BENEFITS OF PRINCE2® – THE WORLD’S MOST PRACTICED MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY INTRODUCING PRINCE2

PRINCE2 as a standard embodies established and proven best practice in . It navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful project. Why select PRINCE2 for your ? Because it is easy to use, you can adapt it to your needs and to your project. Because it is a best practice, you select a proven solution.

PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), is a widely used project management method that navigates you through all the essentials for running a successful project.

PRINCE2 provides a methodology that delivers increased agility, efficiencies whilst reducing costs, plus many more compelling organizational reasons to select it as your controlling solution for your organization and project managers. Overview The PRINCE2 method is easy to learn and embodies established and proven best practice from a wide cross- The development of PRINCE2 was driven by the end-user section of organizations who have contributed to its evolution feedback from users, project management specialists and a since the 1980s. By adopting PRINCE2 as your project review panel of 150 public and private sector organizations. management method, businesses can benefit from lessons This has resulted in a generic best practice tool which is learned by other organizations over the last few decades. flexible enough to be tailored to your organization and used successfully for all types of projects. The seven principles are as follows: Because PRINCE2 provides a greater control of resources Business justification and the ability to manage business and project risk more A PRINCE2 project must at any time have continued effectively, its appeal extends far beyond project management business justification specialists to directors and executive board members. Learn from experience Within a PRINCE2 project, time and moments need to be PRINCE2 uses stages and tolerances as its major elements created for the acquisition, recording and transmission of of control. Tolerances allow for a management by exception experiences (lessons are sought, recorded and acted upon approach, i.e. only involving the project board for making throughout the life of the project) decisions when the project tolerances have been exceeded. Stages are used to keep the management of project Roles and Responsibilities appropriately supervised and documented for those directly A PRINCE2 project has defined and agreed roles and involved, for example the project board members and the responsibilities with an organization structure that . The essential components of each stage of engages the business, user and supplier stakeholder the project are described from start to finish. interests. To recap, PRINCE2 – the worlds most practiced project Manage by Stages management methodology, with translations of the method A PRINCE2 project must be, for each stage, planned, available in 18 languages, will help you navigate through monitored and controlled. all the essentials for running a successful project. PRINCE2 Manage by exception helps you control an ever changing environment, by providing A PRINCE2 project has defined tolerances for each the essential toolkit for any project manager. project objective as also established ground rules on delegated authority. Benefits of PRINCE2 Focus on products Applicable to all types of projects A PRINCE2 project must address proper definition and Manages the business focus of the project on a delivery of products as in particular its quality. continuous basis Tailor to suit the environment Prevents you from reinventing the wheel for project The PRINCE2 methodology should be tailored to suit management the project’s size, environment, complexity, importance, capability and risks. How it works The PRINCE2 methodology can be shown by the following Processes within PRINCE2 are designed to adapt to diagram projects of any size and take you from planning the project to delivering its products: PROJECT ENVIRONMENT Starting up a Project Business Progress Case Initiating a Project Organization

Change PRINCE2 PROCESSES

Controlling a stage Quality

Risk Managing product delivery Plans Managing stage boundaries PRINCE2 THEMES Closing a project.

PRINCE2 PRINCIPLES Managing Successful Passing the PRINCE2 Projects with PRINCE2 Examinations This is the official guide for Essential reading for those PRINCE2 practitioners. Regardless intending to take the Foundation of your role in a project team this and Practitioner courses for is the essential guide for running PRINCE2. It is suitable for projects under PRINCE2. students undertaking self-study and/or online training for the exams.

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