The PRINCE2 Principles
An independent, in-depth study of the seven PRINCE2 principles: why principles are universal, self-validating and empowering, continued business justification with forward-looking appraisal and benefits tolerance, learning from experience, roles, responsibilities and relationships, management stages, tolerances on the seven performance targets, product-based planning, tailoring versus PRINCE2 in name only, the principles working together and in agile, small, public-sector, program and commercial contexts, comparisons with the PMBOK Guide and agile, and a capstone principles health check.
PRIN-110 12 lessons · 5 h 28 min
Offered by HSM University · PRINCE2 Prep
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain what makes a PRINCE2 principle universal, self-validating and empowering, and why all seven must be applied
- Apply continued business justification using forward-looking appraisal, benefits tolerance and the sunk cost test
- Seek, record, prioritize and act on lessons, and pass them on through lessons reports
- Design a project management team that represents business, user and supplier interests with clear accountability
- Choose management stages and boundaries based on planning horizon, risk and key commitments
- Set tolerances on the seven performance targets and recognize forecast breaches that require escalation
- Plan from products using product descriptions with measurable quality and acceptance criteria
- Tailor PRINCE2 to a project's context, record tailoring decisions and distinguish legitimate tailoring from PRINCE2 in name only
- Trace how the seven principles interact on a project, especially when handling an exception
- Apply the principles in agile, small, public-sector, program and commercial contexts in Canada and the US
- Compare the PRINCE2 principles with the PMBOK Guide, the Agile Manifesto, Scrum and ISO 21502
- Carry out and report a principles health check of a troubled project with prioritized recommendations
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 28 min total · final exam
- 1 What principles are and why PRINCE2 has them 27 min · quiz
- 2 Ensure continued business justification 26 min · quiz
- 3 Learn from experience 27 min · quiz
- 4 Define roles, responsibilities and relationships 27 min · quiz
- 5 Manage by stages 29 min · quiz
- 6 Manage by exception 28 min · quiz
- 7 Focus on products 29 min · quiz
- 8 Tailor to suit the project 26 min · quiz
- 9 The principles applied together 29 min · quiz
- 10 The principles in different contexts 28 min · quiz
- 11 The principles compared with other approaches 24 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a principles health check of a troubled project 28 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
An independent, in-depth study of the seven PRINCE2 principles: why principles are universal, self-validating and empowering, continued business justification with forward-looking appraisal and benefits tolerance, learning from experience, roles, responsibilities and relationships, management stages, tolerances on the seven performance targets, product-based planning, tailoring versus PRINCE2 in name only, the principles working together and in agile, small, public-sector, program and commercial contexts, comparisons with the PMBOK Guide and agile, and a capstone principles health check.