PRINCE2 ® Foundation + Practitioner Certification Course.

PRINCE2 ® certification is available at Foundation and Practitioner levels; these are accessed via one combined Foundation/Practitioner course, a Foundation Exam and an optional Practitioner Exam; total duration is 5 days. Passing the Foundation Exam is a pre-requisite for sitting the Practitioner Exam.

The course consists of a number of lessons that cover the official syllabus of PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner; it also includes a number of targeted exercises as well as individual and group activities. Unlike other training providers we do not provide separate foundation and practitioner courses, although sitting the practitioner exam is optional; this allows us to cover the topics at the practitioner level from the beginning rather than after completing a foundation course. We have found this to be a more effective structure also for delegates who only want to sit the foundation exam.

The fifth and last day of the course is dedicated to preparing and sitting both the Foundation Exam (in the morning) and the optional Practitioner Exam (in the afternoon).

The PRINCE2® Foundation Examination takes place on the morning of day 5 of the course.

• Multiple choice format
• 75 questions per paper, of which only 70 are marked
• 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) – 50%
• 60 minutes duration
• Closed book.

The PRINCE2® Practitioner Examination is optional and takes place on the afternoon of day 5 of the course. By passing the PRINCE2 practitioner exam a candidate becomes a registered practitioner for a period of 5 years.

• Scenario based (one scenario for the whole exam)
• Objective testing
• 8 questions per paper, 10 marks available per question
• 44 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 55%
• 2.5 hours duration
• Open book (restricted to the official manual only) examination.

There are no pre-requisites for attending the course and sitting the PRINCE2® Foundation Exam.

In order to be able to sit the PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam a candidate must have already passed one of the PRINCE2® Foundation exam.

• Programmes, Projects and Project Management
• PRINCE2 Principles, Structure and Benefits
• Getting organized
• Justifying the investment
• Products and Product-Based Planning
• Managing Quality
• Plans and the planning procedure
• Starting Up a Project (SU)
• Initiating a Project (IP)
• Directing a Project (DP)
• Dealing with change
• Controlling Progress
• Managing Risk
• Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)
• Controlling a Stage (CS) and Managing Product Delivery (MP)
• Closing a Project (CP)
• Governance and Assurance
• Tailoring PRINCE2®
• Preparing and sitting the PRINCE2® Foundation Exam
• Preparing and sitting the PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam

• Portfolio, Programme and Project Management
• Design and implementation of Project Management Methodologies based on PRINCE2® and Agile PM™.
• Design and implementation of a framework of Portfolio/Programme/Project Governance, including project assurance.
• Design, planning, development and delivery of training programmes
• Benefits modelling, benefits analysis and benefits planning
• Australian Computer Society (MACS - PCP)
• Australian Institute of Training and development (AITD)
• International Institute of Project Coaching (IIPC)
• PRINCE2® Practitioner, Trainer and Lead Trainer
• MSP® Advanced Practitioner and Trainer
• Managing Benefits™ Practitioner and Trainer
• Agile PM™ Practitioner and Trainer
• Agile BA™ Practitioner and Trainer
• BCS Business Analysis Foundation
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Scrum Master Certified and approved trainer

I am an accomplished Consultant, Trainer and Facilitator with more than 30 years’ experience.

Prior to joining ALC Education & Consulting, setting up my own training organization and acting as a freelance trainer with a number of Accredited Training Organizations I was a team member at the DET Program Office of the NSW Department of Education, where I established and managed the PRINCE2® training program.  This entailed developing all course materials and course management processes, procedures and organisation, establishing DET as a PRINCE2® Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) and providing PRINCE2® training to the department’s internal staff. I managed this initiative as a project in which we established, developed and managed the training programme;

I also acted as the Lead PRINCE2® Trainer and delivered PRINCE2® Overview, Foundation and Practitioner training courses to more than 500 DET staff. All this was accomplished while also contributing to the establishment of the DET Program Office, acting as project management, program management and benefits realisation management consultant for a number of projects and programs across the Department, acting as project manager and requirements analyst for the implementation of the departmental project management system (CA Clarity) and establishing a project assurance framework.

Prior to this I also acted as IT Governance Manager for the NSW Attorney General’s Department, where I established a system of IT Policies and Procedures, developed and implemented the department’s project management framework and acted as Programme Manager for a programme to implement IT Service Support based on the ITIL guidance.