Portfolio Management

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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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Content of Presentation

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

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Definitions
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APM

• 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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APMP

• A knowledge based project management
  qualification (3 hour written exam)
• Covers 37 knowledge areas from the APM Body of
  Knowledge
• Assesses a candidates 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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PRINCE2

• 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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PRINCE2 Practitioner

• 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)

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Why write APMP for PRINCE2 Practitioners

• The Business Case

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PRINCE2 or APMP?

• 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

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Some Facts

• 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

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Options?

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

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Costs, Benefits, and Risks?

• 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?

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Whats in the APMP for PRINCE2 Practitioners

• Product Description

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Purpose

• 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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Composition

• 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

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Derivation

• 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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Format and Presentation
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Allocated To

• 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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Quality Criteria

• 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?

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Whats Next for APMP for PRINCE2 Practitioners?

• Post-Project Review

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Immediate next steps

• 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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Any Questions
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