PRINCE2® stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments. It is derived from PROMPTII in 1975 which was originally for IT projects. Then adopted by OGC (Office of Government Commerce) in 1979. PRINCE2® is a process-based approach for project management providing an easily tailored and scaleable method for the management of all types of projects. The method is the de-facto standard for project manag
ement in the UK and is practiced worldwide. The benefits of using PRINCE2®
* Identifies management, specialist and quality Products/Deliverables and helps ensure that they are produced on time and to budget; focuses attention on the quality of Products/Deliverables;
* Separates the management and specialist aspects of Organisation, Planning and Control;
* Facilitates controls at all levels;
* Makes the project’s progress more visible to management;
* Provides a communication medium for all project staff;
* Ensures that work progresses in the correct sequence;
* Involves senior management in the project at the right time and in the right place;
* Allows the project to be stopped and, if required, re-started completely under management control, at any time in the project’s life;
* It has a well established User Group dedicated to the support, promotion and strengthening of the method. If you want to become a Registered Practitioner, you must sit the Foundation Examination and then the Practitioner Examination, in that order. If you pass both examinations in the same week, you will receive a Practitioner Certificate but not a Foundation Certificate - as you cannot sit the Practitioner exam without first having passed the Foundation, it is not necessary to send a separate Foundation Certificate. THE FOUNDATION EXAM
The Foundation is the first of the two PRINCE2® Examinations you are required to pass to become a PRINCE2® Practitioner. This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2® method 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 eight components, the eight processes and the sub-processes, and the techniques.
* State which management products are input to, and output from the eight 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. Format
* Multiple-choice
* One hour duration
* 75 questions
* 38 correct answers are required to pass
* Closed-book
THE PRACTITIONER EXAM
This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to apply PRINCE2® to the running and managing of a project within an environment supporting PRINCE2®. To this end they need to exhibit the competence required for the Foundation qualification, and show that they can apply and tune PRINCE2® to address the needs and problems of a specific project scenario, specifically, candidates must be able to:
Produce detailed explanations of all processes, components and techniques, and worked examples of all PRINCE2® products as they might be applied to address the particular circumstances of a given project scenario. Show they understand the relationships between processes, components, techniques and PRINCE2® products and can apply this understanding. Demonstrate that they understand the reasons behind the processes, components and techniques of PRINCE2®, and that they understand the principles underpinning these elements. Demonstrate their ability to tune PRINCE2® to different project circumstances. Format
* 9 questions, with a scenario background and appendices.
* Each of the 9 questions is worth 12 marks.
* An overall score of 59 out of a possible 108 is required to pass.
* Two and half hour duration.
* Open-book examination (only the PRINCE2® Manual is allowed).
