Course
PRINCE2® Project Management Foundation, Edition 7 («PRF»)
Course facts
- Understanding the PRINCE2® approach for managing projects
- Understanding the key concepts of PRINCE2® and the common language
- Understanding the PRINCE2® guidelines to improve your own work and that of your organisation
- Passing the PRINCE2® Foundation certification
1 Key terms for projects and PRINCE2®
- Seven aspects of project performance
- The five integrated elements of PRINCE2®
- Features and benefits of PRINCE2®
2 How the PRINCE2® principles support the PRINCE2® method
3 People in PRINCE2®
- Leading successful change (change management approach)
- Leading successful teams
- Communication
- Involving stakeholders
- Culture
- Leadership and management
4 PRINCE2® practices and their application in projects
- Business case (with benefits management approach and sustainability management approach)
- Organization (stakeholders, roles in the project management team, management levels, PRINCE2® technique for organizational design and development)
- Plans (PRINCE2® technique for plans)
- Quality (PRINCE2® quality management process)
- Risks
- Issues (PRINCE2® technique for issue management, such as problem handling, dealing with changes or specification deviations, etc.)
- Progress (PDCA cycle, tolerances, exceptions, supporting techniques, digital and data management approach)
5 PRINCE2® processes
- Preparing a project
- Steering a project
- Initiating a project
- Controlling a phase
- Managing product delivery
- Managing a phase transition
- Closing a project
6 Integration into practices and processes: The management products, such as project description, project management documentation, business case, plans, various management approaches, records and reports
The course content/learning objectives are based on the official PeopleCert syllabus.
Component of the following courses
The training is interactive and action-oriented and consists of a mixture of impulse phases and exercises.
Allow 2 hours for individual preparation: Self-study of an overview of the PRINCE2® method
- Project staff or managers
- Managers (team and department leaders)
- Project office or project controlling staff
- Anyone who encounters PRINCE2® applications in their work context
- Consultants who need a project management certificate
Basic knowledge of project management is required.
You can book the exam in English or German. The course materials and official literature are available in both English and German. The course language is German and German terminology is used. You will receive a voucher for an online exam by email from PeopleCert a few days before the start of the course. The exam voucher must be redeemed directly with PeopleCert, where you can register for an available exam date. The online exam will be proctored by a PeopleCert proctor, which requires a device with a microphone and camera.
For more information about the exam, please visit the PeopleCert website here.
Format: Multiple-choice exam questions, number of questions: 60, pass rate: 60% (36 points out of 60), duration: 60 minutes, no aids permitted
Option «Take2»
Before taking the online exam, you have the option to purchase the Take2 option directly from PeopleCert at a lower price than the regular exam fee. This allows you to take the exam a second time at no additional cost if you fail. The online retake must be taken within 6 months of the date of the first exam. If you pass on your first attempt, there is no refund. Without the Take2 option, the full exam fee must be paid for a second attempt. Please contact PeopleCert for details.
After successfully passing the exam, PeopleCert issues an eCertificate.
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