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Certify in PRINCE2 ® – the world’s most popular project management methodology – to enhance your chances of project success

Contents

1 What is PRINCE2 ® ? 3

2 History of PRINCE2 3

3 Bene�ts of PRINCE2 3

4 Principles 4

5 Themes 4

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Processes 5

The project environment

The PRINCE2 Exam

Why Choose HARRYBAKER

When you train with HARRYBAKER

Testimonials

Meet our Lead Trainer

Fee Options

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1 What is PRINCE2® ?

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1975: PROMPTII Project Resource Organisation Management and Planning Techniques by Simpact System

1979: CCTA - UK Govt. Central Computing and Telecommunication Agency adopted – PROMPTII

1989: PRINCE Project IN Controlled Environment by CCTA

1996: PRINCE2 Project IN Controlled Environment 2

2009: PRINCE2

Project IN Controlled Environment 2Major Revision

Developed as a response to an outcry that computer projects were overrunning on time estimated for completion and original budgets – at times double, treble or even ten-times the original estimates

CCTA adopted PROMPTII for all information systems projects which led to the development 10 years later

Published by UK Govt. agency – CCTA and became the UK standard for all govt. information system projects

An upgrade to remove rigidity and increase its application to any type & size of project within any industry or sector

A major revision – method made simpler and more easily customisable – a common request from users

new 2009 version has 7 principles not in previous versions

2014: PRINCE2 Project IN Controlled Environment 2

PRINCE2 is now owned

new by a new company called AXELOS Ltd.Axelos is a joint venture between UK Government and a business outsourcer, Capita.

History of PRINCE2®

With a strong focus on business justi�cation, PRINCE2 provides a framework covering the wide variety of disciplines and activities required within a project.

PRINCE2 is a non-proprietary method used extensively in morethan 150 countries around the world, and its take-up growsdaily. It is widely considered as the leading method in projectmanagement, with in excess of 20,000 organizations alreadybene�ting from its pioneering and trusted approach. This islargely due to the fact that PRINCE2 is truly generic: it can beapplied to any project regardless of scale, type, organization,geography or culture.

PRINCE2 comprises a set of principles, a set of control themes, aprocess lifecycle and guidance on matching the method to theproject’s environment (see Figure 1).

PRINCE2 provides a process model for managing a project. Thisconsists of a set of activities that are required to direct, manageand deliver a project.

Learn how to manage projects or to work in a project environment using the most internationally recognized project management method.

Ensure that team members focus on the viability of the project in relation to its business case objectives – rather than simply seeing the completion of the project as an end in itself.

Promote consistency of project work and the ability to reuse project assets while facilitating sta� mobility and reducing the impact of personnel changes/handovers.

It provides explicit definitions of roles and responsibilities so that everyone understands what is expected of them and what to expect of others.

Design plans and reports to meet the needs of each level in the project team and Project Board, improving communication and control.

Mitigate perceived problems and issues and focus on the viability of the project throughout.

Evaluate the project portfolio bring clarity and allow improvements in reviewing projects.

Earn 35 PDU’s (applicable to only PMP)

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Bene�ts of PRINCE2 ®

Adopting PRINCE2 provides your organization’s projects with:


PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

PRINCE2 PROCESSES

PRINCE2 THEMES

PRINCE2 PRINCIPLES

Progr essBusines s

Case

Organization

Quality

PlansRis k

Change

Figure 1 Structure of PRINCE2

4 Principles

5 Themes The set of PRINCE2 themes describes:

How baselines for benefits, risks, scope, quality, cost and time are established (in the Business Case, quality and plans themes)

How the project management team monitors and controls the work as the project progresses (in the progress, quality, change and risk themes).

The organization theme supports the other themes with a structure of roles and responsibilities with clear paths for delegation and escalation.

Principle Definition

Continued business justification A PRINCE2 project has continued business justification

Learn from experiencePRINCE2 project teams learn from previous experience (lessons are sought, recorded and acted upon throughout the life of the project)

Defined roles and responsibilitiesA PRINCE2 project has defined and agreed roles and responsibilities with an organizational structure that engages the business, user and supplier stakeholder interests

Manage by stagesA PRINCE2 project is planned, monitored and controlled on a stage-by-stage basis

Manage by exceptionA PRINCE2 project has defined tolerances for each project objective to establish limits of delegated authority

Focus on productsA PRINCE2 project focuses on the definition and delivery of products, in particular their quality requirements

Tailor to suit the project environment

PRINCE2 is tailored to suit the project’s size, environment, complexity, importance, capability and risk

The PRINCE2 principles are the guiding obligations for good practice that a project should follow if it is using PRINCE2. These are derived from lessons, both good and bad, that have a�ected project success.

