PRINCE2® 7 Practitioner Course

What does the course cover?

Candidates need to exhibit the competence that was required for them to pass their PRINCE2® Foundation qualification, and additionally show that they can apply and tune PRINCE2® to address the needs and problems of a specific project scenario.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• demonstrate a wider appreciation of PRINCE2 skills and know-how and apply this in a realistic context,
• tailor best practice in response to different project circumstances,
• efficiently navigate the PRINCE2 7 Official Book,
• analyze scenarios and assess what courses of action would be effective and appropriate in accordance with PRINCE2 best practice,
• begin to apply the PRINCE2 method to your own projects,
• and complete the PRINCE2 Practitioner examination.

Throughout the course you will be looking at the exam and see how the marks are made up with the different learning outcomes.

Learning outcome 1

Learning outcome 1 is to analyse the application of PRINCE2 principles in context.

Here is a summary of the principles:

• Ensure continued business justification,
• Learn from experience,
• Define roles, responsibilities, and relationships,
• Mange by stages,
• Mange by exception,
• Focus on products,
• Tailor to suit the projects.

Learning outcome 2

The second learning outcome is to apply effective people management in successful projects. Learning outcome 2 is divided into two parts. The first part demonstrates an understanding of how to assess whether approaches to leadership and management of both teams and change within a project are appropriate.

The second part demonstrates:

• An ability to apply the approach to the following:
  • Communications
  • People central to the method
• Apply the key management products required to support the people elements of the project:
  • Communication management approach
  • Change management approach.

  Learning outcome 3

  The third learning outcome is to apply and tailor relevant aspects of PRINCE2 practices in context. Learning outcome 3 is divided into two parts.

  The first part demonstrates an understanding of these specific elements for each PRINCE2 practice:

  • Business case: benefits management approach and business case, roles and responsibilities, outputs, outcomes, benefits, and dis-benefits.
  • Organizing: communication management approach, project management team structure.
  • Quality: product and project product description, quality management approach, quality register, quality planning, control, and assurance.
  • Plans: project plan, stage plan, exception plan, team plan, and PRINCE’2 recommended approach to planning, defining, and analysing the products.
  • Risk: risk management approach, risk register, recommended roles and responsibilities, and risk management procedure.
  • Change: control approach, configuration item record, issue register and report, product status account, issue, and change control procedure.
  • Progress: checkpoint report, daily log, end project report, end stage report, exception report, highlight report, lessons log, work package, tolerances, and raising exceptions.

  The second part of learning outcome 3 demonstrates an ability to assess the following points, in relation to each PRINCE2 process:

  • The PRINCE2 principles.
  • The effective management and associated techniques of the practice.
  • Tailoring to the project’s environment / context.

  Learning outcome 4

  Learning outcome 4 is to apply and tailor relevant aspects of PRINCE2 processes in context. Learning outcome 4 is divided into two parts.

  The first demonstrates an understanding of the following points, in relation to each PRINCE2 process:

  • The activities, inputs, and outputs
  • Recommended roles and responsibilities
  • How the practices may be applied

  The second part demonstrates an ability to assess the following points, in relation to each PRINCE2 process:

  • The environment/context
  • The PRINCE2 practices
  • The purpose and objectives of the process.

Is the course right for me?

The PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification is intended for:

• project managers,
• and aspiring project managers.

It is also relevant to other key staff involved in the design, development and delivery of projects, including:

• project board members (e.g. senior responsible owners),
• team managers (e.g. product delivery managers),
• project assurance (e.g. business change analysts),
• project support (e.g. Project and Programme Office personnel),
• and operational line managers/staff.

Exam format

The PRINCE2 Practitioner learning and examination is intended to assess whether a candidate can apply and tailor the PRINCE2 project management method.
A successful Practitioner candidate should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying the method to a real project but may not be sufficiently skilled to do this appropriately for all situations.

Their individual project management expertise, the complexity of the project and the support provided for the use of PRINCE2 in the work environment will all be factors that impact what the Practitioner can achieve.

The PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam format is as follows:

• Objective testing
• 70 questions
• 42 marks or more required to pass (out of 70 available) – 60%
• Two-and-a-half hours (150 minutes) duration, no additional reading time
• Open-book examination (only the official PRINCE2® Manual)
• Take your exam online with ProctorU, find out more on our exams page

Why study with Training Bytesize?

As experts in delivering project management training through a range of study styles, your success is key to our success. We understand how people learn, we know how to train people to pass exams, we employ the best trainers and specialise in small class sizes to help you get the best from your investment. So, if you’re looking to enhance your project management skills and ensure you pass first time, Training ByteSize is a name you can trust.

As a family run business, project and programme management training is in our blood, and so is innovation. Our founders have been part of the industry since the 1990’s, specifically founding Key Skills and developing the world’s first accredited e-learning course for PRINCE2.

Today we are proud to continue with world firsts; with second generation Victoria at the helm, she had led Training ByteSize to ensure were the first company to develop and deliver e-learning options for accredited courses including Business Analysis Foundation, ITIL4, and AgilePM.  When we say we’re experts in project management training, we really do mean it.