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PRINCE2 Foundation shows working knowledge of structured project management, clear roles and responsibilities, stage-based planning, and controlled delivery. It helps identify freelancers who can work with the PRINCE2 method, support governance, and keep project updates clear for stakeholders.
About the certification
What it proves
PRINCE2 Foundation is the entry-level certification for the PRINCE2 project management method. It shows that a freelancer understands the core language, principles, themes, and processes behind PRINCE2 and can work within a structured project setup. For companies in Hamburg, it is a useful signal when a project needs methodical coordination, clear reporting, and disciplined control.
Core knowledge
- Project roles, responsibilities, and governance
- Business case thinking and continued justification
- Planning by stages and by products
- Risk, issue, and change control
- Progress reporting and exception-based management
- Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project context
Typical holders
People who hold PRINCE2 Foundation often work in project coordination, PMO support, delivery management, or as junior project managers. It also appears on the profiles of consultants and specialists who join larger initiatives and need a common project method. In Hamburg, it can be relevant for freelancers supporting international teams where English project documentation and a shared process model matter.
What it means for you
A freelancer with PRINCE2 Foundation does not claim senior leadership by the certificate alone. The value is a common framework for how projects are set up, controlled, and closed. That can be helpful when you need someone who can fit into an existing governance model, keep documents tidy, and communicate progress in a way that project sponsors and PMOs understand.
Where it fits
PRINCE2 Foundation is useful in projects with multiple stakeholders, formal approvals, or repeated delivery checkpoints. It fits work in IT change, transformation, operations, public sector assignments, and cross-border projects where process discipline matters. Companies in Hamburg often look for this background when they want a freelancer who can join quickly and work within an established method.
Path and renewal
The Foundation level is the starting point in the PRINCE2 path. It is followed by the Practitioner level for people who want to apply the method more deeply in real projects. The certification is now issued by PeopleCert, while AXELOS remains the name many professionals still use when they talk about PRINCE2.
Meet FRATCH PRINCE2 Foundation
Arne Zühlke
Managing Director and Shareholder
Last position:
Managing Director and Shareholder at ARNESS GmbH & Co. KG
- Founded the company as a full-service consulting firm focused on purchasing and supply chain
- Commercial management of the company
- Digitalization and automation of work steps to reduce process costs
- Project management for optimization projects
- Connecting German companies with manufacturers abroad to achieve shorter delivery times and lower procurement costs at the same time
- Organizing B2B meetings between international companies
- Research on procurement markets (BestCostCountry) for the production of complex welded assemblies
- Taking on interim management assignments
Yashar Sadeghi
Managing Director/Consultant
Last position:
Managing Director/Consultant at Efficient Consulting
- Led strategic IT and process consulting projects, streamlined business processes, and aligned IT systems with business goals, resulting in a 20% improvement in organizational efficiency.
- Led international transformation projects using agile and traditional methods, managing a cross-functional team of more than 15 professionals and delivering solutions on time and within budget.
- Developed cloud-based ERP/CRM systems (Salesforce, Infor, Microsoft) for clients, ensuring seamless integration and reducing system downtime by 30%.
- Led large-scale change management initiatives, actively involving stakeholders at all levels and driving the successful rollout of innovative systems in global organizations.
- Led requirements analysis and the tender process for clients, identified cost-saving opportunities, and improved operational workflows.
Udo Neubauer
Managing Director
Last position:
Project Manager / Rollout Coordinator at BWI
Rollout of printers and PCs
- Effective management of external service providers to ensure smooth operations.
- Planning and implementation of a global rollout for 150,000 clients.
- Carrying out a comprehensive risk analysis, including overall risk, site-specific risks, and security risks.
- Successful consolidation of two existing ServiceNow systems to optimize service management.
- Close coordination with program management to achieve the project goals.
Oliver Voss
Interim Manager and Business Consultant
Last position:
Interim Manager and Business Consultant at Self-employed
- Development of an entry strategy for the claims area of an insurance service provider.
- Analysis and optimization of existing claims processes.
- Definition of management metrics and KPIs to improve performance and efficiency.
- Advising management on market positioning and process digitalization.
- Leading an IT team with 13 employees in a temporary vacancy role.
- Ensuring stable IT operations and managing external IT service providers.
- Leading regulatory projects, especially for the implementation of the DORA regulation.
- Preparation for and support during an IT security audit.
- Change management and conflict moderation in a challenging transformation environment (FI migration).
