PRINCE2 ™ Qualifications

As a PRINCE2 ™ User you can get certified. These certifications are recognised worldwide and are controlled by the APM Group under the Authority of the Office of Government Commerce who is the owner of PRINCE2 ™.

PRINCE2 ™ Foundation Certification

This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2 ™ method within a project environment supporting PRINCE2 ™. To this end they need to show they understand the principles and terminology of the method, specifically, candidates must be able to:

Describe the purpose and major content of all roles, the eight components, the eight processes and the sub-processes, and the techniques.
State which management products are input to and output from the eight processes.
State the main purpose, and key contents, of the major management products.
State the relationships between processes, deliverables, roles and the management dimensions of a project.

Format:

Multiple-choice
One hour duration
75 questions
38 correct answers are required to pass
Closed-book

PRINCE2 ™ Practitioner Certification

This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to apply PRINCE2 ™ to the running and managing of a project within an environment supporting PRINCE2 ™. To this end they need to exhibit the competence required for the Foundation qualification, and show that they can apply and tune PRINCE2 ™ to address the needs and problems of a specific project scenario, specifically, candidates must be able to:

Produce detailed explanations of all processes, components and techniques, and worked examples of all PRINCE2™ products as they might be applied to address the particular circumstances of a given project scenario.
Show they understand the relationships between processes, components, techniques and PRINCE2 ™ products and can apply this understanding.
Demonstrate that they understand the reasons behind the processes, components and techniques of PRINCE2 ™, and that they understand the principles underpinning these elements.
Demonstrate their ability to tune PRINCE2 ™ to different project circumstances.

Format:

9 questions, with a scenario background and appendices.
Each of the 9 questions is worth 40 marks.
An overall score of 180 out of a possible 360 is required to pass.
Three hour duration.
Open-book examination (only the PRINCE2 Manual is allowed).

Please note

At a minimum of three, maximum of five years after initial certification, registered Practitioners are required to sit and pass the Re-registration Examination in order to retain certification.

PRINCE2 ™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce