PRINCE2 weekend training courses

Yes. Knowledge Train is an Accredited Training Organisation for PRINCE2. We gained our accreditation in 2006. Since then, we have helped tens of thousands of people to gain their PRINCE2 by providing instructor-led training.

Knowledge Train only hires the most experienced project management professionals and certified PRINCE2 trainers to help deliver our world-class PRINCE2 training.

Our instructor-led PRINCE2 training courses are taught by the best PRINCE2 trainers in the UK. Each is a training expert with years of experience working as project managers in a PRINCE2 context. They help us deliver a high quality of PRINCE2 training you won’t find elsewhere!

If you’d like to sit in on an instructor led virtual weekend PRINCE2 course and learn how we run our virtual training courses, give our team a call at +44 (0)207 148 5985, and we’ll find you a place on our next available PRINCE2 weekend course.

A weekend PRINCE2 course is ideal for individuals who prefer intensive learning experiences or need to quickly upskill for career advancement opportunities. Whether you’re a working professional looking to enhance your credentials or a student seeking to bolster your resume, the weekend PRINCE2 course offers a focused and efficient pathway to achieving your goals.

Furthermore, the weekend format enables participants to maintain a balance between their personal or professional commitments and their educational pursuits, making it a flexible and accessible option for learners from diverse backgrounds.

Weekend instructor-led PRINCE2 Foundation courses are best suited to:

• Project managers within a PRINCE2 project development team
• Anyone responsible for tasks that fall under project management but are directly accountable for the success or failure of a project.

Weekend instructor-led PRINCE2 Practitioner courses are best suited to:

• Apply the PRINCE2 method to the entire project lifecycle
• Tailor the PRINCE2 method to suit different projects.

This makes an instructor-led weekend PRINCE2 Practitioner course suitable for those wanting to work as PRINCE2 project managers and those who work closely with project managers such as:

• Operations managers
• Product managers
• Product Owners
• Business analysts.

PRINCE2 is updated regularly to align with the latest developments in project management best-practices.

The latest update to the core PRINCE2 publication was in 2023 – Managing Successful Projects PRINCE2 (7th edition).

This update brought with it a stronger emphasis on tailoring the methodology to the project’s needs, reflecting the shift in project management becoming a business-wide discipline.

You will need to renew your PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certifications after 3 years. All Foundation and Practitioner certifications issued on or before 30 June 2020 will have a renew by date of 1 July 2023.

Foundation certifications that have passed their renew by date will still be accepted as pre-requisites for further certification.

To keep your PRINCE2 certification up to date, you can choose any one of 3 ways provided by PeopleCert and AXELOS.

1. Retake the same exam before the renewal date.
2. Take further courses and certifications by attending another course and taking an exam within the same product suite before the renewal date.
3. From March 2023, renew your certification by collecting and logging Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points. See AXELOS for more details.
   There is also free membership for one month when you use your exam voucher.

All exam results and certifications are administered by PeopleCert.

PRINCE2 Foundation official exam results and digital certificate are issued within 1 working day of submitting your exam.

PRINCE2 Practitioner official exam results and digital certificate are issued within 3 working days of submitting your exam.

If you choose to attend an instructor-led weekend PRINCE2 Foundation or Foundation & Practitioner course, you will receive a digital copy of the PRINCE2 manual via email.

You can still elect to receive a hard copy of the PRINCE2 manual if you choose but must pay an additional fee.

If you’ve enrolled in an instructor-led weekend PRINCE2 course, we’ll provide introductory reading to help you familiarise yourself with basic terms and concepts before the course begins.

For the PRINCE2 Foundation course, pre-course reading should take no more than 4 hours. For the PRINCE2 Practitioner course, pre-course reading should take approximately 3 hours.

In our weekend instructor-led PRINCE2 training courses, your instructor may set aside time during training hours within which to take the exams.

However, you are not obligated to sit your PRINCE2 exams at this time and can book your exams whenever it is most convenient for you.

As a student of an instructor-led weekend PRINCE2 course, you’ll receive 2 official sample exams that match the style, form, and content of questions you will be asked in your live PRINCE2 exams.

Students of our instructor-led PRINCE2 weekend courses are also able to watch video recordings of earlier training sessions for later review.

If you choose to study through our instructor-led classroom PRINCE2 courses, our trainers will assign you homework. Typically, you can expect to be required to complete 2-3 hours of homework at the end of each day.

Homework includes reading assignments, quizzes, and other beneficial revision exercises.

The PRINCE2 Project Management Game is separate from our instructor-led weekend PRINCE2 courses. It is a game designed to help PRINCE2 students learn how to apply the PRINCE2 method on projects.

It uses a simulation of a fictional project and poses a series of dilemmas for the player (the project manager). The game can be completed in 3 hours and can be stopped and returned to later.

The game is included free of charge in the weekend instructor-led PRINCE2 Practitioner course.