PRINCE2 2009

• Recognise the benefits of using a project management methodology Identify the characteristics of a project
• Recognise the benefits of the PRINCE2 methodology
• Recognise key principles of PRINCE2
• Identify the PRINCE2 themes Match PRINCE2 processes with corresponding project stages
• Project Organization, Planning and Risk (PRINCE2: 2009-aligned)
• Identify the purpose of project Organization
• Identify the products of the Organization theme
• Match PRINCE2 project management roles with corresponding responsibilities
• Identify the purpose of a Business Case
• Match PRINCE2 roles with corresponding responsibilities relevant to the Business Case
• Identify the recommended contents of a Business Case
• Differentiate between the different types of plans in a PRINCE2 project
• Dequence the steps for producing a PRINCE2 plan
• Recognise the benefits of product-based planning
•  Identify the purpose of the Risk theme
• Identify the definition of risk tolerance
• Identify key activities related to the steps in the risk management procedure

Project quality, change and progress

• Match the products of quality planning with their corresponding purposes
• Recognise the purpose of quality control in a PRINCE2 project
• Match roles related to the quality review technique with corresponding responsibilities
• Identify the objectives of the quality review technique
• Identify the purpose of the Change theme
• Identify the Project Board’s responsibilities regarding change control
• Match management products used for project control with corresponding definitions
• Order examples of the steps in the issue and change control procedure technique
• Recognise the reason for breaking a project into stages
• Identify the PRINCE2 principles that are supported by the Progress theme
• Recognise examples of tolerance
• Identify management products used to control a PRINCE2 project

Starting up, initiating and directing a project

• Identify the purpose of the Starting up a Project process
• Recognise how PRINCE2 principles are supported within the Starting up a Project process
• Match PRINCE2 roles with corresponding responsibilities within the activities of the Starting up a Project process
• Identify the purpose of the Directing a Project process
• Recognise how PRINCE2 principles are supported within the Directing a Project process
• Recognise the objectives of the Directing a Project activities
• Identify management products used in the Directing a Project process
• Identify the purpose of Initiating a Project process
• Identify the four management strategy documents created during the Initiating a Project process
• Match management products used in the Initiating a Project process with corresponding characteristics

Controlling, managing and closing a project

• Identify the purpose of the Controlling a Stage process
• Recognise how PRINCE2 principles are supported within the Controlling a Stage process
• Recognise key concepts associated with each of the activities of the Controlling a Stage process
• Recognise the purpose of the Managing a Stage Boundary process
• Recognise how PRINCE2 principles are supported within the Managing a Stage Boundary process
• Recognise key concepts associated with each of the activities of the Managing a Stage Boundary process
• Recognise the purpose of the Managing Product Delivery process
• Recognise how PRINCE2 principles are supported within the Managing Product Delivery process
• Recognise the objectives of the activities within the Managing Product Delivery process
• Recognise the purposes of the Closing a Project process
• Match the inputs to the Closing a Project process with descriptions of how they are used in the process

Tailoring PRINCE2 to a project environment

• Identify the definition of tailoring Identify the project type that is most easily
• tailored to PRINCE2 Identify activities that represent tailoring
• PRINCE2 Recognise the difference between a programme and a project
• Recognise which PRINCE2 activities take place at the programme level
• Identify whether management products would exist at the project or programme level
• Recognise how PRINCE2 would be tailored for a simple project
• Recognise how PRINCE2 themes are tailored within the customer/supplier environment
• Recognise how the customer/supplier environment affects tailoring PRINCE2 processes and management products