The PRINCE2 themes are those aspects of project manage-ment that need to be addressed continually throughout the project lifecycle (i.e. not once only). They provide guidance on how the process should be performed. For example, numerous processes in PRINCE2 involve creating or approving plans and explanatory guidance on this can be found in the plans theme.

Figure 1 Structure of PRINCE2

The principles provide a framework of good practice for those people involved in a project – ensuring that the method is not applied in an overly prescriptive way or in name only, but applied in a way su�cient to contribute to the success of the project.

Theme Questions answered by the theme

Business Case Why?

Organization Who?

Quality What?

Plans How? How much? When?

Risk What if?

Change What’s the impact?

Progress Where are we now? Where are we going? Should we carry on?

6 ProcessesPRINCE2 provides a process model for managing a project. This consists of a set of activities that are required to direct, manage and deliver a project.

Starting up a Project: Covers the pre-project activities required to commission the project and to gain commitment from corporate or programme management to invest in project initiation by answering the question: ‘Do we have a viable and worthwhile project?’

Directing a Project: Describes the Project Board’s activities in exercising overall project control. The activities focus on the decision making necessary for Project Board members to fulfil their accountabilities successfully while delegating the day-to-day management of the project to the Project Manager.

Initiating a Project: Describes the activities the Project Manager must lead in order to establish the project on a sound foundation. Every PRINCE2 project has an initiation stage. The key deliverable from this stage is the Project Initiation Documentation, which includes an overall Project Plan and defines baselines for the six project performance targets of time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits.

Managing a Stage Boundary: Describes the activities the Project Manager must undertake to provide the Project Board with sufficient information to enable it to review the success of the current stage, approve the next Stage Plan, review the updated Project Plan and confirm continued business justification and acceptability of the risks.

Controlling a Stage: Describes how the Project Manager manages the project execution/delivery activity during a stage, and reports progress and exceptions to the Project Board.

Figure 2 PRINCE2 process model


Dire cting a Projec t

Pre-projec t Initiationstage

Subsequentdelivery stage(s)

Final deliverystage

Star tingup a

Projec tManaginga St ag e Boundar y

Managinga St ag e Boundar y

Closing a Projec t

Init iatinga Projec t Contro lli ng a St ag e Contro lli ng a St ag e

Managing Produc t De livery

Directing

Managing

Delivering ManagingProduc t De livery

Managing Product Delivery: Addresses the Team Manager’s role in supervising the detailed work of creating the project’s prod-ucts and provides the link between the Project Manager and the teams undertaking the project work.

Closing a Project: Describes the closure activity towards the end of the final stage of the project. The Project Manager leads the process which provides for an orderly decommissioning, including any remaining project acceptance and handover requirements.

Multiple choice

75 questions per paper

5 questions to be trial and not counted in scores

35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) - 50%


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Tailoring to project environment

Embedding (done by the organization to adopt PRINCE2)

Tailoring (done by the project management team to adapt the method to the context of a specific project)

Focus on:

Process responsibilities

Scaling rules/guidance (e.g. score card)

Standards (templates, definitions)

Training and development

Integration with business processes

Tools

Process assurance.

Focus on:

Adapting the themes (through the strategies and controls)

Incorporating specific terms/language

Revising the Product Descriptions for the management products

Revising the role descriptions for the PRINCE2 project roles

Adjusting the processes to match the above.

It is a PRINCE2 principle that the method must be tailored to suit the particular project context.

Tailoring refers to the measures taken to apply the method properly to an individual project, ensuring that the amount of governance, planning and control is appropriate – neither too burdensome for a simple project nor too informal for a large or complex project.

The adoption of PRINCE2 across an organization is known as embedding.

Foundation Level

Foundation Exam Format

Practitioner Level

Practitioner Exam Format

The PRINCE2 Exam

The purpose of the foundation level is to con�rm you have su�cient knowledge and understanding of the PRINCE2 method to be able to work e�ectively with, or as a member of, a project management team working within an environment supporting PRINCE2. The foundation level is also a pre-requisite for the practitioner certi�cation.

