Introduction to PRINCE2

• Outlining the principles that guide obligations and good practices of PRINCE2
• Benefits of a structured project management approach
• Establishing the key elements of PRINCE2 and how they work together
• Tailoring PRINCE2 for projects of varying sizes

PRINCE2 Product Descriptions

Baseline management products

• Defining the project
• Project Brief
• Project Initiation Documentation
• Benefits Review
• PlanWork Package

Records of project progress

• Configuration Item Records
• Daily and Lessons Logs
• Issue, Quality and Risk Registers

Status reports

• Event-driven reports
• Time-driven reports

Outlining the Themes within PRINCE2

Establishing the business case

• Supporting continuous business justification
• Developing, verifying and maintaining the business case
• Confirming the benefits

Developing the project management organisation

• Implementing defined roles and responsibilities
• Selecting the project management team
• Linking the three project interests to the four management levels

Building quality into products

• Supporting the focus of products
• The PRINCE2 approach to quality and quality review

Planning to deliver the product

• Managing by stages
• Differentiating between the three levels of the plan
• Reviewing the planning process including product-based planning

Managing risk

• Identifying, assessing and controlling uncertainty
• Assessing the probability and impact of threats or opportunities
• Implementing responses to identified risks

Defining change

• Applying the issue and change control procedures
• Managing the configuration of products

Monitoring and controlling progress

• Management by exception
• Setting and tracking tolerances
• Reporting progress

Recognising the PRINCE2 Processes

Starting up a project

• Appointing the project management team
• Assembling the Project Brief
• Planning the initiation stage

Directing a project

• Authorising initiation, the project and a stage
• Giving ad hoc direction
• Authorising project closure

Initiating a project

• Preparing the strategies
• Planning the project
• Refining the business case
• Assembling the Project Initiation Documentation (PID)

Controlling a stage

• Delegating work packages
• Monitoring and reporting
• Dealing with issues

Managing product delivery

• Accepting, executing and delivering a work package
• Creating a Checkpoint Report

Managing a stage boundary

• Creating the next stage plan or exception plan
• Updating the business case and project plan
• Reporting stage end

Closing a project

• Preparing for closure
• Handing over products
• Evaluating the project

Preparing for and Taking the Foundation Exam

• Gaining insight into the exam process
• Applying proven tips for exam success
• Practising with test questions and mock papers
• Taking the exam
• Obtaining your Foundation exam results