Prince2 Training

PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is the UK's de facto standard for project management. It offers a generic, best practice approach for managing all types of projects. PRINCE2 has been widely adopted and adapted by public and private sectors, and there is a rapidly growing international interest. The Registered PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification is internationally recognised.  It is derived from the earlier PRINCE technique, which was initially developed in 1989 by the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) as a UK Government standard for information technology (IT) project management; however, it soon became regularly applied outside the purely IT environment. PRINCE2™ was released in 1996 - it is now the de facto methodology in the UK, and is the internationally recognised methodology for best practice in practical project management. PRINCE2™ is in widespread use throughout the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Japan, South Africa, and is rapidly growing in France, Germany, USA, Finland and Sweden. The number of people studying PRINCE2™ is doubling every year.  

The most current revision was released in 2005 by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which has replaced the CCTA. The name "PRINCE2™ " is a Registered Trade Mark of the OGC

Courses

Pre-requisites - no pre-requisites for attending the Foundation course, although a basic knowledge of working on projects would be an advantage.

Delegates wishing to take the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination MUST have first passed the Foundation examination (our pass mark for which is 100%

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Prince2 Foundation (3 Days)

Held on the third day (usually Wednesday) of the PRINCE2™ course. This is a 1-hour, closed book, multiple choice examination consisting of 75 questions, of which 38 must be answered correctly in order to pass. This exam tests the delegate’s knowledge of the TERMINOLOGY used in PRINCE2™

The Foundation is the first of the two PRINCE2™ Examinations you are required to pass to become a PRINCE2™ Practitioner, and is marked that day by the course tutor – delegates are given their marks that day.

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™

• 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

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Prince2 Practitioner (5 days)

The Practitioner is the second of the two PRINCE2™ Examinations you are required to pass to become a PRINCE2™ Practitioner. Delegates MUST have first passed the Foundation examination prior to taking the Practitioner course. This level tests a delegate’s ability to APPLY the method to a given scenario. The Practitioner paper is a 3-hour, open book, formal examination consisting of three questions based around a given scenario. Each question is worth 50 marks and a score of 75 out of 150 is required to pass. This paper is sent to the APM Group for marking and can take between 8 – 12 weeks before the results are received.

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

• A scenario background and 3 questions
• Each of the 3 questions is worth 50 marks
• Overall score of 75 out of a possible 150 is required to pass
• Three hour duration
• Open-book examination (only paper-based reference material is allowed)

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About Datrix Training

Datrix Training Ltd began life in 2001 as a home based business, and started out with 3 employees delivering courses at clients’ premises. Today their head office is based in a purpose designed training and administration centre in the Leyland, Lancashire and they train over 100 people per week.

Datrix public courses take place at six other sites across the UK: London, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Haydock and Liverpool. In keeping with the same way they started, they still deliver many of their courses at there clients’ sites.

The quality of their training venues reflects the success and growth of their business, and their commitment to delivering a quality learning experience to all there customers.