Process optimization with Lean, Kaizen and CIP with PRINCE2® Project Management Foundation (Version 7) and PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7)

The first part of the course introduces the topic of KAIZEN (Japanese: KAI for "change" and ZEN for "for the better"). The focus here is on process optimization with the help of customer requirements. The concept of lean management with its evaluation models within quality management is then introduced, before finally providing an insight into the topic of CIP - the continuous improvement process in product, process and service quality. In the second part, the course provides in-depth PRINCE2® knowledge and prepares participants specifically for the Foundation and Practitioner exams. The scalable IT project management method provides practice-oriented recommendations for every project phase. In addition, the basics of artificial intelligence are introduced.
  • Certificates: Certificate "PRINCE2® Project Management Foundation (Version 7)"
    Certificate "Process optimization with Lean, Kaizen and CIP"
    Certificate "PRINCE2® Project Management Practitioner (Version 7)"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    PRINCE2® Project Management Foundation (Version 7) (Prüfungsvoucher im Kurs enthalten)
    PRINCE2® 7 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7) (Prüfungsvoucher im Kurs enthalten)
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

PRINCE2® Project Management Foundation (Version 7)

Introduction to project management based on PRINCE2® (approx. 1 day)

Definition and characteristics of a project

Project control cycle of project management and the six project dimensions

Challenges in project management - why do projects fail?

Advantages of the PRINCE2® project management method

Customer-supplier environments

Projects in a commercial environment

Structure of the PRINCE2® method and its five integrated building blocks

The management products of PRINCE2®

Digital tools and AI-supported analysis in modern project management


The PRINCE2® basic principles (approx. 1 day)

The seven basic principles of PRINCE2®

Statements and contents of the basic principles

Relationship between the basic principles and the PRINCE2® topics

Adaptation of PRINCE2® to the project environment, taking into account digital working methods


The importance of people for PRINCE2® projects (approx. 1 day)

Change management

Leadership and management

Communication in the project

Effects of digital and AI-supported systems on collaboration and change processes


The seven topics of PRINCE2® (approx. 3 days)

Business case (benefits management approach and sustainability management approach)

Organization (project structure, roles and responsibilities)

Creation of plans

Quality planning and quality control

Risk management using modern analysis methods and data-based evaluations

Issue management

Controlling the progress of the project


The seven PRINCE2® processes (approx. 2 days)

Interaction of the seven PRINCE2® processes in the project process

Activities in the respective PRINCE2® processes

Preparing, steering and initiating a project

Controlling a phase

Managing product delivery

Managing phase transitions

Closing a project


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 2 days)

Process optimization with Lean, Kaizen and CIP

What is CIP/Kaizen/Lean? (approx. 0.5 days)

Definition, goals, benefits (CIP vs. Kaizen vs. Lean)

Principle of small steps


Historical development of the CIP (approx. 1 day)

Supply/demand orientation

Japanese corporate culture

Toyota Production System

Development of modern quality and management systems (e.g. TQM)

Overview of maturity level and assessment models (EFQM)


Framework conditions for successful CIP (approx. 0.5 days)

Role of management

Communication and transparency

Employee participation

Corporate culture and motivation

Interface and team management

Quality management principles (e.g. ISO 9001)


Philosophy of CIP/Kaizen (approx. 1 day)

The five central principles

Internal customer/supplier principle

Interaction of innovation, standard and kaizen

Tasks of management and employees


Customer requirements and satisfaction (approx. 1.5 days)

Market and stakeholder analysis

Kano model

Requirements and wishes

CTQ methods (Translation Matrix, CTQ Tree)

Vuca and agility

Integrated management systems


Process optimization: Efficiency for the benefit of customers - Lean management: Value and waste (approx. 1 day)

Philosophy: Focus on customer requirements

Productivity - Quality - Availability - Flexibility

Value creation and non-value creation

The 7 types of waste (TIMWOOD)

3 MU: Muda, Mura, Muri


Implementation of Kaizen and CIP (approx. 1 day)

Prerequisites for Kaizen in the company

Development of a continuous improvement culture

5S method/5A campaign

Kaizen as a management system

Kaizen roadmap


Synchronize processes (approx. 0.5 days)

Production in the customer cycle

Cycle time, cycle time, throughput time

Cell logic

One-piece flow

Pull principle (supermarket) and push principle

Just-in-time logistics [JIT]


Value stream analysis (approx. 0.5 days)

Value stream mapping (actual and target value stream)

Value added quotient [WQ]

Visualization: benefits, symbols, data box


Level production/Heijunka (approx. 0.5 days)

Heijunka vs. series

Heijunka box

Batch size 1

Application example

Increasing the number of cycles

Kanban flow system (material and information flow)


Improve production facilities (approx. 0.5 days)

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) incl. autonomous maintenance

Key process indicators (KPIs, OEE)

Minimization of set-up times (SMED)


Standardize processes (approx. 1 day)

Quality policy standardization

Advantages of standards

Standards in the company

Questions about the standard

Defining processes, from the process landscape to the process description

Visualization

3 process states

Worker self-check


Controlling processes (approx. 2.5 days)

ISO 9001 requirements (4.4, 8.1, 8.5.1): Customer key figures (Cpk/Sigma level)

Process management

Process analysis

Standard tools: Q7 and M7

Process efficiency analysis

AI-supported data analysis, statistical process control [SPC]

SPC in series production: interpreting quality control charts [QRK], automation (Jidoka)


Evaluation models (approx. 1 day)

PDCA: Improvement of improvement

Self-assessment maturity level ISO 9004 and EFQM

Management assessment according to ISO 9001

6-W questioning technique

4-M/7-M checklists

Benchmarking and best practice

Balanced Scorecard (BSC)

Hoshin Kanri, X-Matrix

AI-supported evaluation of trends, key figures and assessments

Measurement of customer and employee satisfaction


Error prevention and systematic problem solving (approx. 2 days)

Development according to customer requirements

Risk management: risk landscape, matrix [FMEA]

Poka Yoke, error classification, error culture/Hansei

Internal audits

Customer communication: complaint management, 8D report

10 steps to problem solving with tools (Q7, M7)

Root cause analysis: 5 Why, 6 W (Root Causes)

A3 problem solution sheet

AI-based pattern recognition for error and quality data


Empowering employees (approx. 1 day)

Ownership and entrepreneurship

Roles of managers and employees

Change management

Promoting employees (TWI)

Employee satisfaction

Competence and awareness, knowledge management (ISO 9001)

Idea management (BVW)

Teamwork in a lean context

Quality Circle [QC]

Agile methods

Community of Practice (CoP)

Coaching Kata and Improvement Kata


Visual Management and Shopfloor (approx. 0.5 days)

Principles of visual control

Visual process control, Andon (traffic light)

Store floor management

Digital dashboards and AI-supported process visualization


Quality controlling - finances (approx. 0.5 days)

Quality cost model, conformity/defect costs, rule of 10 (as a mental model)


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

PRINCE2® Project Management Practitioner (Version 7)

Introduction (approx. 1 day)

Overview of the PRINCE2® methodology and the Practitioner exam

Differences to the Foundation exam


Applying personnel management in projects (approx. 1 day)

Evaluate management approaches in the project scenario

Apply communication management approach, also using digital and AI-supported analysis tools

Apply a change management approach

People at the heart of the PRINCE2 method


Applying PRINCE2® principles in context (approx. 1 day)

Business justification

Learning from experience

Roles, responsibilities and relationships

Step-by-step management

Management by exception

Product focus

Customized solution


Applying PRINCE2® practices in context (approx. 2.5 days)

Business case, organization, plans

Quality, risks, problems, progress

Risk analysis and progress assessment using data-based and AI-supported analysis tools

Application and evaluation in the project scenario


Applying PRINCE2® processes in context (approx. 1.5 days)

Starting a project

Steering a project

Initiating a project

Controlling a phase

Managing product delivery

Managing a phase transition

Closing a project


Application of PRINCE2® in practice (approx. 1.5 days)

Adapting PRINCE2® to different projects

Dealing with deviations and risk management

Practical application of topics, principles and processes using digital analysis and decision-making tools


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 1.5 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will be able to systematically analyze processes, identify potential for improvement and optimize them efficiently and purposefully using lean, kaizen and CIP methods.

You will also gain a comprehensive understanding of the PRINCE2 methodology and learn all the important principles, topics and processes that you need to apply PRINCE2 in real projects. Through practical examples and a structured approach, you will learn how to apply PRINCE2 flexibly to different project situations.

The course is aimed at specialists and managers from the areas of quality and process management as well as those responsible for change processes.

Process optimization specialists are in high demand across all industries and are among the most important specialists in modern companies.

You will also receive the original "PRINCE2® Foundation Level" certificate as proof of your newly acquired knowledge.

Your PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate also proves that you can apply the methodology practically and responsibly in complex projects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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