"Foundation"    

PRINCE2™ Foundation courses, Southampton, Farnborough 

Course Objectives

To enable delegates who have had some previous experience of projects to understand how the PRINCE2™ (PRrojects IN Controlled Environments) structured project management methodology might be applied on projects, and provide an essential lead-in to the PRINCE2™ Practitioners’ Course for those who wish to progress further. The delegate will need a PRINCE2™ manual (we can supply this if ordered at the time of booking the course).

Course Content

This is an Association for Project Management Group (APMG) PRINCE2™ Accredited Course that covers the elements contained in the APMG Syllabus for the PRINCE2™ Foundation Course.  For those taking the PRINCE2™ exam we offer past-paper exercises.  Pierce Mayfield PRINCE2™ Foundation Course is completed in three days of the course and Course Sponsors have the option of either: 

a) Running the PRINCE2™ Foundation Exam itself at the end of Day Three
or
b) Running a Mock Foundation Examination on the afternoon of Day 3 and giving delegates a further evening's consolidation before running the PRINCE2™ Foundation exam on the morning of the fourth day. 

Some personal evening work is recommended during the course. As this is an intensive course, delegates should expect to be away from their work environment for the whole 3 days.  

Outline Programme 

            Introductions

            Definition of a Project.

            Project Management Problems – the reason for PRINCE2™

            Key Elements of the PRINCE2™ Approach:

            The Eight Components of PRINCE2™:

            The Eight PRINCE2™ Processes from Start Up to Closure

            PRINCE2™ Foundation Past Papers

            Introduction to the application of the method through our own Case Study 

PRNCE2™ Foundation Exam 

This is a closed book multiple choice exam of 75 questions taken over 1 hour.  The Pass Mark is 50%. The pass mark is currently being evaluated and is likely to increase to 60%. Contact us for more information.

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Pre-course work

Prior to training, delegates will be issued with a pre-course Study Pack including:

Reading selected chapters from the PRINCE2™ manual and answering some ‘quiz’ questions on this reading.

Pre-reading a Case Study scenario

Familiarisation with Past PRINCE2™ Foundation exam questions.

This pre-course preparation should take up to 15 hours over the previous 4 – 6 weeks.

Prerequisites

To gain the most from the PRINCE2™ Foundation Course we recommend that delegates should have had prior experience or awareness of projects and the project management environment, though not necessarily as a project manager.  Prior to Day One of the PRINCE2™ Foundation course Delegates should have completed their pre-course study pack. The course content and timing is based on the assumption that they will have done so.