The purpose of the practitioner level is to con�rm you have achieved su�cient understanding of how to apply and tailor PRINCE2 in a scenario situation.

60 minutes duration

Closed book.

Open book exam (o�cial PRINCE2 manual only).

Two-and-a-half hours (150 minutes) duration, no additional reading time

44 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) - 55%

8 questions - 10 question items per question, each worth one mark

Objective testing


When you train with HarrybakerWhy choose HARRYBAKER

Testimonials

Harrybaker Professionals is an Accredited Training Organisation, assessed by AXELOS Ltd, APMG international and PMI USA every year to check that we have quality processes, course materials and trainers to give you the best possible PRINCE2 training and our other accredited courses

Excellent PRINCE2®examination pass rates consistently above the national average for PRINCE2®Foundation and Practitioner quali�ca-tions (99.9% Foundation and 92% Practitioner)

Trainers who are experienced project managers and who can advise you on how to apply PRINCE2®to your work situation, give examples of the bene�ts of PRINCE2®and provide a sounding board for your ideas about what PRINCE2®means to you

Professionally trained trainers, who are part of our Harrybaker Excellence Train the Trainer programme:

Attending specially commissioned train the trainer events throughout the year

Attending other quali�cation based courses and taking examinations themselves so they know how it feels!

Regularly updated course materials and sample papers to ensure our courses are as enjoyable, relevant to the real world and up to date as possible

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Lloyd Kashimba

“Very well structured lectures. I had no experience of project management when I first walked in class, by the end of the

course I felt like a professional. I definitely recommend this course to anyone

considering a career in PM.”

Senior Business Relationship Manager at AstraZeneca London – Mark Devaney

“Deji did a great job of making the PRINCE2 class interesting and engaging. I didn’t just pass the exam, I learned a lot

and completed the course feeling motivated and energised.”

NHS London – Chinasa Uzor.”

“I am sure I couldn’t have had a better trainer than Deji (HarryBaker Professionals). He had

good knowledge of the course content and its practical application. The class was very

interactive and engaging. Though the course content was heavy however Deji made it light by bringing fun into the classroom. He drew

examples from his personal experiences which made it real. I would recommend him to

anyone there hoping to get some training from HARRYBAKER Professionals.”

Metallurgy Switzerland – Cao Cuong

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I was enrolled shortly before the beginning of the training and was a little bit worry about the certification. Fortunately the trainer was Deji and Deji was really a great trainer: very enthusiastic, dynamic, completely master the Project Management matter. Deji do not only communicate his knowledge but also his enthusiasm. I rarely do this but this time I do not hesitate. I fully recommend Deji as trainer as Deji is the best trainer I have ever had. I would also to thank Deji for the great training we had.”

‘’I was a bit jittery about writing both the Foundation and Practitioner examinations at the same time; I didn’t want to lose money! However, I kept getting good referrals about

HARRYBAKER Professionals and this was not limited to the Organization as a whole but particularly, the trainer – Deji Ariyo. Right from the first class, I knew I’d made the best decision of being trained by Deji. One thing I noticed almost immediately was how he

could relate each theme with a hypothetical or real life situation; and trust me, it stuck! I didn’t have to think hard to remember how to apply what I’d learned in class. Permit

me to say, the training is rigorous albeit interesting! I remember Deji saying, “Just listen to me and you’ll be fine.” Trust me, we did listen and everything went well.

I passed both my Foundation and Practitioner examinations very well and my experience at HARRYBAKER will definitely encourage me to take some new certifications soonest.

Yes, before I forget, I recommended HARRYBAKER to a friend who had written the Foundation exams three years before…she passed the Practitioner exams and could also

validate all what I’d told her about the trainer."

Mainstreet Bank – Yinka Adeyemo

Before the courseReceive the PRINCE2® original text book –“Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2’’

Unlimited pre-course access to our award winning PRINCE2 e-learning on harrybakerportal.com , where you can study using our online platform and �nd lots of information to help you prepare for the course

Pre-course work book with activities, questions and suggested pages to read and mark up in the o�cial text book

On-line access to a trainer for any questions that you have about PRINCE2®

Quizzes and sample examination papers to test your knowledge

During the courseCourse materials including maps, games, puzzles, slides, activities and sample examination papers

Experienced trainers who know how to manage projects and how to apply PRINCE2® in the ‘real world’

Activities to help you understand how to use PRINCE2® and how to pass the examinations

After the courseUse the Harrybaker Knowledge Centre to stay up to date

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