PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner

In 1989 CCTA adopted a version of a methodology known as PROMPT II (Project Resource Organisation Management Planning Techniques) to manage their projects. The CCTA later renamed it as PRINCE (PRompt II IN the CCTA Environment). Later it came to be known as PRojects IN Controlled Environment. The next update of PRINCE® arrived in 2009 and was known as PRINCE2®. PRINCE2® uses a structured approach and best processes to deliver better projects and project outputs. The PRINCE2® methodology helps the organisation to keep track of the project status at various stages continuously. PRINCE2® has two levels which a delegate can certify  - The Foundation and the Practitioner. Only after clearing the Foundation exam can the delegate sit for the Practitioner course. While PRINCE2® Foundation provides the delegates with the fundamentals of project management in a controlled environment, the PRINCE2® Practitioner course goes into further details of what is learnt in the Foundation part.  If a delegate enrols for a PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner course, the contents of both the courses i.e. Foundation as well as Practitioner are covered together.

PRINCE2® is a methodology that is used to deliver efficient project outputs within budget and time. This it does by splitting bigger modules into smaller ones and helping the professionals focus on the important parts of the projects. At MSP Training, the delegates are provided with both levels of PRINCE2® within a single course thus helping the delegates understand PRINCE2® methodology very thoroughly. During this course, the delegates understand the basic and the core concepts of this methodology in detail. Afterwards, they also learn ways to implement their learning within the organisation they work for. The current course is being provided by MSP Training as updated by AXELOS to the latest 2017 version. All the PRINCE2® courses and their respective exams follow the pattern as per PRINCE2® 2017. The course syllabus of PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner is also updated in accordance with the latest update of PRINCE2® by AXELOS. The course provides delegates practical knowledge about the PRINCE2® methodology so that it can be implemented in an organisation in any project environment. Almost all aspects of PRINCE2® are covered in the periphery of this PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner course.

Exam Preparation Workbook

Our exam preparation workbook ensures and validates that you have the knowledge and confidence to pass your exam.

The exam preparation workbook comprises of mock questions, applicable scenario based projects, and is known to further elevate pass masks. Please note that this exam preparation workbook and instructions of how to book your exam, can be found in your Joining Instructions, received upon enrolment. Completion of the workbook prior to taking the exam, is highly recommended to maximise your chances of passing.

Online Exams

*After completing 4 days of classroom training and successfully passing your PRINCE2® Foundation Exam, the fifth day of this course is a flexible exam preparation day to complete at your convenience in order to prepare you to take and pass your PRINCE2® Practitioner exam online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of online exams include:

• Proven higher pass rates
• Quicker Results
• Save Travel Costs
• Flexibility
• Convenient
• Take your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready

PRINCE2® Foundation

AXELOS has removed the configuration management topic from PRINCE2® starting with PRINCE2® 2017 update. Exam questions now focus more on the implementation of PRINCE2®  on the projects rather than just on the theory part. The number of questions in the new update of PRINCE2® have also been reduced. In the new update of PRINCE2®, the questions of reasoning have also been removed.

PRINCE2® Practitioner

 A candidate can sit for the PRINCE2® Practitioner certification only after having cleared the PRINCE2® Foundation certification.

The  exam for the PRINCE2® 2017 Practitioner is structured as below:

• Reasoning and multiple assertion questions which were there in the 2009 update have now been removed.
• The exam is a Multiple Choice Question type exam carrying 68 questions
• The delegates need to secure 55% or 38 marks out of 60 to clear the exam.
• The exam duration of PRINCE2® Practitioner exam is 150 minutes.

This PRINCE2® exam is an Open Book Exam in which only the PRINCE2® Manual is allowed.

• Introduction to PRINCE2®

• An overview of Project Management
• PRINCE2® - Basic Concepts and Terminology
• PRINCE2® - An Introduction
• Project Management Approaches
• Prince2® - A History
• Project Environment and the Scope of PRINCE2®
• Defining Projects
• PRINCE2® methodology  - It’s Necessity
• PRINCE2® themes, principles and processes – Their relation to each other
• Customise PRINCE2® into Project environment
• PRINCE2® - The Six aspects project management

• PRINCE2® Principles
  • Continuity in Justification of business
  • Learn from experience
  • Roles and their accountabilities in Project Management
  • Stage Management
  • Exception Management
  • Product Focus
  • Modify to suit the project environment

• PRINCE2® Process Model
  • The Different Stages

• Starting
• Initiating
• Directing
• Controlling
• Maintaining
• Managing
• Closing

Seven PRINCE2® themes

• Business case themes
• Business Case Theme – its Motive
• Output and outcome
• Project Benefits
• Business case for varying projects
• PRINCE2® - An approach to business case
• Roles and accountabilities in business case theme
• Organisation theme
• Aim of organisation theme
• Introducing the Programme and project
• PRINCE2® approach to organisation
• Project Manager – His Role
• Communication management strategy
• Quality
• Aim of quality theme
• PRINCE2® approach to quality
• Quality method
• Role of Quality Theme in a review team
• Plans
• Aim of plan theme
• Level of plan
• Project plan
• Roles and responsibilities in plan theme
• Risk
• Risk theme – It’s uses
• Risk terms
• Risk management
• Using PRINCE2® for risk management
• Risk – It’s causes and effects
• Risk budget
• Parts and accountabilities in Risk theme
• Change
• Change theme and it’s uses
• Types of issues
• Decision making
• Roles and accountabilities in change theme
• Progress
• Progress theme uses
• The Six tolerance areas according to level
• PRINCE2® approach to progress
• Using management stages for control
• Report progress
• Role and accountabilities in progress theme
• Management products
• Accept project product
• Achieve PID objectives
• Method for measurement of delivery benefits
• Evaluate the project
• Improve future performance

Exam Preparation Workbook

Our exam preparation workbook ensures and validates that you have the knowledge and confidence to pass your exam.

The exam preparation workbook comprises of mock questions, applicable scenario based projects, and is known to further elevate pass masks. Please note that this exam preparation workbook and instructions of how to book your exam, can be found in your Joining Instructions, received upon enrolment. Completion of the workbook prior to taking the exam, is highly recommended to maximise your chances of passing.

Online Exams

*After completing 4 days of classroom training and successfully passing your PRINCE2® Foundation Exam, the fifth day of this course is a flexible exam preparation day to complete at your convenience in order to prepare you to take and pass your PRINCE2® Practitioner exam online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of online exams include:

• Proven higher pass rates
• Quicker Results
• Save Travel Costs
• Flexibility
• Convenient
• Take your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready