2® course is also intended for anyone looking to build their knowledge of how to tailor the PRINCE2® method to workplace scenarios. Other individuals that would benefit from undertaking PRINCE2® certifications include:

  • Project Managers
  • Aspiring Project Managers
  • Project Board Members
  • Project Support Staff
  • Office Support and Line Managers
  • Product Deliver Managers
  • Senior Responsible Owners
  • Change Analysts

PRINCE2® Practitioner Prerequisites

It is required that delegates provide sufficient evidence of having satisfied the prerequisites before attending the PRINCE2® Practitioner training course. Delegates must hold the 2009 or 2017 version of the PRINCE2® Foundation certification or another valid qualification such as PMP, CAPM, or an IPMA Level A-D qualification.

PRINCE2® Practitioner 6th Edition Training Course Overview

This 2-day PRINCE2® Practitioner course enables learners to tailor the PRINCE2® methodology to any given project scenario. The PRINCE2® Practitioner exam is included.

PRINCE2® (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is one of the most popular project management methodologies globally. PRINCE2® is a process-based method for managing projects effectively and provides you with extensive knowledge to become a successful project manager. Many organisations prefer PRINCE2® because its flexible framework can be incorporated into any project, improving communication between all team members and external stakeholders. The PRINCE2® Practitioner enables learners to apply their acquired knowledge and obtain highly reputed jobs with upgraded salaries.

Our 2-day PRINCE2® Practitioner course provides delegates with in-depth knowledge of project management methodologies. They will learn about various essential topics such as communication management approach, tailoring the SU process, giving Ad Hoc direction, setting up the project controls, risk management procedure, PRINCE2® quality requirements, PRINCE2® approach to plan, tailoring SB, and many more. Our highly professional trainer with years of experience in teaching such courses will conduct this training course and will help you get a complete understanding of this course.

This training will also cover the following concepts:

  • Balance of justification
  • Create the project plan
  • Quality audit trail
  • Quality review technique
  • Designing a plan
  • Gantt chart and tailoring
  • Change control approach

At the end of this PRINCE2® Practitioner course, delegates will be able to do delegating tolerances and report actual and forecast progress effectively. They will also be able to properly prepare the risk management, change control approach, quality management, and communication management approaches.

Additionally, this highly engaging and proactive course delineates how to manage a project over its entire lifecycle - through learning skills such as recording baselines, justifying the business case, being considerate of risks, and creating progress reports. The multifaceted nature expected of a PRINCE2® Project Manager role requires individuals to be adaptive, organised, and proficient; consequently, this course will help candidates to practice and develop these qualities, to become an astute project manager.

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

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What's Included in this PRINCE2® Practitioner Training Course?

The following is included in this PRINCE2® Practitioner course:

  • PRINCE2® Practitioner Examination
  • Pre-course material
  • Post-course material
  • PDUs
  • Experienced PRINCE2® Instructor
  • Official AXELOS Certificate
  • Refreshments

 

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PRINCE2® Training Exam Information

The following information gives you an insight into the current structure of the PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam.

PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam:

The PRINCE2® Practitioner examination Focuses on the ability to apply PRINCE2® to an example scenario.

  • Material allowed: This PRINCE2® practitioner exam is an ‘Open Book’. The Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 publication, 2017 edition, should be used. No other material is allowed.
  • Exam duration: 2 hours 30 Minutes.
  • Number of Marks: 68 marks, each online question is worth 1 mark.
  • Pass mark: 38 marks, 55%.
  • Type of Questions: Objective testing, a type of multiple choice.

*After completing 1 day of classroom training and successfully passing your PRINCE2® Foundation Exam, the second day of this course is a flexible exam preparation day to complete at your convenience in order to prepare you to take and pass your PRINCE2® Practitioner exam online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of PRINCE2® online exams include:

  • Proven higher pass rates
  • Quicker Results
  • Save Travel Costs
  • Flexibility
  • Convenient
  • Take your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready

PRINCE2® Exam Preparation Workbook

Our exam preparation workbook ensures and validates that you have the knowledge and confidence to pass your exam.

The exam preparation workbook comprises of mock questions and applicable scenario based projects. This exam workbook, along with instructions of how to book your exam, can be found in your Joining Instructions which are received upon enrolment. Completion of this workbook prior to taking the exam is highly recommended to maximise your chances of passing.

PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

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Our easy to use Virtual platform allows you to sit the course from home with a live instructor. You will follow the same schedule as the classroom course, and will be able to interact with the trainer and other delegates.

Our fully interactive online training platform is compatible across all devices and can be accessed from anywhere, at any time. All our online courses come with a standard 90 days access that can be extended upon request. Our expert trainers are constantly on hand to help you with any questions which may arise.

This is our most popular style of learning. We run courses in 1200 locations, across 200 countries in one of our hand-picked training venues, providing the all important ‘human touch’ which may be missed in other learning styles.

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PRINCE2® Practitioner FAQs

FAQ's

PRINCE2® (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is a process-based methodology for project management. As it is generic, it is flexible enough to be tailored to any project or any organisation, and because it is a best practice solution, it has been proven to work. PRINCE2® training is managed by AXELOS, a leading worldwide best practice methodology provider.
Yes, it is accredited by PeopleCert, on behalf of AXELOS.
Candidates must have obtained the PRINCE2® Foundation certification prior to undertaking this PRINCE2® practitioner course.
We will send a pre-course workbook of reading and exercises to complete before the course begins. This will introduce you to the main concepts of the PRINCE2® and help you prepare to study the course material. There will also be some practice questions to test your PRINCE2® knowledge before the course.
The PRINCE2® 2017 Practitioner certificate has an expiry period of 3 years. Candidates wishing to maintain their certified status must re-sit their practitioner examination.
We provide you with the PRINCE2® Practitioner exam Also included is The Knowledge Academy’s courseware folder, which has all the slides used during training, official exam fees, mock exams, exercises, and pre-course reading material.
The purpose of the risk management approach is to recognise possible issues before they happen or try to leverage them to occur. Risk-handling activities may be requested during the project.
PRINCE2® is a process-based method for effective project management that will provide you with the comprehensive knowledge of fundamental skills necessary to become a successful project manager.
Tailoring refers to the proper use of PRINCE2® on every project, assuring that there is the right amount of control, planning, governance, and utilisation of the themes and methods.
This PRINCE2® Practitioner course aims to provide you with in-depth knowledge of project management methodologies. You will learn about various essential topics such as tailoring the SU process, risk management procedure, PRINCE2® quality requirements, tailoring SB, and many more.
The price for PRINCE2® Practitioner certification in the United Kingdom starts from £1495
The Knowledge Academy is the Leading global training provider for PRINCE2® Practitioner.
Please see our PRINCE2® Training courses available in the United Kingdom

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