PRINCE2 Foundation (PRINCE2) study guide
PRINCE2 Foundation · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) is an entry-level certification in the PRINCE2 project management method, offered by PeopleCert. According to PeopleCert, the certification teaches "the principles of a best-practice method, trusted by over 2M professionals worldwide," and is positioned as a way to "build a strong foundation for a career in project management." It suits aspiring and practising project managers, team members, and anyone who needs a shared vocabulary for managing projects in a controlled, stage-by-stage way, and it is commonly used as a stepping stone toward the Practitioner level. The PRINCE2 Foundation study guide has 4 sections and about 1,488 words.
01PRINCE2 Principles
PRINCE2 rests on seven principles: continued business justification , learn from experience , defined roles and responsibilities , manage by stages , manage by exception , focus on products , and tailor to the project environment . They are the defining characteristics of a PRINCE2 project - a project that does not apply all seven is not being run according to PRINCE2.
384 words, about 2 min02PRINCE2 Themes
The seven themes describe the aspects of project management that must be addressed continually: Business Case , Organization , Quality , Plans , Risk , Change , and Progress . Each theme answers a question - for example, Business Case asks "why?", Organization asks "who?", Quality asks "what are the quality requirements?", Plans asks "how, how much, when?", Risk asks "what if?", Change asks "what is the impact?", and Progress asks "where are we now, where are we going?".
377 words, about 2 min03PRINCE2 Processes
PRINCE2 has seven processes: Starting up a Project (SU) , Directing a Project (DP) , Initiating a Project (IP) , Controlling a Stage (CS) , Managing Product Delivery (MP) , Managing a Stage Boundary (SB) , and Closing a Project (CP) . DP runs in parallel with the others and is owned by the project board; the rest are the project manager's and team manager's domain.
374 words, about 2 min04PRINCE2 Project Environment and Tailoring
PRINCE2 is designed to be tailored to the project's environment. Tailoring is the deliberate adaptation of the method - its principles, themes, processes, roles and management products - to suit the project's scale, complexity, importance, capability and risk.
353 words, about 2 min