PRINCE2® Foundation

This course would benefit all members in a project team (administrators, coordinators, managers), practising project managers and programme managers. Due to the generic nature of this course, it is also suitable for general managers, staff in a supporting role, and those who wish to gain formal recognition of their skills by taking the PRINCE2® foundation examination.

At the end of this course delegates will be able to;

• Understand the need for project management and how PRINCE2® meets that requirement
• Understand the PRINCE2® process model
• Prepare project plans using product based planning techniques and undertake risk analysis and management for the project
• Prepare information for inclusion in a Project Initiation Document
• Understand techniques for the management of product development, quality control & change control
• Take the PRINCE2® Foundation examination paper.

PRINCE2®

• Background & Objectives
• Benefits
• Scope
• Structure

Project organisation

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

Planning

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

Project control

• Work package authorisation
• Stage assessments
• Establishing project & stage tolerance
• Checkpoints & 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
    • Analysing the impact 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

There is no formal requirement for attending this course, although it would be beneficial to the delegates to have some understanding of project management.

Delegates will be sent pre-course reading which must be completed prior to attending the course. The standard recommended reading time is 10 hours

Delegates will take the PRINCE2® Foundation exam at the end of day 3 of this course. Exam fee is included in the list price.

The following course is recommended:

• Completion of P4P PRINCE2® Practitioner

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