Introduction to Prince 2™

Course Overview

Many non-professional Project Managers now find themselves working within a Prince 2™ framework. You could be directing a project, working on one or having to comply with a customer's Prince 2™ requirements. People like you not merely need to understand the methodology; because it can so often be highly exacting and indeed overwhelming, you need to learn how to become its master rather than its slave.

This is the aim of this course. Our Prince 2™ project management training not only gives you a simplified overview of the methodology, unencumbered by it's technical nuts and bolts, it also focuses on how you can use it to fulfil your aims rather than being at the mercy of its demands.

While this course primarily aims to provide project management training for the non-specialist, it also provides an excellent introduction for those wanting to enter the profession.

What You Will Learn

• The aims of Project Management and how Prince 2™ can help and hinder their fulfilment.
• A structural overview of Prince 2™
• Setting up a Prince 2™ project
• Running and directing a Prince 2™ project
• Closing a Prince 2™ project

Audience

Non-professional project managers needing to know the basics of Prince 2™ or Project Managers wanting an introduction to Prince 2™.

Requirements

Duration

1 day

Structure

Learning Unit 1; Introduction to Prince 2™

1.1 The Aims of Project Management

1.2 The knowledge required to fulfil our aims; techniques and frameworks.

1.3 How Prince 2™ helps us

• Strength; provides Framework
• Weakness; overly complex

1.4 Course overview

Learning Unit 2; Prince 2™ Framework

2.1 A Typical Project

2.2 Prince 2™ Elements

• Processes
• Activities
• Components
• Techniques
• Products

2.3 Prince 2™ Framework strengths and weaknesses; tactics and tips

Learning Unit 3; Starting a Project

3.1 Documenting you aims; The Project Brief (SU)

3.2 How to Accomplish them; producing a PID (IP)

• Quality work; the QMS and the Quality Plan
• Planning; Product-based planning
• Risk; Risk Analysis and planning Risk Management
• The Business Case
• Controls

3.3 PID strengths and weaknesses; tactics and tips

Learning Unit 4; Running a Project

4.1 Planning the Work (SP)

• Stage Plans
• End Stage Report and Continuous Improvement

4.2 Doing the Work (MP)

• Work Packages and Checkpoint Reports
• The Quality Review

4.3 Managing the Work (CS)

• Monitoring Progress; Project Issues, the Quality and Risk Logs
• Reporting Progress; Highlight Reports
• Change Control; Escalating Project Issues and Exception Reporting

4.4 Directing a Project (DP)

• The Principle of Management by Exception
• Routine Activity; Stage Plans, Highlight Reports, Ad Hoc Advice
• Exceptional Activity; Project Issues, Exception Reports
• Maintaining the integrity of the Project Organisation

4.5 Running a Project strengths and weaknesses; tactics and tips

Learning Unit 5; Project Close (CP)

5.1 Ensure aims met

5.2 Identify follow on actions

5.3 Document and implement lessons learned

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