PRINCE2^® Foundation Certification Training in Columbia, MD, United States

2.1 Explain the PRINCE2 principles:

• continued business justification
• learn from experience
• defined roles and responsibilities
• manage by stages
• manage by exception
• focus on products
• tailor to suit the project

2.2 Explain which aspects of a project can be tailored, who is responsible, and how tailoring decisions are documented

3.1.1 Explain the purpose of:

• The business case theme
• Business case, benefits management approach

3.1.2 Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the business case theme

3.1.3 Define key concepts related to business justification, and the differences between them: outputs, outcomes, benefits & disbenefits

3.2.1 Explain the purpose of:

• The organization theme
• Communication management approach

3.2.2 Describe what PRINCE 2 requires, as a minimum, for applying the organization theme

3.2.3 Describe the role and responsibilities of:

• project board
• executive
• senior user
• senior supplier
• project assurance
• change authority
• project manager
• team manager
• project support including which roles can be combined

3.2.4 Explain key concepts related to organization:

• Stakeholder
• The three project interests and how these are represented within the four levels of management

3.3.1 Explain the purpose of:

• The quality theme
• Product description, project product description, quality management approach, quality register

3.3.2 Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the quality theme

3.3.3 Explain key concepts related to quality, and the differences between them:

• Quality planning and quality control
• Project assurance and quality assurance
• Customer quality expectations and acceptance criteria

3.4.1 Explain the purpose of:

• The plans theme
• Project plan
• Stage plan
• Exception plan
• Team plan

3.4.2 Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the plans theme

3.4.3 Recall the steps in:

• the recommended approach to planning, including
• The recommended approach to defining and analyzing the products and explain:
• The factors to consider when structuring the project into management stage

3.5.1 Explain the purpose of:

• The risk theme, including the purpose of a risk budget
• Risk management approach, risk register

3.5.2 Describe PRINCE2’s minimum requirements for applying the risk theme

4.1 Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2 processes:

• starting up a project, including the purpose of the project brief.
• directing a project, including the purpose of the project initiation documentation (PID).
• initiating a project.
• controlling a stage.
• managing product delivery.
• managing a stage boundary.
• closing a project.

4.2 Explain the objectives of the PRINCE2 processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief)

4.3 Explain the context of the PRINCE2 processes (as above, excluding the PID and project brief)

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