PRINCE2®Foundation Online Training – 360 Days Access

What you will learn

PRINCE2® Foundation online is a learning solution created to meet the demands of our customers. The Foundation elements are taught via our comprehensive e-learning material. This style of delivery saves you and your company time and money.

Our accredited PRINCE2® Online Learning training course provides a quality platform for gaining skills, sharing experiences and learning from other organisations while offering the flexibility as to how and when you learn.

The aim of this course is to provide delegates with sufficient knowledge and understanding of the PRINCE2® method to be able to work effectively with, or as a member of, a project management team working within an environment supporting PRINCE2®. The Foundation qualification is also a pre-requisite for the Practitioner qualification.

By the end of the course a delegate should understand the structure and key terminology of the method. Specifically the delegate should understand:-

• The characteristics and context of a project and the benefits of adopting PRINCE2®
• The purpose of the PRINCE2® roles, management products and themes
• The PRINCE2® principles
• The purpose, objectives and context of the PRINCE2® processes.

Audience Profile

This course is aimed at project managers, project management consultants and aspiring project managers. It is also relevant to other key staff involved in the design, development and delivery of projects who are required, or wish, to have a greater depth of knowledge of the method, including:-

Project Board members

• Senior Responsible Owners
• Project Sponsors

Team Managers

• Product Delivery Managers
• Business Analysts
• Subject matter experts delivering, or providing expertise to, a project

Project Assurance

• Business Change Analysts
• Change Board members
• Auditors

Project Support

• Project Office support staff
• Programme Office personnel

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this course.  However, it is expected that delegates will possess knowledge of projects or have experience of working in a project environment.  This is to ensure that the intensive nature of the course does not cause delegates to struggle through the course.

What is included

• Study guides including Video tutorials: Study as you prefer using PDF files, video tutorials, HTML format or podcasts. Explain the goals, objectives, scope and detailed concepts of PRINCE2®principles, themes and processes & and other syllabus areas of PRINCE2.
• Podcasts: Download it and listen to it at your convenience.
• Interactive Case Study: Professor Bubbleman App to help you apply the concepts learnt in real life scenarios.
• Glossary: A PDF glossary provided to help you revise quickly.
• Crossword: Test your knowledge and have some fun doing it.
• Phone App: Download a very effective phone app to study on your mobile.
• Chapter Tests and Evaluation Tests: These tests assess the delegate’s degree of understanding of the respective chapter content.
• Sample Papers: To get a feel of the actual PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exam, take the full length sample papers as part of our online course and assess your responses with the provided answers to the same.
• Trainer Support: Email support by experienced accredited trainers during the duration of the course and post course.

E –Learning Course Outline

INTRODUCTION

• Introduction to PRINCE2
• Introduction to 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 environment

• Introduction to PRINCE2 Themes

Business Case Theme

Organization Theme

Quality Theme

Plans Theme

Risk Theme

Change Theme

Progress Theme

• Introduction to PRINCE2 Processes

Starting Up a Project

Initiating a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing Product Delivery

Managing a Stage Boundary

Closing a Project

Directing a Project

PRINCE2 THEMES

• Business Case Theme

Purpose

Business  Case Defined

The PRINCE2 Approach to the Business Case

Benefits Review Plan

Contents of a Business Case

• Organization Theme

Purpose

Organization Defined

The PRINCE2 approach to Organization

The Project Management Team

Communication Management Strategy

Working with Stakeholders

• Quality Theme

Purpose

Quality Defined

Quality Audit Trail (Quality Planning and Quality Control)

The PRINCE2 approach to Quality

Quality Assurance and Project Assurance

• Plans Theme

Purpose

Plan Defined

Level of Plans and Types of Plans (Project, Stage, Team and Exception Plan)

The PRINCE2 approach to Plans

Product Based Planning

Steps in Planning

• Risk Theme

Purpose

Risk Defined

The PRINCE2 approach to Risk

Risk Management Strategy

Risk Register

Risk Management Procedure (Identify, Assess, Plan, Implement and Communicate)

Risk Budget

• Change Theme

Purpose

Change Defined

Issues Defined and Types of Issues

The PRINCE2 approach to Change

Configuration Management Strategy

Configuration Item Records and Product Status Account

Configuration Management Procedure

Issue and Change Control Procedure

Change Budget

• Progress Theme

Purpose

Progress Defined

Tolerance Table

The PRINCE2 approach to Progress

Event Driven and Time Driven Controls

Raising Exceptions

PRINCE2 PROCESSES

• Starting up a Project

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Appoint the Executive and the Project Manager

Capture previous lessons

Design and appoint the project management team

Prepare outline Business Case

Select the project approach and assemble the Project Brief

Plan the initiation stage

• Directing a Project

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Authorize initiation

Authorize the project

Authorize a Stage or Exception Plan

Give ad hoc directions

Authorize project closure

• Initiating a Project

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Prepare Risk Management Strategy,

Prepare the Configuration Management Strategy,

Prepare the Quality Management Strategy,

Prepare the Communications Management Strategy,

Set up project controls,

Create the Project Plan,

Refine the Business Case,

Assemble the Project Initiation Documentation.

• Controlling a Stage

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Authorize a Work Package

Review Work Package status

Receive completed Work Packages

Review the stage status’ and ‘report highlights

Capture and examine issues and risks

Escalate issues and risks

Take corrective action

• Managing Product Delivery

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Accept a Work Package

Execute a Work Package

Deliver a Work Package

• Managing a Stage Boundary

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Plan the Next Stage

Update the Project Plan

Update the Business Case

Report Stage End

Produce an Exception Plan

• Closing a Project Process

Purpose

Objective

Activities

Prepare Planned Closure

Prepare Premature Closure

Handover Products

Evaluate the Project

Recommend Project Closure.

TAILORING PRINCE2 TO THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

Delivery Method : Online

Access : 360 Days

Examination Guidelines

The PRINCE2® Foundation examination is a closed- book 60 minute 75 multiple choice question paper with 5 questions to be trial and not counted in scores. The pass mark is 50% (35 marks required to pass out of 70 available).