"Practitioner"     

PRINCE2™ Practitioner Training, Southampton, Salisbury

Course Objectives

To enable delegates who have had some previous experience of project management to apply the PRINCE2™ (PRrojects IN Controlled Environments) structured project management methodology on projects as a project manager, and provide an essential lead-in to the PRINCE2™ Practitioner Exam.  This course can be delivered as required to a group of delegates (suggested minimum 6 delegates) or individuals can join one of The Programme Support Office monthly public PRINCE2™ courses. Delegates will be supplied with a PRINCE2™ manual if ordered at the time of booking.

Course Content

This is an Association for Project Management Group (APMG) PRINCE2™ Accredited Course, which covers the elements contained in the APMG Syllabus for the PRINCE2™ Practitioner Course.  This covers the PRINCE2™ Foundation syllabus as well.  For those taking both the Foundation and Practitioner PRINCE2™ Exams we offer past-paper exercises.   

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 Exam

            PRINCE2™ Practitioner Exam skills and consolidation exercises.

  Examination practice using past papers

            Application of the method through a Case Study
            PRINCE2™ Practitioner Exam 

PRINCE2™ Foundation Exam 

This is a closed book multiple choice exam of 75 questions taken over 1 hour on the Wednesday afternoon.  Pass Mark is 50%.  The exam is provisionally marked immediately after the exam. 

PRINCE2™ Practitioner Exam 

This is an open book 3-hour hand-written paper based on a Project Scenario where delegates are tested on their ability to apply the method to the scenario.  The pass mark is 50%.  A provisional pass in the PRINCE2™ Foundation Exam is required before delegates can sit the PRINCE2™ Practitioner exam. 

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Programme 

This PRINCE2™ Practitioner training comprises an intensive four days, running from Monday to Thursday and includes approximately 15 to 20 hours pre-course preparation and 2 to 3 hours private evening work per night.  The PRINCE2™ Practitioner Exam is usually taken on the Friday morning.  As this is an intensive course, delegates should expect to be away from their work environment for the whole week.

Pre Course work

Prior to training, delegates will be issued with a pre-course Study pack to include: 

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

Pre-reading a Case Study scenario and carrying out two exercises based on this scenario.

Past PRINCE2™ Foundation and PRINCE2™ Practitioner exam questions/answer guides. 

This pre-course preparation should take between 15 and  20 hours ideally spread over 6 weeks in a series of work packages.

Prerequisites

To gain the most from the PRINCE2™ Practitioner Course we strongly recommend that delegates have had prior experience of projects and the project management environment, ideally as a project manager. Alternatively, we recommend that less-experienced delegates split the training by first attempting the PRINCE2™ Foundation Course and Foundation Exam, then gain experience in using PRINCE2™ on projects before proceeding on to the Practitioner level (which can be achieved as a 2 day Top-Up plus PRINCE2™ Practitioner examination). Prior to Day One of the 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.

Book a place on our next Prince2™ Foundation, Practitioners course, or call to discuss your needs: 01489 588453