PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner weekend training course (London)
4-day course with PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner exams.
The PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification is essential for progressing in a project management career. If you’re busy at work, but need PRINCE2 for your career, you can now get fully PRINCE2 certified with this PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner weekend course in London.
Spread over 2 weekends, our dedicated trainers, high pass rates and small class sizes give you the best chance of success.
Features
There was a lot to learn on the course in a short space of time but the information was delivered really well and in a way that people of all abilities can understand.
Helen Bailey, Water Aid
Dates & prices
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Need training for your team?
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London venue
Knowledge Train, 14 Charterhouse SquareLondon, EC1M 6AX, UK
Details
Get PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certified in just 2 weekends!
This weekend course provides everything you need to help you achieve both your PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certifications - widely regarded as essential for managing projects using PRINCE2.
Benefits
There are some great benefits to studying for your PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner certification at weekends, including:
- You don’t lose money (if you’re a contractor)
- You don’t need to take time off work
- You’ll be traveling to and from the course when it isn’t so busy (nobody likes London during the weekday rush hour!)
- It takes less time than a normal weekday course
- You have more time in between the Foundation and Practitioner parts to do further study and to reflect upon what you learned in the Foundation part.
Timings
Preparation
You’ll need to complete 7 hours of pre-course reading. This is available online.
Homework
Homework of 2 hours on each Saturday night will be set. Homework in between the 2 weekends might be up to 4-5 hours.
Timetable
This course lasts for 4 days (spread over 2 consecutive weekends). The course times are:
1st weekend
- Saturday: 09:30am - 17:00pm
- Sunday: 09:30am - 17:00pm
2nd weekend
- Saturday: 09:30am - 17:00pm
- Sunday: 09:30am - 16:00pm
Exam times
The PRINCE2 Foundation exam takes place on Sunday of the first weekend at 15:00pm.
The PRINCE2 Practitioner exam takes place on Sunday of the second weekend at 13:00pm.
Exams
Foundation exam
- Tests you on the terminology and concepts of the PRINCE2 methodology
- Exam time: 60 minutes
- Multiple-choice style: 60 questions
- Pass mark: 55% or more
- Closed-book exam (i.e. no reference materials are allowed during the exam)
- Knowledge Train pass rate since 2006: 99.5%. UK national average pass rate: 97%.
- Provisional results received same-day
- PeopleCert emails your official result and e-certificate after 3 business days
Practitioner exam
- Tests your ability to apply your PRINCE2 knowledge to a project scenario
- Exam time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Multiple-choice style: 68 questions
- Pass mark: 55% or more
- Open-book exam (i.e. you are allowed to have your own annotated copy of the PRINCE2 manual during the exam)
- Knowledge Train pass rate since 2012: 83%. UK national average pass rate: 73%.
- PeopleCert emails your official result and e-certificate after 3 business days
Structure
During this weekend course, you’ll learn about the PRINCE2 approach to projects – its principles, themes, processes, and techniques. By the end of the first Sunday you’ll be well prepared to sit the PRINCE2 Foundation exam.
The PRINCE2 Foundation part of the course (1st weekend) covers the following topics:
- Overview of PRINCE2
- PRINCE2 lifecycle
- Business case theme
- Organisation theme
- Quality theme
- Plans theme
- Risk theme
- Change theme
- Progress theme
- PRINCE2 processes
- PRINCE2 Foundation exam prep
- PRINCE2 Foundation exam
The PRINCE2 Practitioner part of the course (2nd weekend) covers the following topics:
- Tailoring and embedding PRINCE2
- PRINCE2 Practitioner exam practice
- PRINCE2 Practitioner exam techniques
- PRINCE2 Practitioner exam
What’s included?
- Online PRINCE2 pre-course preparation
- Training from an approved PRINCE2 trainer
- Exam preparation for both PRINCE2 exams
- PRINCE2 Foundation exam
- PRINCE2 Practitioner exam
- PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate (on passing the exam)
- 1 year AXELOS membership for free
- Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 - official manual
- Detailed PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner course notes
- Full colour PRINCE2 process model wall charts
- Sample PRINCE2 exams
- Guide to passing the PRINCE2 exams
- Refreshments
- Free wifi
PRINCE2 training at Knowledge Train
PRINCE2 training at Knowledge Train
Why choose us
Pass rates
Our weekend courses are designed and taught to give you the greatest chance of passing both your PRINCE2 examinations.
This is reflected in our weekend PRINCE2 Foundation exam pass rate of 99.5% (UK national average 97%) and our Practitioner exam pass rate of 83% (UK national average 73%).
Experience
We’re based in London and are accredited by PeopleCert to deliver PRINCE2 courses with exams. Since 2005, we’ve helped over 15,000 people gain professional PRINCE2 certification. Our experience means we know how to help you gain your certification too.
Materials
Based upon our experience, we know how to prepare you to sit both your PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner exams.
Our pre-course study materials have pinpointed the most essential aspects of the syllabus. This is a big advantage for you because you can prepare for the course in just 3-4 hours, instead of the 16+ hours required by many other PRINCE2 training providers.
Trainers
See the last section on this page for more details about our highly experienced and skilled trainers.
Reviews
142 customer reviews
The course has done with one more day so the pace could have been slightly slower but nevertheless it was good given time available.
Nick was very knowledgeable and accessible during the course assisting with any queries.
Rahielah Hussain, Disruptivevision Ltd
Rewa Walters
Daniel Morgan: how PRINCE2 helped me get the job
Related courses
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Foundation Courses
PRINCE2 2017 Foundation Course (weekday) (course code: P2F)
PRINCE2 2017 Foundation Course (weekend) (course code: P2FW)
PRINCE2 2017 Foundation Course (online) (course code: P2Fo)
Foundation & Practitioner Courses
PRINCE2 2017 Foundation & Practitioner Course (weekday) (course code: P2FP)
PRINCE2 2017 Foundation & Practitioner Course (online) (course code: P2FPo)
Practitioner Courses
PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner Course (weekday) (course code: P2P)
PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner Course (weekend) (course code: P2PW)
PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner Course (online)(course code: P2Po)
Agile Courses
PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Course (weekday) (course code: P2AG)
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Not decided yet?
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