Syllabus and exam weighting.

The foundations of project work and how the integrated elements of PRINCE2 fit together in different project contexts.

• Projects and project management
• The five integrated elements of PRINCE2
• Project characteristics and performance targets
• Linear-sequential, iterative-incremental and hybrid delivery
• The features and benefits of PRINCE2

The seven obligations that determine whether a project is genuinely being managed using PRINCE2, including how they support tailoring.

• Ensure continued business justification
• Learn from experience
• Define roles, responsibilities and relationships
• Manage by stages
• Manage by exception
• Focus on products
• Tailor to suit the project

How people within the organisational and project ecosystems lead change, collaborate, communicate and build effective teams.

• Organisational and project ecosystems
• Change management and stakeholders
• Culture, collaboration and co-creation
• Leadership compared with management
• Communication within a project
• Effective teams: diversity, capability and competence

The seven recurring aspects of project management. For each practice, understand its purpose, concepts, management products, guidance and supporting technique.

• Business case
• Organising
• Plans
• Quality
• Risk
• Issues
• Progress

The purpose, objectives and context of the seven processes that guide a project from the pre-project stage through to closure.

• Starting up a project
• Directing a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Managing a stage boundary
• Closing a project