PRINCE2® (an acronym for PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a de facto process-based method for effective project management. Used extensively by the UK Government, PRINCE2® is also widely recognized and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. The PRINCE2® method is in the public domain, and offers non-proprietorial best practice guidance on project management.
Benefits of choosing the PRINCE2® Foundation certification are:
- Learn how to manage projects or to work in a project environment using the most internationally recognized project management method
- Ensure that team members focus on the viability of the project in relation to its business case objectives - rather than simply seeing the completion of the project as an end in itself
- Promote consistency of project work and the ability to reuse project assets while facilitating staff mobility and reducing the impact of personnel changes/handovers
- Design plans and reports to meet the needs of each level in the project team and Project Board, improving communication and control
- Mitigate perceived problems and issues and focus on the viability of the project throughout
- Evaluate the project portfolio to bring clarity and allow improvements in reviewing projects
- Globally recognized professional certification
- Approach to justify the start, continuation and closure of a project
- Identification and management of risks
- More effective planning approach based on stage by stage planning principles
- Processes and rules to control changes to the project and project deliverables
- Control mechanisms that facilitate progress monitoring
Who should take the PRINCE2® Foundation certification?
- New and experienced project staff
- Consultants/contract staff operating in a PRINCE2 environment
- Project Managers
- Programme Managers
- Team Managers and support staff
- Staff who will have a defined role within a project team operating in a PRINCE2 environment
- Anyone looking forward to gain proficiency in project management using PRINCE2® approach and PRINCE2® methodology and are willing to build a strong base in control mechanisms ensuring project work consistency can go for PRINCE2® Foundation certification
- PRINCE2® Foundation is the first move ahead towards becoming a PRINCE2® certified practitioner
Options
- Classroom training
- e-Learning access
Syllabus
The PRINCE2® Foundation examination is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2 methodology within a project environment supporting PRINCE2®.
To this end they need to show they understand the principles and terminology of the method, specifically, candidates must be able to
- Describe the purpose and major content of all roles, the seven principles, the seven themes and the seven processes
- State which management products are input to, and output from the seven processes
- State the main purpose, and key contents, of the major management products
- State the relationships between processes, deliverables, roles and the management dimensions of a project
Exam
- Multiple choice
- 75 questions per paper
- 5 questions to be trial and not counted in scores
- 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) - 50%
Duration of exam
1 Hour (60 minutes)
Prerequisite
The only prerequisite you will need is a general background knowledge and experience of project management. In that way you will be able to relate the specific terms and stages of the PRINCE2® methodology to your own personal experience
Certification Validity
The foundation examination is not valid for a defined period and will not expire.
