Managing successful projects with PRINCE2

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The Project Manager reports regularly to the project board. The board is informed of progress and any foreseeable problems. PRINCE2 2009 – the previous version – will now be called PRINCE2 5th Edition, while PRINCE2 2017 – the current version – will now be called PRINCE2 6th Edition.

give an assur ance to the project board that all products produced in the stage plan for the current management stage are developed by the team and approved inspires to learn lessons from experience in the projects and helps in continual improvement with in the organizations . Gaining a better understanding of the PRINCE2 methodology will allow them to make more informed and timely decisions thus leading to more successful outcomes from their projects. Project management studentsaccurate information on progress of product development should be provided to the project manager at an agreed frequency to ensure that expectations are managed Purpose: to enable the project manager to provide the project board with sufficient information to be able to: b ase information needed to make rational decisions such as commissioning of the project is defined, key roles and responsibilities are identified and resource s are allocated and a foundation for detailed planning is made available.

The Lazy Project Manager (Peter Taylor) – Fortunately the author is not implying that we do absolutely nothing, but to approach work using the Pareto Principle; that only 20 per cent of the things we do during our working day really matter. Quite an entertaining read that includes a chapter about eating dinosaurs and why the Jungle Book’s ‘Bare Necessities’ should be the productive lazy theme tune. Learn simple techniques to master the art of “productive laziness”. Stanley E. Portny (2013). Project Management For Dummies. 4th ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 408. ISBN-13: 978-1118497234 what are the reasons for doing the project, what benefits are expected and what are the associated risks The most mentioned book was the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), now in its 6th edition. Definitely a necessity but not the most entertaining choice!It is a generic best practice tool that can be tailored to the needs of any organisation and can be used for the management of projects of any type and scale. Scott Berkun (2008). Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice). Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media Inc. 410. ISBN-13: 978-0596517717 On some projects, the customer and user may be the same person. The supplier or specialist provides the expertise needed to do the project work (i.e. designing and building the outcome). Responsible for producing the result capable of achieving the benefits as stated in the business cas e

Apart from Project Management Professional (PMP)® , PRINCE2 ® ( PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is one of the most widely used methods for managing projects across the globe . It is a very methodical way of managing projects based on experience drawn from various projects and from the contributions of numerous people who worked using PRINCE2 , such as project sponsors, project managers, project teams, academics, trainers and consultants.So, PRINCE2 is a method for managing projects. It helps you work out who to involve and what their responsibilities are. It gives you a set of processes to work through and explains what information to gather along the way. But PRINCE2 doesn't do the work for you. It cannot guarantee that your projects will be successful. Good projects, which deliver quality results, on-time within budget, depend on the quality of people involved. This includes everyone from Project Board down to individual team members.