PRINCE2  Practical (Non Exam)  -  Course Description

3 Days Duration                                  click here for course syllabus

Core Information Services

You Will Learn 
A thorough understanding of how the "Best Practice" PRINCE2 project management method can be applied in practice.
The practical use of PRINCE2 by walking through the timeline of a Case Study project.
How the PRINCE2 approach, processes and key documents can be tailored and used.
Tailoring and scalability in relation to your own projects.
How all the PRINCE2 processes interlink.

Benefits To You
Understand the structure and life cycle of a PRINCE2 project.
Be able to outline the expected benefits of using PRINCE2 in a project.
Have a good understanding of scalability and tailoring.
Understand the responsibilities of users, suppliers and business people.
Be able to assess the cultural implications of implementing PRINCE2 in your own environment.
Be able to compare your own projects and approach against best practice.
Discuss your own environment with an experienced consultant.

Agenda

Day 1 – Key Concepts, Cultures and People

The role of projects in change management
Overview of the PRINCE2 timeline
Stages, plans and the Project Board
Starting up a project
Roles, responsibilities, stakeholders and cultures
Tailoring and scalability

Day 2 - Credible Planning and Delegated Authority

Initiating a project and the PID
Product Based Planning and defining deliverables
Agreeing work with teams and suppliers
Management by exception

Day 3 – Delegation, Control and Leadership

Controls and quality at 4 levels (Business, Project Board, Project Manager, Team)
Reporting and escalation
Exception handling and premature closure
Managing stage boundaries and stakeholders
Risks, issues, change requests and configuration management
Knowing when to stop

 

Objective

This course demonstrates the practical use of PRINCE2 by walking through the timeline of a Case Study project, showing how the PRINCE2 approach, processes and key documents can be tailored and used. Delegates will be encouraged to discuss tailoring and scalability in relation to their own projects, and will learn how all the PRINCE2 processes interlink.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for anyone wanting to understand the key points of how PRINCE2 works, without the  requirement to pass the PRINCE2 examinations. No prior knowledge of PRINCE2 is assumed. People wishing to subsequently attend a PRINCE2 Foundation + Practitioner examination course will find this event a very useful preparation. People who have already passed their PRINCE2 exams will find the course invaluable for showing how PRINCE2 can be applied in practice.

Hands-On

The course follows a realistic Case Study project from early ideas right through to closure, experiencing plenty of real world challenges on the way! Delegates will have plenty of opportunity to discuss tailoring and implementation issues with an expert.

Yours Free To Take Away

The PRINCE2 Manual.

Our own "No Nonsense PRINCE2" book.

Our PRINCE2 Challenge 500 CD.

Copies of  handouts and exercises.
 


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