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PRINCE2® COURSE FOUNDATION


Welcome to

PRINCE2® Foundation Course


Acknowledgements • The courseware is based on managing successful projects with

PRINCE2®, by OGC (Office of Government Commerce, UK)

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Notes • The text that taken from PRINCE2® manual has been written in

italics in the courseware

• The diagrams and tables are Crown © copyright 2011 and

reproduced under licence from OGC


Coverage

• Key challenge for organizations

• What is a project?

• Need for Project Management Method

• What is PRINCE2?

• Six Aspects of PRINCE2®

• Benefits of PRINCE2®


Key Challenge for Organization – Balancing

• Current business operations and transforming operations to sustain the

changing business scenarios

• Between business as usual (BAU )and business change


PROJECT • PROJECT is a temporary organization that is created for the purpose of

delivering one or more business products according to agreed BUSINESS

CASE

• The means by which we introduce CHANGE


Structure of a PRINCE2® Project Each PRINCE2 project is divided into a number of management stages, each forming a distinct unit for management purposes. These management stages run in sequence and do not overlap. They are separated by decision points or “stage boundaries” that enable management to authorize or prevent progress to the next stage.

Stages correspond to natural steps in the project lifecycle and usually correspond to the output of a significant product and to key decisions concerning commitment of resource.


Characteristics of a Project


Project Management • Planning, delegating, monitoring and control of all the project

• Motivating all involved to achieve the project objective within the

expected performance targets

Time, cost, quality, scope, benefits and risk

• Keep control over the expert work that creates the products

• Manage the risks involved


Introduction to PRINCE2® Non-proprietary management method

It is a widely accepted method for managing projects.

It is a generic methodology that can be applied to any project in any

industry/domain irrespective of project scale, type, geography or

culture.

Any product specific development methodology can be integrated

with management aspect of PRINCE2®


Six Aspects PRINCE2® helps Project Managers make the right information

available at the right time for the right people to make the right

decisions and control


Exclusions PRINCE2® does not provide:

Specialist aspects such as industry specific activities

Detailed techniques such as earned value analysis

Leadership and motivational skills


Benefits of PRINCE2® Established and proven best practices for managing projects

Can be applied to any type of project and integrated with specialist product development

method

Widely recognized with common vocabulary

Well-defined project roles and responsibilities

Defined structure of accountability, delegation, authority and communication

Efficient and best use of senior management time (Management by exception)

Ensures viability of business case


Structure of PRINCE2® The PRINCE2 method addresses project management with four integrated elements of principles, themes,

processes and the project environment

THE PRINCIPLES

These are the guiding obligations and good practices that determine whether the project is genuinely being

managed using PRINCE2®. These are seven principles and unless all of them are applied, it is not a

PRINCE2 project®.


Structure of PRINCE2®

THE THEMES

These describe aspects of project management that must be addressed continually and in parallel

throughout the project. The seven themes explain the specific treatment required by PRINCE2® for various

project management disciplines and why they are necessary.

THE PROCESSES

These describe a step-wise progression through the project lifecycle from getting started to project closure.

Each process provides checklists of recommended activities, products and related responsibilities.

There is a companion guide, Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 which addresses the PRINCE2®

method from the viewpoint of senior personnel, specifically Project Board members.

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