APMP for PRINCE2TM Practitioners
By Graham Williams
APMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner
BPUG Workshops at Project Challenge are supported by:
PRINCE2TM is a Trade Mark
of the Office of Government Commerce.
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Definitions (APM, APMP, PRINCE2, PRINCE2
Practitioner)
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Why write the book? (Business Case)
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What’s in the book? (Product Description)
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What’s next? (Post-Project Review Plan)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Circa.150,000 PRINCE2
Practitioners worldwide
Nearly 2,000 PRINCE2
Practitioner Exams taken each
month in the UK alone
APMP
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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
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Do nothing
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Write a study guide for the APMP
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Write a study guide for the APMP but aimed at
PRINCE2 Practitioners
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Costs
◦ Authoring
◦ Reviewing
◦ Printing
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Benefits
◦ Better skilled project management staff
◦ Improved project outcomes
◦ Supports the aims of both OGC and APM
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Risks
◦ Support from APM?
◦ Dominance of PRINCE2?
Product Description
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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
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Introduction
Project Management
Context
Business Case
Organisation
Planning
Controls
Risk Management
Quality Management
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Configuration
Management
Change Control &
Issue Management
Stakeholder
Management
Procurement
People Management
Exercise Solutions
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PRINCE2™ (2005)
APMP Syllabus
BS6079 – Project Management
Other APMP publications such as:
◦ Contract Strategy for successful project
management,
◦ GoPM
◦ Starting Out in Project Management
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Main Text – Graham Williams
Exercise Solutions – David Atkinson
Lead Reviewer – Peter Simon
Reviewers – Association for Project
Management and a selection of BPUG
members
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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
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Launch is today
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Potential applications:
◦ Existing APMP Training Companies
◦ Existing PRINCE2 Training Companies
◦ Private study
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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
www.usergroup.org.uk
0845 0548038
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