Chapter 4 of 5 · PeopleCert PRINCE2 7 Foundation
PRINCE2 Practices
Overview of the seven PRINCE2 7 practices, from business case to progress, plus the PID, the project log, the management approaches and every key product.
- 9topics
- 49 minfast track
- 4diagrams and exhibits
- 60%of the exam
Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1The PID and the Project LogThe PRINCE2 7 PID and project log: their purpose, the management approaches inside the PID, and the registers and logs held…5 min
- 2The Business Case PracticePRINCE2 7 business case practice: purpose, links to principles, project brief and business case, benefits terms, the business…5 min
- 3The Organizing PracticePRINCE2 7 organizing practice: purpose, the three project interests, project board, roles, team structure, role descriptions and…Diagram6 min
- 4The Plans PracticePRINCE2 7 plans practice: purpose, levels of plan, work package and project product descriptions, product-based planning…Diagram6 min
- 5The Quality PracticePRINCE2 7 quality practice: purpose, user quality expectations, acceptance criteria, product description, quality and product…Diagram5 min
- 6The Risk PracticePRINCE2 7 risk practice: threats and opportunities, risk appetite and tolerance, cause, event and effect, owners, responses, bias…5 min
- 7The Issues PracticePRINCE2 7 issues practice: types of issue, baselines, change control, change authority, change budget, issue register, issue…6 min
- 8Progress Controls, Tolerances and EscalationPRINCE2 7 progress practice: purpose, tolerances at each level, event-driven and time-driven controls, forecasting, escalation…Diagram6 min
- 9Progress Reports, Logs and Digital DataPRINCE2 7 progress products: checkpoint, highlight, exception, end stage, end project and lessons reports, the logs, and digital…5 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
PRINCE2 Practices is 60% of the PRINCE2 7 Foundation exam, about 36 of the 60 questions. It is by far the largest chapter, so most of your study time belongs here.
It covers the two umbrella management products, the project initiation documentation (PID) and the project log, and then the seven practices: business case, organizing, plans, quality, risk, issues and progress. For each practice the syllabus asks for its purpose, its links to the principles, its management products, its key terms, its guidance and its technique.
Questions test purposes, definitions and which management product holds which information. Expect many "which product" and "which role" items, and missing word questions built from the purpose statements.
How the topics fit together
The first four practices define the project and its baselines. Risk, issues and progress keep it under control, recording day-to-day information in the project log and the agreed approach for each area in the PID.
Each practice has a one line purpose. Learn all seven: missing word questions are often a purpose statement with the practice name removed.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with tables and examples.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise and how questions are phrased.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
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