This Self-paced package includes:

• Online courseware (12 month license)
• Online proctored exam

PRINCE2 is a process-based approach for project management, providing an easily tailored and scalable method for the management of all types of projects, across industries, both locally and internationally.

Online learning is a great way to study and our e-learning portal is interactive and engaging:

• Learning is completely flexible to suit your busy schedule
• The interactive online course consists of voice-over and animation to keep you engaged throughout the learning
• You can access it anywhere in the world and take your exam online at a time that suits you best
• The Foundation e-learning will take around 10 hours to complete and includes a mock exam simulator with hundreds of past questions so you can really test yourself before going for the real exam
• Our pass rates are well in excess of the national average (nearly 100%!), there is really no reason you should fail!

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• Project managers, who would be expected to continue onto Practitioner training
• Project support staff (new and experienced), co-ordinators and officers
• Consultants and contracting staff operating in a PRINCE2 environment
• Business managers, in order to to learn the language of projects
• Sponsors, who need to know what a project manager should be doing
• Team managers and members
• Anybody wishing to to improve employment prospects in a PRINCE2 environment

Participants should:

• be Project Managers or Team Leaders or have had involvement in a project environment
• ideally have completed a project management fundamentals course
• have approximately 12 months project involvement/experience

The objective of this course is for each participant to be able to:

• Understand all aspects of the PRINCE2 methodology
• Know how to deliver projects on time, within budget and to defined quality requirements
• Effectively control the start, progress and closure of a project
• Integrate the PRINCE2 principles and themes into a project
• Establish a project organization with the appropriate stakeholders
• Apply planning processes that ensure alignment with project business case and quality requirements
• Manage the progress of a project using the appropriate control mechanisms

1. Introduction to PRINCE2 and Project Management

• Characteristics of project management
• Project and product life cycles
• History of PRINCE2
• Overview of methodology
• Project Management structure
• Benefits of PRINCE2

2. The 7 Principles of PRINCE2

• Continued business justification
• Learn from experience
• Defined roles and responsibility
• Manage by Stages
• Manage by Exception
• Focus on products
• Tailor to suit the project environment

3. The 7 Themes of PRINCE2

• Organisation
• Change
• Progress
• Quality
• Risk
• Plans
• Business Case

4. The 7 Processes of PRINCE2

• Starting a project
• Directing a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Stage Boundaries
• Managing Product Delivery
• Closing a Project

5. The Tailoring of PRINCE2

Included in the course cost is the PRINCE2® workbook and Foundation Exam

The PRINCE2® Foundation Examination is:

• One hour duration
• 60 multiple choice questions
• 38 correct answers are required to pass
• Closed book

Students are strongly encouraged to attend the Practitioner course immediately after the Foundation course. This is because the Practitioner exam requires strong current knowledge of the PRINCE2® book. This knowledge is gained in the Foundation course and therefore is still fresh for assisting with passing the Practitioner exam.

• Online courseware (12 month license)
• Online proctored exam