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PRINCE2 Project Board training is without doubt the most important in our PRINCE2 portfolio. So many organisations think that adopting PRINCE2 in the organisation means training their Project Managers. In reality, the Project Board is of vital importance in the successful implementation of PRINCE2.  But we must give a warning that these courses are quite hard hitting and we don't even try to 'pull our punches'.  Project Board members must face up to their responsibilities and the course faces delegates with the sort of management decisions that they will need to make on their projects.

The analogy we draw on the course is with senior managers in a department in an organisation.  Those managers are responsible for the department.  In the same way, the Project Board members must 'own' the project and take their responsibilities and decision making very seriously.

But we also show the power of PRINCE2 and how it is a genuine help in the project if understood properly and then used intelligently.  So many organisations have misunderstood PRINCE2 and think it is just some system of project documentation and proceed to use it that way.  A senior manager on an Inspirandum PRINCE2 Project Board course in a financial organisation commented afterwards ...

"significantly better than the one I attended at [major PRINCE2 training company named] 
which left me wondering what it was all about and thinking it was all
about the paperwork."

Two variants - including and excluding coverage of project planning

We show you the business justification for PRINCE2 and the very real power in this method. We offer two variants of this important course.

1. A one day course for Project Board members who are already familiar with product and activity project planning techniques.

2. A two day course for Project Board members who are not familiar with project planning techniques. This adds sessions on planning so that Project Board members will understand the techniques and be able to have a meaningful discussion with Project Managers, and approve plans.

Both the 1 day and 2 day events are held ‘in-company’ so that we can focus on your particular environment and your current projects. As with all our courses, it is led by an experienced PRINCE2 practitioner not someone who is only a trainer, so you get the benefit of PRINCE2 consultancy advice during the day(s) as well as coverage of the method.

suitable for

Any manager who already has a role on the Project Board for a PRINCE2 project, or who expects to take a role.  No previous knowledge of PRINCE2 is assumed - even for those already on boards!

  course length

The 1 day version of this course works through the timescale of a PRINCE2 project after first explaining the basics of the method.  It focuses on key points of involvement, responsibilities and Project Board decision making.

The 2 day version covers the same ground, but adds sessions on product and activity planning for board members who are not familiar with these techniques.  If board members are to have a meaningful dialogue with Project Managers and are to understand the plans they are agreeing to then they must be familiar with these approaches.

  content

introduction Why projects go wrong The business impacts of failure PRINCE2 background the key to successful PRINCE2  Starting Up a Project Roles and responsibilities Focus on Project Board roles The Project Brief Project justification - the Business Case and benefits realisation Types of benefit and avoiding 'benefits contamination' planning the project - Initiation  The planning approach The Project Initiation Documentation (PID) The big 'go / no go' decision Managing quality and project risk project stages PRINCE2 management stages - the major Project Board control Unambiguous progress monitoring Using tolerances Exception management - if something goes off track End stage decision making The 4 factors in control decisions project closure The final check Plans for benefits realisation after the project conclusion A summary of Project Board involvement in a PRINCE2 project The fulcrum to lever PRINCE2 into success So, does PRINCE2 really work? additional planning content for the 2 day course  product planning  Product Breakdown Structure Product Descriptions Product Flow Diagrams  activity planning  Precedence networks Undertstanding Critical Path Analysis (CPA) Gantt Charts and resource levelling  applying PRINCE2 to the project  Discussion on the practicalities of using PRINCE2 on specific projects

delivery

Delivered 'in-house' to focus clearly on your specific Project Board members and their projects.

adjustment

There is a need to explain the core of PRINCE2, and it is hard to discuss the method without first understanding what the method is and what it does. But after that there is some scope for adjusting the delivery to meet particular needs and interests. Please talk to us about your requirements.

booking and information

To find out more information and book an event for your organisation, please call or email, or use the contact us page on this site.

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