Prince2-2017 Project Management - Law Training Centre

Business cycles come and go as do law firms – but there’s a constant: the level of competition within the legal profession is fierce and getting fiercer.
However, successful project management can give the professional legal practitioner the edge. It’s a business skill used in industries and professions across the globe: of all the available project management methods, PRINCE2® is the world’s most popular. If you don’t help manage a client’s project, you’re sitting on the sidelines in terms of client care.
Legal skills by themselves are not enough.

PRINCE2® is the gold-standard in project management methodologies.

A logical, approachable guide to successfully managing any project.

An adaptable approach – can be customised for any organisation or for any individual role involved in managing projects.

Recognised the world over, and so adding value to you and your business.

How does project management work?

Modern business strategies are delivered in projects. These are unique and finite, commissioned to achieve clearly defined objectives within agreed timescales and budgets. Project management is different from ongoing management and requires specific tools and techniques to apply processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve what’s required. Project managers break up a project into tasks for their teams.

Who are our Prince2® courses for?

Our PRINCE2® courses are suitable for any legal organisation or individual working in a legal team or who is studying for a career in a legal organisation:

Any law student, lawyer or member of a firm (from support staff to managing partner) who wishes to acquire additional, essential skills for legal business
Those who have a leadership, practice management, project management or change management role
Dedicated project managers – or those assigned such a role
Heads of departments
Lawyers with the seniority to create and maintain business initiatives and to drive standards
Cross-functional teams within legal organisations

Frequently asked questions

Studying for PRINCE2® helps the students to do the following:

Define why a project is necessary.

Describe the requirements of a project; specify the quality it needs to deliver; estimate the resources required and the timescales involved.

Prepare a business case to justify time, effort and resources spent.

Create and put into effect a project management plan.

Create and use communications with all stakeholders using clear and commonly accepted terms.

Manage project boundaries.

Manage changes on a project.

Monitor progress against objectives.

Create and use a project budget.

Begin and end a project in a controlled fashion.

PRINCE2® is compatible with all other project management certifications but it is nonetheless unique. For instance, students will work to the bespoke seven PRINCE2® principles:

Continued business justification: there must be an explainable and defendable purpose in running and managing the project. If not, it must be closed.

Learn from experience: PRINCE2® project teams continually draw upon lessons learned from previous work.

Defined roles and responsibilities: the PRINCE2® project team should be clearly organised involving the right people in the right tasks.

Manage by stages: PRINCE2® means planning, monitoring and controlling step by step.

Manage by exception: those within the project need the authority to work effectively within it.

Focus on products: PRINCE2® focuses on defining the product, delivery and the quality required.

Tailor to suit the project environment: PRINCE2® must adapt to the environment and culture within which the project sits; it needs to be capable of being amended according to its size, complexity, importance, capability and risks.

PRINCE2® is successful because it creates a common language for all participants in a project and was created from feedback from users, project management specialists and a review panel of 150 public and private sector organizations.

You must be 18 or over to enrol and study with Law Training Centre.

It is the latest version of PRINCE2®, and we teach it as it puts more emphasis on tailoring PRINCE2® to the needs of organisations.

Reduced costs compared with a full classroom course.

Students can learn at their own pace.

Less time away from workplace for students.

Provides consistent training across multiple locations.

Training is easier to schedule.

our courses

PRINCE2® has two levels of certification: Foundation and Practitioner. All students of PRINCE2® 2017 can claim one year’s subscription to the My PRINCE2® CPD resource, use of which is one method of keeping your PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate valid after three years. The other method involves re-sitting the Practitioner exam after three years of passing it originally. Learning for all Certificates is online.

Foundation Certificate

The Foundation Certificate ensures its students can take a vital role within their organisations using the best practices of project management. It is also a prior condition for studying for the Practitioner Certificate.

By the end of the course students will be able to:

Describe the purpose and facets of all project management roles, the seven principles of PRINCE2® plus its seven themes and seven processes.
Identify which specialist products (e.g a marketing campaign) and which management products (e.g. a project plan or stage report) require input and output from the seven processes. Define the key reasons why you’d use each product and the criteria for their success.
State how the processes, deliverables, roles and the management dimensions of a project work together.

Key Features

General principles

Key terms and phrases

Allows participants to be a fully-fledged member of the project management team

Sound, competent knowledge.

Minutes

Questions

Pass Mark

Practitioner Course

Holders of the Practitioner Certificate will have the learning to formulate or – with support and direction – initiate project management strategies and plans within a legal organisation.

Overview

The Practitioner certificate is for those whose current role depends upon running projects or whose future role will involve that.
It’s also highly relevant for leaders who may not be hands-on with projects but who will manage project managers or otherwise encounter projects frequently.
Students of the PRINCE2® Practitioner examination need to hold a current certificate in one of the following:

PRINCE2® Foundation. Practitioners holding a current certificate will not be required to re-certify to the 2017 version
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)

Key Features

Applying principles to the management of a project

Adapting principles according to the needs of a project

Allows participants to run a project team

Comprehensive, practical knowledge.

Exam Format:

Minutes

Questions

Pass Mark

PRICES

Foundation

£145

Practitioner

£175

Foundation & Practitioner

£245

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What will I need before I get started?

To study your online course, you will need the following:

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

Computer / laptop / Google Chromebook / Apple MacBook

Keyboard and a mouse or another pointing device

Broadband connection with 10 Mbps average speed

An Ethernet cable for maintaining internet stability

Working microphone, either internal or external

Webcam with 320 x 240 VGA resolution, either internal or external

Minimum System Requirements:

Preferred Internet Browser: Google Chrome

Operating System: Windows 7+ / macOS 10.11+ / Chrome 58+

Free RAM: 2GB

Processor: 2GHz Intel Pentium / Intel / ARM

Free disk space: 1GB

We are here to help. If you have any questions on the above, please contact us.

How to apply?

How do I enrol?

Thinking about enrolling in an LTC PRINCE2® online course?

All our courses are designed to fit around your existing commitments. They can be studied at your own pace and are delivered by our approachable team of law lecturers and practitioners with years of industry experience.

Most importantly, our courses represent great value for money and can be paid for via instalments, making them accessible and ensuring a real return on investment.

If you are interested in these courses please contact us on 0330 088 8495 or info@ltckent.co.uk

What happens after I send my enrolment form?

Your enrolment application form will be processed by our Student Services Team. If there are any queries at this stage, we will contact you.

Invoicing

Once your form has been processed, we will issue your invoice in accordance with the information you provide to us on your enrolment form.

If you (or your firm) are paying for your course in full, we can accept payment by bank transfer or credit/debit card.

If you (or your firm) are paying by instalments, you (or they) will need to do two things to complete your enrolment:

(1) set up a Direct Debit mandate, which will be emailed to you separately, and
(2) pay your initial invoice by bank transfer or card.

Your enrolment will not be complete until we have received payment and, if applicable, confirmation of set up of the Direct Debit mandate. Incomplete applications will expire after 30 days. Please ensure you (and your sponsor if relevant) agree to all of the Terms and Conditions on the last page before submitting your enrolment form.

Payment options

You can pay by bank transfer to our account or by credit/debit card using the payment link on your invoice. Please note that we cannot take payment over the phone.

Course login

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Why choose us?

We are specialised legal trainers, solely focussed on the provision of legal and business training for aspiring and qualified lawyers.

We have a deep understanding of the current legal sector and the training needs of those who work within it.

Our course delivery is uniquely engaging, having full regard of how precious time is for those not only studying law, but also practising at the same time.

We are here to support our students and partners by providing them with the tools to stand out from the competition and accelerate their legal career.