PRINCE2® Project Management Practitioner

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

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.

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.