PRINCE2 Processes I: Starting, Directing and Initiating

The first three PRINCE2 processes in depth: the process model and management levels, the project mandate and pre-project, starting up a project (appointing the executive and project manager, capturing previous lessons, designing the team, the outline business case, project approach, project brief and initiation stage plan), directing a project through management by exception and its authorizations, and initiating a project (tailoring, the PRINCE2 7 management approaches, project controls with nested tolerances, the project plan, the detailed business case and the PID), with roles, tailoring for small, agile and program contexts, and a capstone from mandate to authorized project with exam strategy.

PRIN-140 12 lessons · 5 h 3 min

Offered by HSM University · PRINCE2 Prep

This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.

What you'll learn

Describe the seven PRINCE2 processes, the levels of management that own them and how they map to the project lifecycle
Explain the role of the project mandate and the business layer, and why pre-project work should be limited to deciding whether to initiate
Carry out the first activities of starting up: appointing the executive and project manager, capturing previous lessons and designing the project management team
Prepare an outline business case and project product description, select a project approach and assemble a project brief
Plan a proportionate initiation stage and assemble the request to initiate
Explain how the project board directs through management by exception, the five activities of directing and event-driven decisions
Apply the board's decision logic when authorizing initiation, the project, a stage or an exception plan, and when giving ad hoc direction
Agree tailoring requirements and prepare consistent management approaches in initiation, including the PRINCE2 7 commercial, digital and data and sustainability approaches
Set up project controls with nested tolerances, create a project plan and refine the business case
Assemble and check the project initiation documentation and explain how it is used during delivery and at closure
Allocate responsibilities for the early products and tailor the early processes for small, agile and program contexts
Take a project from mandate to authorization and reason through exam-style questions on the early processes

Course content

12 lessons · 5 h 3 min total · final exam

1 The PRINCE2 process model 26 min · quiz
2 Before the project: the mandate and pre-project 26 min · quiz
3 Starting up a project I: people and lessons 26 min · quiz
4 Starting up a project II: the outline business case, project approach and brief 25 min · quiz
5 Planning the initiation stage 25 min · quiz
6 Directing a project I: the project board's role and decisions 24 min · quiz
7 Directing a project II: authorizations, ad hoc direction and escalation 26 min · quiz
8 Initiating a project I: tailoring and management approaches 25 min · quiz
9 Initiating a project II: controls, the project plan and the refined business case 25 min · quiz
10 The project initiation documentation 25 min · quiz
11 Roles and tailoring across the early processes 25 min · quiz
12 Capstone: from mandate to authorized project, with exam strategy 25 min · quiz
E Final exam 20 questions

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.