PRINCE2TM is a Trade Markof the Office of Government Commerce.

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APMP for PRINCE2TM 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

PRINCE2 APMP

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

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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