PMI’s most recent Pulse of the Profession report focused on the rising success rates of projects. They identified trends that wasted 20% less money than the previous year. Here, we detail some of these positive trends and tell you how to apply them to your own PRINCE2 projects.
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The Product Description and Project Product Description are two different things, despite the similar names. The Product Description details a project’s component parts, while the Project Product Description details the final product. Here, we explain both types of description in depth and even provide templates to make producing them easier.
PRINCE2 today is the de facto project management standard. The UK government in the 1980s demanded a solution to common project problems. They were struggling to deliver on time, under budget, within scope and up to quality. Like many private companies, they wanted a method focused on deliverables.
5 March 2020 Update: PRINCE2 2017 has since been renamed PRINCE2 6th Edition. The Foundation and Practitioner examinations are also now available in German, Dutch, Polish, Danish, French and Norwegian.
After receiving global community feedback and reviews from over 100 project management professionals, AXELOS unveiled PRINCE2’s first major update since 2009.
Many people assume that small-scale projects are easy to manage and don’t need as much diligence. However without best practices, any project can exceed its tolerances or get cancelled entirely. Often, communication is poor and project managers drift from the PRINCE2 framework. Here are a few pointers to handle these issues and adapt PRINCE2 to smaller projects.
Learn from experience is one of PRINCE2’s 7 principles. However, when mistakes are made on projects, there is often a desire to scrub the past and start over with a new team for the next project. That’s understandable, but a lack of continuity doesn’t prevent mistakes from being repeated. What PRINCE2 teaches is the value of mistakes. They’re part of the learning process, and by nailing them down, you can often prevent repeat mistakes without having to overturn the project team.