Training & Certifications

PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation

The PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation qualification is intended for project managers and aspiring project managers. It is also relevant to other key staff involved in the design, development, and delivery of projects, including project board members (e.g., senior responsible owners), team managers (e.g., product delivery managers), project assurance (e.g., business change analysts), project support (e.g., Project and Programme Office personnel), and operational line managers/staff.

The PRINCE2® Practitioner examination is intended to assess whether a candidate can recall and understand the PRINCE2® project management method (as described in the syllabus below). The PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation qualification is a prerequisite for the PRINCE2® Practitioner exam, which assesses the ability to apply understanding of the PRINCE2® project management method in context.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2®
  • Understand how the PRINCE2® principles underpin the PRINCE2® method
  • Understand the PRINCE2® themes and how they are applied throughout the project
  • Understand the PRINCE2® processes and how they are carried out throughout the project

Duration

This program is a 3-day intensive training class.

Target Audience

This certification is aimed at current and aspiring project managers or professionals who manage projects. It is also relevant to other key staff involved in the design, development and delivery of projects, including Project Board members (e.g. Senior Responsible Owners), Team Managers (e.g. Product Delivery Managers), Project Assurance (e.g. Business Change Analysts), Project Support (e.g. Project and Programme Office personnel) and operational line managers or staff.

Examination Format

  • Multiple choice questions
  • 60 questions per paper
  • 33 marks required (out of 60 available) to pass: 55%
  • One hour's (60 minutes) duration
  • Closed book

Award

Participants who successfully passed the exam will be awarded with PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation certification from AXELOS.

Program Modules

Module 1: Understand Key Concepts Relating to Projects and PRINCE2®
  1. Recall
    • The definition and characteristics of a project
    • The six aspects of project performance to be managed
    • The integrated elements of PRINCE2®: principles, themes, processes and the project environment
    • What makes a project a PRINCE2® project
  2. Describe
    • The features and benefits of PRINCE2®
    • The customer/supplier context on which PRINCE2® is based

Module 2: Understand How the PRINCE2® Principles Underpin the PRINCE2® Method
  1. Explain the PRINCE2® Principles
    • Continued business justification
    • Learn from experience
    • Defined roles and responsibilities
    • Manage by stages
    • Manage by exception
    • Focus on products
    • Tailor to suit the project
  2. Explain which aspects of a project can be tailored, who is responsible, and how tailoring decisions are documented

Module 3: Understand the PRINCE2® Themes and How They are Applied Throughout the Project
  1. Explain the purpose of:
    • The business case theme
    • Business case, benefits management approach
    • The integrated elements of PRINCE2®: principles, themes, processes and the project environment
    • What makes a project a PRINCE2® project
  2. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the business case theme
  3. Define key concepts related to business justification, and the differences between them: outputs, outcomes, benefits & dis-benefits
  4. Explain the purpose of:
    • The organization theme
    • Communication management approach
  5. Describe what PRINCE2® requires, as a minimum, for applying the organization theme
  6. Describe the role and responsibilities of:
    • Project board
    • Executive
    • Senior user
    • Senior supplier
    • Project assurance
    • Change authority
    • Project manager
    • Team manager
    • Project support
    • Including which roles can be combined
  7. Explain key concepts related to organization:
    • Stakeholder
    • The three project interests and how these are represented within the four levels of management
  8. Explain the purpose of:
    • The quality theme
    • Product description, project product description, quality management approach, quality register
  9. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the quality theme
  10. Explain key concepts related to quality, and the differences between them:
    • Quality planning and quality control
    • Project assurance and quality assurance
    • Customer quality expectations and acceptance criteria
  11. Explain the purpose of:
    • The plans theme
    • Project plan, stage plan, exception plan, team plan
  12. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the plans theme
  13. Recall the steps in:
    • The recommended approach to planning, including
    • The recommended approach to defining and analyzing the products and explain
    • The factors to consider when structuring the project into management stages
  14. Explain the purpose of:
    • The risk theme, including the purpose of a risk budget
    • Risk management approach, risk register
  15. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the risk theme
  16. Define key concepts related to risk, and the differences between them:
    • A risk: threat or opportunity
    • Recommended risk response types
    • Risk owner and risk actionee
    • Cause, event and effect
    • Risk probability, risk impact and risk proximity
  17. Describe the recommended risk management procedure
  18. Explain the purpose of:
    • The change theme, including the purpose of a change budget
    • Change control approach, configuration item record, issue register, issue report, product status account
  19. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the change theme
  20. Describe:
    • Types of issue
    • The recommended issue and change control procedure
  21. Explain the purpose of:
    • The progress theme
    • The daily log, lessons log, lessons report, work package, end stage report, end project report, checkpoint report, highlight report, exception report
  22. Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the progress theme
  23. Explain key concepts related to progress:
    • Event-driven and time-driven controls
    • Tolerances and exceptions, including how tolerances are set and exceptions are reported

Module 4: Understand the PRINCE2® Processes and How They are Carried Out Throughout the Project
  1. Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2® processes:
    • Starting up a project, including the purpose of the project brief
    • Directing a project, including the purpose of the project initiation documentation (PID)
    • Initiating a project
    • Controlling a stage
    • Managing product delivery
    • Managing a stage boundary
    • Closing a project
  2. Explain the objectives of the PRINCE2® processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief)
  3. Explain the context of the PRINCE2® processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief)

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