Whether the name ‘PRINCE2®’ means nothing to you – ‘Prince who?’, we hear you ask – or it’s mentioned so often that your interest is well and truly piqued, there’s a reason it’s one of the world’s most popular project management methodologies.

88% of project managers with a PRINCE2 qualification say that it has helped them in their career¹, and the project success rate for those holding a PRINCE2 certification is a massive 67%². While these numbers speak for themselves, in this blog we’ll be detailing some of the key ways in which PRINCE2 can benefit both projects and project managers alike.

You may have felt tested in your role in the past few months, but rest assured, you are not alone! Collectively our management skills have been tried, pushed and developed in a crash course. Whilst there is no text book to answer “how to manage during a global pandemic”, you may have found yourself looking back to theory for how to best handle business disruption. You may have also looked to peers and even competitors for strategies and best practice approaches. However, now is the time to look within!

It is becoming more important than ever to swot up on your data analysis skills. It’s more than just working the numbers and reporting endless statistics to clients and stakeholders. Large data sets can be invaluable for active decision making throughout the project.

If the current global pandemic has taught companies anything, it is how to continually adapt. As government guidelines for business change as a response to threat levels and external factors, organisations have had to be proactive in implementing change. This has affected management at every level who have undoubtedly had to make revolutionary changes either to meet guidelines, or as a knock-on effect of working business to business.

You are always busy, but does that mean you are always productive?

Incoming queries from your team, requests from your seniors, Slack notifications, ‘quick questions’ and other ad-hoc tasks can soon mount up and make it hard to feel that you have been productive.

Bad communication can be hugely damaging for workplaces. When the simplest of instructions get lost in translation they can be misinterpreted. This can be costly both in terms of time and money. When communication is lacklustre, otherwise enthusiastic employees can become disheartened and lack morale. The result – low productivity and a disengaged workforce.

Once primarily adopted by the tech industry, agile practices are now being embraced by a whole host of industries. It is a huge global movement. Just as digitalisation has touched almost every business, so too has the need to become more agile.

Increasing demands in the project profession are putting new demands on the capabilities of project software. In order to keep up, project management software must continually develop. Here we take a look at five of the key changes and innovations we are seeing as part of the evolution of software for this industry.

As of 1 January 2020, AXELOS has renamed PRINCE2® 2017 (the most recent updates to the PRINCE2 certification) to PRINCE2 6th Edition. This name change is not an update in itself — PRINCE2 6th Edition is a rebrand and doesn’t come with any changes to the PRINCE2 2017 course material or exams.

Flexible practices can help in the challenging moments of a project, whilst traditional practices ensure you keep your eye on the prize in terms of the end goal. When it comes to striking the balance between strict project scheduling and the creativity of working in an agile way, these top tips will help you keep your project on track.