PRINCE2 2009 is the latest best practice framework from the OGC.  It keeps its core values but incorporates improvements based on feedback and acknowledges challenges which are facing today’s projects. The key improvements to PRINCE2 2009 are, it:

- Integrates with MSP®, M_O_R® & P3O®
- Links to other methods and bodies of knowledge
- Gives guidance on tailoring for smaller projects
- Is less prescriptive and is more flexible
- Highlights the importance of the “soft aspects” of PM
- The manuals is smaller
- Offers more guidance and less instruction
- Is less theoretical and more practical

Who Should Attend
The course will benefit those with project support or project assurance roles, team managers and team members aspiring to a more senior role. It is also suitable for those wishing to gain formal qualifications after a couple of years of project management experience

Pre-requisites
Delegates should have some familiarity with projects and ideally Project Management tools and techniques, such as those covered in the Quanta Principles of Project Management course. 

We recommend that delegates leave no more than 4-6 weeks between Foundation and Practitioner courses and exams. 

Additional Costs
Prices shown are excluding VAT - there is also an additional exam fee of £86+VAT.

COURSE OVERVIEW
The PRINCE2 foundation course gives delegates a sound understanding of the PRINCE2 project management methodology and become familiar with the processes, components and techniques involved in PRINCE2.

COURSE TOPICS

INTRODUCING PRINCE2
Causes of Success and Failure of Projects
Overview of PRINCE2 Methodology Benefits

KEY CONCEPTS
Project Life Cycles
PRINCE2 Manual and Terminology
Processes and Management Products

ORGANISATION
Need for Project Environment
Organisation Structure
Roles and Responsibilities

STARTING UP A PROJECT
Pre-project Elements

INITIATING A PROJECT
Baseline Documentation

QUALITY
Relevance of Quality
Quality Plans
Quality Log
Quality Review
Responsibility Levels

PLANS AND PLANNING
Product Descriptions
Product Breakdown Structure
Product Flow Diagram

CONTROLLED PROGRESS
Benefits of Stages
Controls in the project
Tolerance

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Need for Configuration Management
Components of CM

CHANGE CONTROL
Endemic Nature of Change
Types of Change
PRINCE2 Approach to Change

MANAGEMENT OF RISK
Requirement for Management of Risk
Risk Assessment
Responses to Risks
Risk Monitoring

PRODUCT DELIVERY
How Work Packages are Agreed, Undertaken and Delivered
Handling Serious Plan Deviations
Managing Stages
Handling Issues

CLOSING A PROJECT
Controls
Steps to be Taken

FOUNDATION EXAM
Preparation sessions during the course, prior to taking the exam on the final afternoon.

Delegates will need to bring Photographic ID to show the Invigilator before the exam can be taken