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Course Name: |
Managing Projects using Prince2 ฎ : |
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Description: |
This
training course teaches the disciplines, concepts and techniques in
project management, using the
Prince2 framework and terminology. It
will involve a progressive project simulation, involving syndicate
workshops and interactive sessions.
The
course does not just teach the
Prince2 methodology - it also teaches
the principles, concepts, practices and skills necessary to
execute a Project Management process or to mange a project, using
the terminology and structure of
Prince2.
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Course Duration |
5 days - normally run in-house by companies using a
Prince2 based method.
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Intended for (who) |
All disciplines who will interact with the project
management process or share responsibility for delivering elements
of projects. Project, programme managers, planning analysts and
project office staff.
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Course objectives: |
To demonstrate the Prince lifecycle and framework
of project management and to show how it interacts with the
technical / product development lifecycle
To teach all skills necessary to define, estimate, plan and
control a project
To demonstrate how to establish and execute a Project Management
process |
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Session: |
Session aim/ objectives / purpose / benefits
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Starting a Project: |
Critical importance of early stages: how to
improve information and its downstream use
Requirements Management: improving capture & analysis; dealing
with assumptions & risk
Product & Work Breakdown Structure: its role in definition and
execution
Budget Establishment
Key Roles & responsibilities & the Project Management Plan
Mobilisation critical importance of organisation
Defining planning structures and processes: Top down v- bottom
up plans? |
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Defining a Project: |
Developing the Business Case and PID
Basic forms of estimating & why they are typically wrong'
Principles of improved estimating & how to improve estimates
Effective, simple and powerful techniques, e.g. Delphi |
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Managing Risk: |
Improving risk identification
How to reduce risk systematically & integrating risk into
mainstream
processes
Improving risk management and control |
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Scheduling and Resource Management:
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Integrating the outputs of the planning process
Developing plans that improve technical control
Constructing and analysing network based plans
Resource allocation, analysis and scheduling
Using milestone and master plans etc |
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Control Stages and Execution: |
Finalising the Baseline Plan & integrating risk
Gates - project level and control' level
Controlling a stage
Managing stage boundaries
Progress measurement and maintaining plans
Performance Management Earned Value Management,
Wider
measures of performance that enhance control
Issue Management and Acceptance of Deliverables
Managing stage boundaries
Managing and incorporating change |
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Communication & teamworking: |
Professional teamworking what is it?
How to encourage appropriate behaviours
Project organisation its effects on teamworking
Communication challenges and risks on projects
Using plans to
communicate objectives
Key inter-personal skills for project teams members
Developing more effective team environments
Positive teamworking skills and behaviours
Leadership and project teams
Bringing this all together tools of teamworking |
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After attending this course: |
You
will be able to manage projects effectively using Prince 2 |