Christoph Lefkes
Program Manager - SAP S/4 HANA
Last position:
Program Manager - SAP S/4 HANA at BAHAG AG
- Took over the steering of the SAP S4 transformation program after 15 months of project duration
- Assessed the quality of soft facts, especially the quality of collaboration and communication
- Evaluation, program planning, resource control, and realignment of the timeline
- Introduction of the software delivery model and quality gates
- Initial scope definition in the form of business capabilities
- Introduction of enterprise architecture
- Reporting to the SteerCo for the S4 transformation program / C-level
- Risk management and escalation when project risks were identified
- Coordination of the various projects within the program
Serkan Uyanik
Manager Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting
Last position:
Manager Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting at movisco AG
- Project leadership and management
- Implementing reporting solutions in banks
- Enhancing and optimizing reporting processes in bank finance and risk departments
- Consulting through all phases of regulatory requirement implementation, including requirements analysis, defining business requirements, testing, tool development, and audit-compliant documentation
- Supporting regulatory implementation projects
- Analyzing business requirements and implementing reports
- Acting as a liaison between business and IT
- Publishing on regulatory changes
- Training internal colleagues on regulatory topics
Marleen Kertscher
Atlassian Specialist E2E Processes
Last position:
Atlassian Specialist E2E Processes at Energy, Water and Environment
- Atlassian & Business expert
- Lead of 1st, 2nd and 3rd level support, process mapping, process optimization, introduction of a project standard (global user management and documentation) and development of a collaboration platform to optimize teamwork, data management, reporting, ERP transformation
- The client is a sustainability-focused chemical park and offers its employees a full service for the Atlassian product suite. In addition, the adoption of the ERP software by employees, the improvement of data quality and internal exchange or collaboration should be promoted by sharing knowledge and best practices
- Process and standards development
- Project configuration and creation of technical concepts
- Workshops with employees
- Development of scalable solutions and processes and their optimization/automation
- Coordination with department process owners and management
- Process mapping and further development
- Data migration and data mining
- Lead as Scrum Master
- Dashboard for project management with project overview / development of reporting structures
Hartmut Ullrich
Freelancer
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer
Projects at Raiffeisen Software Group (RSG), Linz from 2022-01-01 to 2025-03-31: application development on mainframe with PL/1, DB2, JCL, Tabex; development environment with idz, Jira, Dimensions, Confluence; execution of projects in banking reporting (own funds, capital requirements, large exposures, leverage ratio)
Project at Airbus, Hamburg from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31: mainframe system enhancements (TAKSY) in agile environment (Scrum, SAFe); business analysis; technical design; implementation (PL/1, DB2, IMS, JCL); test management; deployment
Victor Wiedermann
Senior IT Security Project Management (Network, Hybrid Cloud, CMDB, Hardening)
Last position:
Senior IT Security Project Manager (Network, Hybrid Cloud, CMDB, Hardening) at Dormakaba International Holding GmbH
- Planning, managing, and executing IT projects in network architecture, hybrid cloud solutions, asset management/CMDB implementation, and system hardening (clients, servers, databases)
- Ensuring all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards
- Identifying and managing risks and proactively resolving issues
- Collaborating closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure project objectives are achieved
- Defining and tracking KPIs and progress reports for all project phases
Thorsten Schulz
Project Manager
Last position:
Project Manager at ORLEN Deutschland GmbH, Wholesale IT
- Project management and change management
- Blueprint-to-go-live including cutover
- Implementation in a greenfield approach
- Management of the integrator
- Designing, organizing, and executing change management
- Agile management in Jira and Confluence
- Fit-gap analysis, requirement engineering, development, testing, cutover, and hypercare
- Covering the processes Sales-from-Stock, Procure-to-Pay/-Receipt, Invoice-to-Pay
Alexander Pohl
Senior Interim and Transition Manager - proven in mid-sized businesses and multinationals for change and crisis
Last position:
Head of integration for six country subsidiaries at XSYS Holding
- Analyzed the required scope of processes, infrastructure, and SAP for integrating the MacDermid subsidiaries
- Validated proposals from the new service providers
- Managed the collaboration and tracked the tasks of business and IT experts
- Coordinated communication and the PMO
- Created cutover plans in three waves for SAP conversion, Salesforce, and Ariba
Timo Warnke
Project Manager, Requirements Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect
Last position:
Project Manager, Requirements Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect at Service Provider for Heat Quantity Measurement
Supporting integration testing
Writing and creating the cut-over script
Conducting workshops to clarify requirements
Gathering business requirements
Business process modeling
IT design
Project planning
Supporting migration tests
Executing a greenfield S/4HANA conversion. A DATEV application and an AS400 are to be replaced by an S/4HANA system in a public cloud. The DATEV system runs the general ledger and accounts payable. The AS400 handles accounts receivable and business partners. The payables and receivables will be migrated to S/4HANA and the DATEV solution decommissioned.
