Training Course: PRINCE2 for IT Project Management

Training Course Summary:

This course builds on the PRINCE2 Project Management methodology and provides training in the tools and techniques necessary to manage a successful IT project.

The focus is on the practicalities of how to achieve “on time and on budget” delivery of successful final Product to demanding end-users, using tools and methods within a PRINCE2 framework. Attendees of this course will learn how to select an appropriate software lifecycle, understand how to combine PRINCE2 methods with “best-of-breed” IT development techniques, define a build-strategy, perform realistic estimations and produce a working Project Plan to deliver the project’s Products. Core technologies addressed within the course for PMs include OO, UML, Test-tools, Estimation methods, Requirements Management, Acceptance Test design, Inspections and Extreme programming techniques.

Pre-Requisites:

Awareness of PRINCE2 and broad IT Project Management issues.

Who Should Attend:

The courses is suitable for Junior project managers or staff employed in team manager, project support and project assurance roles in a PRINCE2 environment who need to apply PRINCE2 to IT projects. The course is also suitable for experienced project mangers who require awareness of PRINCE2 within an IT environment.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Introduction to PRINCE2
PRINCE2 Process Model, Components, Techniques, Project Manager Toolkit

Software Development Lifecycles using PRINCE2
Waterfall, V-Model, Staged, XP, RUP & PRINCE2, DSDM and PRINCE2, CMM

Requirements Management
Functional / Non-Functional Requirements, Use Cases, Prototypes, Story Boards, MoSCoW Rules, Managing Change, Change Log

Implementation Strategies
Low-risk Development, Nail Driving, Inspections, Reviews, Four-Eyes

Organisation
Organisation, Project Board, Roles, Staffing, Resource Planning

Project Composition - Off-the-Shelf Packages
Evaluating the Options, Managing Updates, Integration effort

Initiating a Project
The PID, Communication , Leadership, Getting Buy-in

Quality in a Project Environment
PRINCE2 Quality Path, Quality Processes, Quality Planning, Configuration Control, Test Strategies & Design and Automation, Validation & Verification

Management of Risk
Risk Analysis, Risk Tolerance, Risk Management, Risk Log

Product Based Planning
Product Based Planning, Lifecycle Mapping, Resource Allocation and Scheduling, PBS, Gantt and Pert Charts, Task Planning, Reports and Costing

Estimating the Task
Estimation techniques, Analogue, Delphi, KLOCs, Function Points, CoComo, “Been There- Done That”, OO Estimation

Controlling a Stage + Managing Stage Boundaries
Defining Tolerances, Management and Monitoring Techniques, Management by Exception, When to Re-plan, Customer negotiations, Recovery techniques

Product Release
Planning for Delivery, Deployment Teams, Cut-over Techniques

Closure
Handover, Post Project Review