Principles of Project Management using PRINCE2™
(1 Day)

Course Description

This course introduces the participants to the concepts of Project Management in general and the concepts of PRINCE2™ projects in particular. The total PRINCE2™ project lifecycle is reviewed - from initial business case through project definition and project planning, to delivery of the final product and project closure. Key PRINCE2™ components such as Organisation, Management of Risk and Change Control are also considered. Participants adopt PRINCE2™ techniques to plan and control this. The course lasts for 1 day and includes the following:

  • Instructor Led tuition and discussions
  • Individual Exercises
  • Delegate Pack

Course Objectives

The course is designed to show delegates how to manage a project in a PRINCE2™ environment. By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

  • Define a project and its associated success factors
  • Outline the project plan in terms of PRINCE2™ processes
  • Produce Product Breakdown Structures
  • Undertake project estimation
  • Explain Critical Path Analysis
  • Identify the required administrative framework for Project Control
  • Demonstrate reporting basics for team and project managers
  • Identify team building and management issues
  • Use PRINCE2™ project terminology

Intended Audience

This course is intended for people working in a PRINCE2™ project environment who need to understand the terminology and the processes of PRINCE2™ projects.

Course Outline

The course includes modules on:

Projects and the Business

  • Projects, Programmes and Management
  • Differentiating Success from Glorious Failure
  • Stakeholders and Business Influences
  • The Business Case and Project Definition
  • Role of the Project Board

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Project Methodologies and Processes

  • What is a Methodology and How Does it Help?
  • PRINCE2™ Processes
  • PRINCE2™ Components

Developing and Refining the Plan

  • Project Scope – the Product Breakdown Structure
  • Identifying the Task Dependencies
  • Effort Estimating; PERT and Critical Path Analysis
  • Network Analysis
  • Resource Scheduling
  • What-if Analysis
  • Contingency - Your Life-Saver

Project Resources

  • The Project Manager
  • What do they Do?
  • What Skills are Required?
  • The Team vs. the Individual
  • Delegation and Managing the Team

Controlling the Project

  • Basic Administration – Minimum Requirements for Control
  • Managing the Baseline
  • Milestones and Stage Boundaries
  • Status Updating
  • Costs and Effort
  • Managing Risk
  • Managing Change – the Achilles Heel
  • Closing the Project

Project Reporting

  • The Communications Plan
  • Highlight Reports

What’s Included

  • Delegate handout pack and workbook

Your Instructor

All WPM’s instructors are practising Project Managers, with many years experience in managing projects of all sizes.

Benefits

Delegates adopt a structured approach to planning a project, emphasising the importance of project control as a means to contain cost and to remain within timescale.

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