Projects in Controlled Environments, a process-based approach for project management
Project Management is a field based on a conspicuous level of uncertainty, the use of appropriate methods and tools influences the risk reduction of project failures. In this article we are going to illustrate the so-called PRINCE2 method, focused on process and expenditure control
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Overviews
PRINCE2 possesses all the necessary element to keep all these aspect under control
The seven Principles
The method is grounded over seven principles. Everyone of them can be apply to every kind of project, they are also self-validating and they are empowering, so the are able to give at users the capacity to to shape the management of the project. These are:
- Continued business justification;
- Learn from experience;
- Defined roles and responsibilities;
- Manage by stages;
- Manage by exception;
- Focus on products;
- Tailored to suit the project environment.
Continued business justification
Learn from experience
Defined roles and responsibilities
Manage by stages
Manage by exception
Focus on products
Tailored to suit the project environment
The Structure
Process
Directing a Project
Starting Up a Project
Initiating a Project
Controlling Stage
Managing Product Delivery
Managing a Stage Boundary
Closing a Project
Themes
Business Case
Organization
Plans
Progress
Risk
Quality
Change
Techniques
PRINCE2 techniques are not mandatory. A company may already have, e.g., a quality checking technique, which it wishes to use in preference to the PRINCE2 quality review.