PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner – 7th Edition

Course participants will gain an overview and understanding of the PRINCE2® 6th Edition methodology and its individual elements:

• Purpose and responsibilities of individual project roles
• PRINCE2® structure – principles, themes, processes, environment – their content, purpose, goals
• PRINCE2® techniques
• Purpose and content of management products used in PRINCE2®
• Relationships between principles, processes, themes, products and roles within a PRINCE2® project

Successful graduates will receive internationally recognized certificates:

• PRINCE2® Foundation (time-limited to 3 years)
• PRINCE2® Practitioner (time limited to 3 years)

Increasing the possibility of applying on the labor market

• Project managers and beginning (future) project managers
• Members of project committees
• Head of project teams
• Members of project teams (e.g. workers who design, develop and deliver products)
• Project coordinators
• Employees of project offices
• Line managers and workers

Foundation part (3 days):

Introduction

• Characteristics of the project
• Project performance indicators
• Benefits of the PRINCE2® methodology for project management

7 principles of PRINCE2®

• Continuous justification of the justification of the project (Continued business justification)
• Learning from experience (Learn from experience)
• Defined roles and responsibilities (Defined roles and responsibilities)
• Manage by stage
• Management by exception (Manage by exception)
• Focus on products
• Adaptation of PRINCE2® to the project environment (Tailor to suit the environment)

7 PRINCE2® processes and their use during the project

• Pre-project preparation (Starting up a project)
• Strategic project management (Directing a Project)
• Initiating a Project
• Controlling a Stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing the transition between stages (Managing a Stage Boundary)
• Closing a Project

7 PRINCE2® topics and their use in PRINCE2® processes

• Project justification (Business Case)
• Organization
• Plans
• Risk (Risk)
• Change
• Progress

PRINCE2® techniques

• Product-based planning
  Quality review technique

Exercises
PRINCE2® Foundation certification exam (in English)

Part Practitioner (2 days):

• Practical exercises in which participants gain skills from the acquired knowledge from the PRINCE2® Foundation course
• Preparation for the Practitioner test (2 days)
• PRINCE2® Practitioner certification exam (in English)

• The course is conducted in Slovak or English using English training materials.
• Each course participant will receive the original publication Managing successful projects with PRINCE2®:2017 and a training manual
• Before the certification exam, participants take a practice test under the supervision of a trainer, along with an explanation and justification of the correct answers

Certification Exam (Foundation 6th Edition):

• Online through PeopleCert
• Number of questions: 60
• Minimum number of correct answers to pass the exam: 33 (55%)
• Language: English
• Duration: 60 minutes + 15 min. for non-native speakers
• Type of answers to the question: multiple choice
• Use of electronic devices: no
• Without the possibility of using training materials, books and documentation, except for the translation dictionary in paper form

Certification exam (Practitioner 6th Edition):

• Online through PeopleCert
• Objective test
• 68 questions, each sub-question = 1 point
• Successful completion of the exam – at least 38 points (out of a total of 68) = 55%
• Exam language: English
• Duration 2.5 hours (150 minutes) including time to read and understand the assignment and additional information
• The official accredited PRINCE2® Manual can be used

The certificates are valid for 3 years.