PRINCE2 TM is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce. BPUG Workshops at Project Challenge are supported by: APMP for PRINCE2 TM Practitioners By Graham Williams APMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner

 Definitions (APM, APMP, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Practitioner)  Why write the book? (Business Case)  What’s in the book? (Product Description)  What’s next? (Post-Project Review Plan)

 Association for Project Management  A UK Registered Charity  Mission “To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit”  At the heart of APM is the APM Body of Knowledge – 52 knowledge areas required to manage ant successful project  Not to be confused with the APM Group

 A knowledge based project management qualification (3 hour written exam)  Covers 37 knowledge areas from the APM Body of Knowledge  Assesses a candidate’s breadth of knowledge in all areas of project management, from strategic and commercial implications, to technical, organisational, and people management skills  For people with up to two years project management experience

 A structured method for effective project management  Recognised as a world-class international product that embodies many years of good practice in project management  Consists of a Process Model, 8 Components, 3 Techniques and supporting “management products”  A Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC)  Published by TSO

 An exam that measures whether a candidate would be able to apply PRINCE2 to the running and managing of a project within an environment supporting PRINCE2 (3 hour Objective Test Exam)  Candidates need to show that they can apply and tune PRINCE2 to address the needs and problems of a specific project  Candidates need to have passed the PRINCE2 Foundation Exam (1 hour Multi-Choice exam)

The Business Case

 PRINCE2 provides the recepie for a successful project  APMP provides the skills and techniques needed for a successful project  Would you try to create a recepie from the Elbulli or Fat Duck Restaurants – without the necessary skills and techniques?  BOTH PRINCE2 AND APMP

PRINCE2APMP  Circa.150,000 PRINCE2 Practitioners worldwide  Nearly 2,000 PRINCE2 Practitioner Exams taken each month in the UK alone  16,500 members in total  Conclusion?  There have to be lots of PRINCE2 Practitioners trying to follow a recipe, but without the necessary skills and techniques

 Do nothing  Write a study guide for the APMP  Write a study guide for the APMP but aimed at PRINCE2 Practitioners

 Costs ◦ Authoring ◦ Reviewing ◦ Printing  Benefits ◦ Better skilled project management staff ◦ Improved project outcomes ◦ Supports the aims of both OGC and APM  Risks ◦ Support from APM? ◦ Dominance of PRINCE2?

Product Description

 To provide candidates for the APMP exam with a single source of reference material covering all aspects of the APMP Syllabus, aligned to the PRINCE2 method  To enable PRICE2 Practitioners to expand their project management knowledge to cover all topics within the APMP syllabus  To provide a basic level study guide to enable candidates familiar with PRINCE2 to prepare for the APMP exam

 Introduction  Project Management Context  Business Case  Organisation  Planning  Controls  Risk Management  Quality Management  Configuration Management  Change Control & Issue Management  Stakeholder Management  Procurement  People Management  Exercise Solutions

 PRINCE2™ (2005)  APMP Syllabus  BS6079 – Project Management  Other APMP publications such as: ◦ Contract Strategy for successful project management, ◦ GoPM ◦ Starting Out in Project Management

 Main Text – Graham Williams  Exercise Solutions – David Atkinson  Lead Reviewer – Peter Simon  Reviewers – Association for Project Management and a selection of BPUG members

 Does the book conform to the principles of PRINCE2?  Does it explain the APMP jargon-free?  Does the book match completely to the APMP Syllabus learning objectives  Does the book enable PRICE2 Practitioners to expand their project management knowledge to cover all topics within the APMP syllabus?  Does the book provide a basic level study guide to enable candidates familiar with PRINCE2 to prepare for the APMP exam?

Post-Project Review

 Launch is today  Potential applications: ◦ Existing APMP Training Companies ◦ Existing PRINCE2 Training Companies ◦ Private study  Which will lead to: ◦ Increased take up of APMP and APM membership ◦ Better rounded Project Managers

Best Practice User Group™ aims to be the official user group of choice for programmes, projects and risks. Our mission: To help users adopt, use, share and shape the application of OGC PPM Products