PRINCE2 Overview

Description

This course is only available as a private event, i.e. for one customer.  Any number of delegates may attend a private event, although numbers should be limited to a reasonable amount in order to allow the trainer to attend to the individual needs of each delegate.

The PRINCE2 accredited courses have between 6 and 15 hours of pre-course preparation and this Overview course can be used in place of this.  It is not necessary to then book all attendees of this course to a single accredited course.  It may be more cost effective, of course, to book a private event for the accredited course, but other considerations may preclude all attendees from being out of the office for the longer period of time.

Alternatively, a derivation of this course can be used by senior managers to gain an understanding of the method sufficient to allow their project managers to use PRINCE2.  For this purpose, the course can be run over half a day to ensure that the senior managers are using their time most effectively.

Where the requirement is to attain an understanding of all the Best Practice Guides, their various accreditations and how the guides all work in collaboration, a better alternative may be to book the Best Practice Overview course.

Accreditation

None

Pre-Requisites and Pre-Course Preparation

None

Audience Profile

This course is aimed at anyone with a need to have knowledge of PRINCE2.  In particular, those preparing to go on to a longer course leading to accreditation will find this an ideal preparation for further training.  The material is pitched between the Best Practice Overview, which gives a good description of the method, and the Foundation course, which allows attendees to act as an informed member of a project team.  This includes almost everyone in an organisation using, or intending to use, PRINCE2 and includes:-

Project Board members

• Senior Responsible Owners
• Project Sponsors
• Senior management involved in making project-level decisions

Team Managers

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

Project Assurance

• Business Change Analysts
• Change Board members
• Risk managers
• Auditors
• Stakeholder representatives

Project Support

• Project Office support staff
• Programme Office personnel
• Planners and plan creators
• operational line managers/staff involved in a project, or intending to be involved

Included in the Course

Courseware, exercises and handouts

PRINCE2 Pocket Reference Guide

Lunch, either buffet, sandwiches or cafe, depending on the venue

Course Content

This course will give an appreciation of the PRINCE2 method, explain the technical language used in the method and the rationale behind it.  The course will be tailored to the needs of the delegates attending the course and the requirements of those arranging it.

DAY 1

Overview

Introduction to Processes, Themes, Techniques

Overview of Processes

Organisation

Starting Up a Project

Directing a Project

Risks

Initiating a Project

Quality

Business Case

Controlling a Stage

Managing Product Delivery

Managing Stage Boundaries

Closing a Project