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1. PRINCE2® 2017
Latest news in the most popular project
Management Method
Presenter: Branislav Gablas
PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA
PRINCE2 Agile, PMI-ACP,
Scrum, DSDM,

2. History of PRINCE2®
• Adopted in 1989 PROMPTII IN the CCTA
Environment – PRINCE
• (PRojects IN a Controlled Environment)
• 1996 – Major change – PRINCE2
• 2009 – present PRINCE2 version 5
• 2013 – from Cabinet Office to AXELOS
• 2017+ New PRINCE2 2017 introduced

3. PRINCE2® 2017 - timing
• January – Introduction of 2017 version
• March – Training of Trainers -
certifications
• March – official release of new manual
• Mid year – starting public trainings
• Second half 2017 dual trainings

4. PRINCE2® 2009
7
Principles
1. Continued
Business
Justification
2. Learn from
Experience
3. Defined Roles
and
Responsibilitie
s
7 Themes
1. Business case
2. Organization
3. Quality
4. Plans
5. Risk
6. Change
7. Progress
7 Processes
1. Starting up a
Project
2. Initiating a
Project
3. Directing a
Project
4. Controlling a
Stage
5. Managing
Product Delivery
6. Managing a Stage
Boundary
7. Closing a Project

5. PRINCE2® certification levels
Certification Levels Requirements
PRINCE2® Foundation NONE
PRINCE2® Practitioner PRINCE2® Foundation,
CAPM, PMP, IPMA A-D
PRINCE2® Professional PRINCE2® Practitioner
+ Experience
PRINCE2® Agile PRINCE2® Foundation,
CAPM, PMP, IPMA A-D

6. PRINCE2® 2017
certificates
PRINCE2® Foundation – valid lifetime
PRINCE2 Professional – valid lifetime
PRINCE2® Practitioner – version 2009 – valid 5 years
- version 2017 – valid 3 years

7. PRINCE2® Practitioner
Re-certification
a) retake the full Practitioner exam at the end of
the three years to remain current. OR
b) Have an active subscription to PRINCE2
Membership each year AND
c) Complete the required 45 CPD points within
the three years

8. PRINCE2® 2017 - manual
• the themes chapters have been restructured
• clarity on the link between the themes and
principles
• specific examples of tailoring
• the practical application of guidance, with
numerous examples, hints, and tips
• specific guidance on agile adoption, direct
reference, where relevant, to PRINCE2 Agile

9. PRINCE2® 2017 - manual
• identify the minimum requirement for a
PRINCE2 project
• selective, but optimum use of PRINCE2’s
elements to suit the scale of the project
• Languages – Dutch, German, Polish, French,
Danish, Norwegian, Italian (later after
launch)

10. PRINCE2® 2017 - Exams
PRINCE2 Foundation
• elements that are not part of the core have
been removed (such as configuration
management)
• reducing the number of negative and list
questions
• reducing the number of questions from 75
to 60

11. PRINCE2® 2017 - Exams
PRINCE2 Practitioner
• test candidates on all parts of the PRINCE2 method
• number of questions about management
products has been reduced
• reducing the amount of ‘additional information’
needed to answer the questions
• removing assertion reason and multiple
response questions
• reducing the number of marks to 75

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