PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Blended (inc exams)

Overview

Those delegates who wish to take both PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner can choose to take QA’s blended offering. It comprises of the QA PRINCE2 Foundation eLearning and the PRINCE2 Practitioner two-day workshops.

This eLearning package comprising:

eLearning

• The QA-authored PRINCE2 eLearning module

Exam package

• Official PRINCE2 manual (hard copy)
• Passing the PRINCE2 Examinations ISBN-13: 9780113311903
• PRINCE2 Pocketbook ISBN-13: 9780113311996
• Access to a PRINCE2 expert throughout the duration of the programme via email
• Practice examination
• PRINCE2 Foundation examination taken at a QA location
• Please allow up to 7 working days from payment confirmation to receiving the courseware pack provided with your product

This accredited eLearning course provides participants with a thorough grounding in PRINCE2. Written by QA’s own skilled lecturers with extensive experience in the practical application of project management, the course includes support and examination practice during the eLearning experience.

Viewing the PRINCE2 Foundation eLearning product and attempting all the exercises that we recommend will take approximately 8 – 10 hours with some additional reading. Throughout the online tutor also provides references for recommended reading and as everyone learns at different paces, this study duration is guidance only -   but that is not to say you can’t do it as many times as you like within your twelve month period!

For the online version, upon booking their course, candidates will receive a QA Unique Access Key (UAK) and receive  their course material to begin the programme. Candidates will be able to use our own on-line tests and will be able to test what has been learnt and review recorded scores. During this period the candidate will have access to the QA subject matter expert by email. Upon successful completion of the on-line test the candidate take the foundation exam and upon successul completion will attend a classroom-based Practitioner course below.

If you only require PRINCE2 Foundation eLearning please click here.

Please be aware, this course also provides 35 Hours of Contact Education/Professional Development Units towards PMI PMP certification/re-certification

The Practitioner is the second of the two PRINCE2 examinations you are required to pass to become a PRINCE2 Practitioner. This is a two-day course for those who have already passed the PRINCE2:2009 Foundation exam.

To attend this course you must have already passed PRINCE2 Foundation exam.

If you have already attended the PRINCE2 Foundation please take approx 20 hours of time to look through your PRINCE2 Foundation materials before attending, so that you are fully prepared to have the best chance of passing the examination.

To book on this PRINCE2 Practitioner course, delegates must provide details of their PRINCE2 – 2005 or PRINCE2:2009 Foundation exam results.

Please note: You must bring signed photo ID with you on any APMG exam (passport, driving licence, student card) as you will be asked to produce it by the invigilator prior to the exam.  You must also be familiar with the APMG Terms and Conditions of Certification which can be found here on the APMG International website.

Course Outline

The first day of this course covers detailed exam scenarios and sample questions, on the second day delegates sit the exam at 13:00.

Day One

During the first day the participants will be given exam scenarios and questions similar to those they will face in the practitioner exam. Each question session will be preceded by an overview of the question topic(s) covering the main points of the process, activities or theme being tested.
This will be a structured day offering opportunities for practitioner exam candidates to try out different styles of exam questions. The event manager will provide help and support throughout this time. It will be expected that candidates supplement the learning from day 1 of the course by completing personal study in the evening.

Day Two (Delegates sit exams at 13:00)

This examination is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to apply PRINCE2:2009 to the running and managing of a project within an environment supporting the method. To this end they need to exhibit the competence required for the Foundation qualification, and show that they can apply and tune PRINCE2:2009 to address the needs and problems of a specific project scenario, specifically, candidates must be able to:

• Produce detailed explanations of all processes, activities and themes, and worked examples of all PRINCE2:2009 products as they might be applied to address the particular circumstances of a given project scenario.
• Show they understand the relationships between processes, activities, themes and PRINCE2:2009 products and can apply this understanding.
• Demonstrate that they understand the reasons behind the processes, components and techniques of PRINCE2:2009  and that they understand the principles underpinning these elements.
• Demonstrate their ability to tune PRINCE2:2009 to different project circumstances.

Please note: The last day finishes at 4pm

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