PRINCE2® Practitioner

Gerry Steinhauer is an accredited and highly experienced Project Management Trainer. He specialises in Project Management Training, Agile Development Training, NLP Block Busting, Programme and Portfolio Management Support and Mentoring, Business and Personal Life Breakthrough Coaching. He has experience in developing frameworks that link the methodology with PRINCE2® in order to provide seamless projects and application development environments.

His current work involves working as the Director and Founder of Xplain Training, where he teaches Project and Programme Management and Agile Development as he has been actively involved in these fields for over 40 years. He has also pursued a variety of other specialist areas including NLP which have all combined to give him a unique skill set of which he often applies when delivering training.

AXELOS is a leading awarding body in the United Kingdom that develops, manages and operates qualifications in best practice and methodologies that are formerly owned by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Established in 2014, it has since earned a reputation for providing high quality support services for learning, employment and acquiring skills for life. A qualification from this awarding body will demonstrate a high level of expertise and is a guaranteed way to be a stand out candidate in the industry.

• Learners should be over the age of 19 and have a basic understanding of English language, ICT, literacy and numeracy.
• Learners must provide proof of having passed one of the following,

• PRINCE2 Foundation (5th or 6th edition)
• Project Management Qualification (PMQ)*
• Project Professional Qualification (PPQ)*
• Project Management Professional (PMP)**
• Project Management Professional (PMP)®**
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)**
• IPMA Level A® (Certified Projects Director)***
• IPMA Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)***
• IPMA Level C® (Certified Project Manager)***
• IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)***

*‘PMQ and PPQ’ are registered marks of the Association for Project Management

*‘PMQ’ is a registered mark of the Association for Project Management.

**'PMP and CAPM' are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

***‘IPMA Level A/B/C/D’ are registered trademarks of the International Project Management Association.

APM, PMI and IPMA are not affiliated with AXELOS, nor do they endorse any AXELOS qualifications.

The PRINCE2®Practitioner examination will confirm whether you have sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the method in different project environments.

• Objective testing
• 68 questions per paper
• 38 marks or more required to pass (out of 68 available): approximately 55%
• Two-and-a-half hours’ (150 minutes) duration, no additional reading time
• Open book. Candidates are permitted to use the official printed hard copy of the Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2^® 2017 Edition. The official manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes and loose leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.

Upon the successful completion of the exam, learners will be awarded the PRINCE2® Practitioner Certification issued by AXELOS.

The PRINCE2® 6^th Edition Practitioner Certificate will improve your candidature for a number of jobs in the project management industry.  Your skills will be recognised by leading organisations and be given the opportunity to land a well-paying job across a variety of sectors in different countries. Given below are job titles you can compete for, along with the average UK salary per annum according to https://www.glassdoor.com.

• Project Manager - £70,000 (Approximately)
• Business Change Analyst - £56,000 (Approximately)
• Team Manager - £45,000 (Approximately)

With the Practitioner level, learners can demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how to apply and tailor PRINCE2® methodology in a given scenario.

Today, leading employers and organisations aim to recruit individuals with a professional certification combined with the knowledge and skills to provide a business solution and emerge as successful project managers. PRINCE2® is the accepted benchmark that will effectively produce quality work in a project environment.

With PRINCE2® training, you will learn to deploy more effectively and demonstrate more efficient project management skills.  PRINCE2® is the project management standard in most parts of the world. Its’ popularity has grown in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and there is an emerging market for this methodology in the USA. With the PRINCE2® certification, you can boost your career and make it to the next level in both public and private sector companies. With endless benefits, you will be given the opportunity to expand your professional boundaries.