Stephan Merckens
Product Owner
Last position:
Product Owner at Self-employed
- Industry: Health Care/ IT
- Tools: Internet, phone, email, Confluence, Azure DevOps, DISweb, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, FHIR
- requirements engineering for implementing the e-prescription into existing practice management system and a web-based dialysis monitoring
- implementation of the archive and exchange interface of the KBV
- creation and maintenance of user stories and backlog management
- stakeholder management and support of developers in implementing the user stories
- reporting to management and conducting refinements
Fynn Kohls
Consultant, Process Analyst
Last position:
Consultant, Process Analyst at Energy Industry
Support in rebuilding electricity and broadband supply in the Ahr Valley
Handling property matters for engineers in network planning
Conducting land registry and authority inquiries
Surveying and calculating compensation payments
Support in process optimization
Stakeholder management
Communication with C-level
Time and implementation planning
BPMN 2.0
Lasse Arndt
Managing Consultant
Last position:
Rollout and Transition Manager at International Retailer
- Analysis of the as-is IAM solutions and their functions
- Definition of the functional scope for the rollout
- Coordination of the internal rollout team regarding roles and activities for the international rollout initiatives
- Stakeholder communication across all countries and divisions, including approval processes for the works councils
- Change management design and implementation for the rollout project, including building a community and conducting community calls with divisions and countries
- Design and implementation of the release management process after the rollout of the minimum viable product
- Support in migrating existing solutions to the new solution
- Rollout execution in the countries and post-rollout follow-up
- Documentation of all processes, functionalities and responsibilities in Confluence
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PRINCE2 Foundation statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
65%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Daily Rate Distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers holding this certification are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Average rates for PRINCE2 Foundation & Seniority distribution
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
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PRINCE2 Foundation validates that a freelancer understands the PRINCE2 method and can work with its core concepts. It is about common project language, structure, and control, not about proving senior leadership on its own. For a company, that means the person should be able to follow a defined delivery approach and contribute to orderly project work.
PRINCE2 Foundation checks knowledge of the method itself. Practitioner goes further and focuses on applying PRINCE2 to real project situations and tailoring it to context. If you need someone to work within an existing project framework, Foundation can be enough; if you need deeper method application, Practitioner is the stronger signal.
PRINCE2 Foundation suits project coordinators, PMO staff, analysts, consultants, and junior project managers who need a structured method. It is also useful for specialists who join project teams and must understand governance, reporting, and change control. Companies often value it when a freelancer must fit into formal project environments quickly.
Preparation usually focuses on the PRINCE2 principles, themes, and processes, plus the logic of roles, stages, and control points. Good candidates also learn how PRINCE2 is tailored to different project types, because the method is designed to be adapted, not copied blindly. A structured course, guided reading, and practice questions are the usual path.
There are generally no strict prerequisites for PRINCE2 Foundation. It is designed as the entry point into the method, so professionals from different backgrounds can start here. That said, people with some project exposure usually find the terms and process flow easier to absorb.
PRINCE2 Foundation is part of the PeopleCert certification scheme, so renewal follows the current provider rules rather than the old AXELOS setup. Professionals should check the latest PeopleCert requirements, especially if they hold an older version or are moving toward higher PRINCE2 levels. For companies, the key point is to confirm that the freelancer’s credential is current and recognisable.
PRINCE2 Foundation is most relevant in projects with clear governance, formal reporting, and several decision makers. That includes IT change, transformation work, operations improvements, and many public sector or corporate programmes. It is especially useful when the team needs a shared process rather than an informal way of working.
In Hamburg, many assignments involve international teams, structured delivery, and a need for clear communication. PRINCE2 Foundation tells you the freelancer knows a standard project method and can join a controlled environment without much onboarding on terminology. It is a practical filter when you want someone who can support project delivery in a predictable way.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 950 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg, 65% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg are German (100%), English (92%), and French (44%).
The most common industries among freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg are Information Technology (68%), Banking and Finance (56%), and Professional Services (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with PRINCE2 Foundation in Hamburg are Project Management (100%), Information Technology (92%), and Operations (72%).
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