This training prepares candidates for the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam. It examines the principles, themes and processes of PRINCE2 and encourages candidates to apply them to real projects.

Audience

This certification targets 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 program office personnel), and operational line managers/staff.

Prerequisites

In order to sit for the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination, you must provide proof of having passed one of the following:

• PRINCE2 Foundation
• Project Management Professional (PMP®)
• Certified Associate in Project Management(CAPM®)
• IPMA Level A® (Certified Projects Director)
• IPMA Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)
• IPMA Level C® (Certified Project Manager)
• IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)

Course objectives

• Review your individual preparation for the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination
• Develop your ability to apply the PRINCE2 method appropriately through various project-based scenarios and discussions
• Complete example answers to typical practitioner examination question papers, and receive constructive feedback from an approved PRINCE2 trainer
• Discuss specific areas of PRINCE2 and devise exam strategies

Certifications and related examinations

• This course includes a certification exam that includes 68 questions, each worth one mark. You need to get 38 questions correct to pass the exam.
• The exam is 150 minutes in duration.
• This is an ‘open book’ exam. The Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 publication, 2017 edition, should be used (you can make notes inside the book), but no other material is allowed.

Detailed course outline

Terms and Concepts 

Seven PRINCE2 Themes 

• The relationship between a program’s business case and a project’s business case
• Applying the four levels of the project management structure to the process model
• Quality audit trail
• Using the quality review technique for a specific product
• Review of the composition, fitness for purpose, and reasoning of a plan, and the appropriate roles throughout the life of a project
• The appropriate use of the product-based planning technique
• The concept of inherent, secondary and residual risks, in which process issues are captured and managed, and which roles are responsible
• Identifying the appropriate type for a given issue, the appropriate actions and responsibilities when applying the recommended issue and change control procedure, and the appropriate resource(s) for the role of Change Authority
• Analyzing if activities undertaken to manage by exception during the execution of the project were applied appropriately, with reasons, and whether the appropriate roles have been involved
• The management products and their recommended composition and interrelationships
• Tailoring the relevant aspects of the seven themes to a project scenario
• Identifying, analyzing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the seven themes throughout the life cycle of a project scenario

Seven PRINCE2 Processes 

• During which processes are the management products developed, used and reviewed, and which roles are responsible 
• Applying the four levels of the project management structure to the process model
• Discussing the activities within each of the seven processes and the responsibilities within them
• Learning how the seven themes may be applied within each of the seven processes
• Tailoring the recommended activities and actions of each of the seven processes to a project scenario
• Identifying, analyzing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the seven processes to a project scenario

The Practitioner Examination Overview 

• Typical topics for preparation, individual practical work and objective testing
• A summary of the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination—what types of questions are asked, typical practitioner questions, suggested approaches to answering practitioner examination questions
• Exam hints and tips