APMP for PRINCE2® Practitioners

Overview

“I kept six honest serving men,
They taught me all I knew,
Their names are Why and What and When,
And How and Where and Who.”

The Elephant Child by Rudyard Kipling

Project Management methodologies, of which PRINCE2 is the paradigm, offer the Project Manager tried and tested structure and guidance in support of why, what, when, where and who...with one notable exception, PRINCE2 offers very limited guidance on ‘How’, in that there are no detailed project management tools and techniques covered as part of the method. This is the remit of the APMP for PRINCE2 Practitioners course and examination.

This intensive 3 day course provides delegates with comprehensive training to prepare them for the APMP examination (based on the APM Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition). It accredits the prior learning that a PRINCE2 Practitioner has attained by taking out of the examinable syllabus all of the topics that have already been assessed within the PRINCE2  Practitioner Exam. The course will enable delegates to understand all elements of the APMP syllabus, get to grips with the specific examination language, and learn strategies and tactics for approaching the examination. Examination practice and feedback is included in the workshop.

This course combines presentations with individual and group practice of examination questions. Delegates will have the opportunity to raise and address examination topics of personal concern and will be expected to undertake some evening work at the end of the first two days. They will be provided with course reading and reference material to support their learning.

The attainment of accreditations offered by professional bodies such as the Association for Project Management (APM) is increasingly seen as a recognised indicator of competence in project management. Delegates sit the APMP for PRINCE2 examination on the last afternoon of the course. This examination has been shortened to two hours (standard APMP is 3 hours) and with fewer questions to answer as questions covered by PRINCE2 are no longer examinable.

Prerequisites

• For people with up to two years’ project management experience. This course is suitable for project managers and aspiring project managers. Ideally will have some experience of working in a project environment and have a basic understanding of project management issues.
• This is an intensive 3 day course and delegates will be expected to undertake at least 15 hours pre-course work in order to be fully prepared for the workshop.
• Candidates must be current (within the last 5 years) PRINCE2 Practitioners. It is also essential that you provide proof of your PRINCE2 Practitioner status such as your certificate, or candidate number which will be checked prior to you being allowed to sit the shortened examination.
• You must bring signed photo ID with you on exam days (passport, driving licence, student card) as you will be asked to produce it by the invigilator prior to the exam.

Delegates will learn how to

• Understand all of the concepts, techniques and processes in the APMP for PRINCE2  Practitioners syllabus
• Adopt the best approach to the APMP examination
• Answer essay-type questions on the APMP syllabus

Course outline

Project Management in Context

• Project management
• Programme management
• Portfolio management
• Project context

Planning and Project Strategy

• Planning and Project success & benefits management
• Stakeholder management
• Health, safety and Environmental management

Executing the Strategy

• Scope management
• Scheduling
• Resource management
• Budgeting and cost management
• Earned value management

Techniques

• Requirements management
• Estimating

Business and Commercial

• Procurement
• Project life cycles

Organisation and Governance

• Organisation Structure
• Governance of project management

People and Profession

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Conflict management
• Negotiation

Examination Guidelines

• Examination structure
• list’, ‘state’, ‘describe’ ‘explain’ meanings
• Question structure
• Group and individual examination practice