1. PRINCE2 Project Management
Clive Porter-Brown, Courthill Systems
PRINCE2 Certified

2. What is Project Management
PRINCE 2 definition
“A Management environment that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to a specified business case”
Why do we need project management
“We are not about cutting edge technology, but serving our customers well and efficiently.”

3. Reasons for Project Failure
“We never find the time to plan …
but always find time to do the job twice.”
“…dazzled by the potential of the technology and losing sight of what is practically deliverable.”
Over complex projects
Bad scoping of products
Insufficient piloting
Lack of objectivity
Maintaining viability with the business case

4. Project Management Requirements
Deliver the expect (needed) benefits
Deliver on time and to budget
Run Smoothly – avoid crisis management
Meet the expectations of the users

5. Understanding Life Cycles
The project forms part of the product life cycle, but the better it is defined, the better it contributes to the success of the product
Concept
End of life
Start-up processes
Initiation Stage
Control Stage
Closing Project
Project
Life Cycle
End of Project
PRINCE 2
Life Cycle
Product
Life Cycle

6. Project Control Cycles
Application of Fayol’s principles
Planned
Plan
Monitor
Approve
Project
Execute
Changes to project
Corrections to methods of execution
Corrections to plan
Deviations from plan
Control
Escalation
Delegation

7. Problems with Project Management
Why do we fail to deliver projects successfully
Lack of formal methodology
No Product requirement or definition
No Product ownership
No definition of the business case
No effective project management process
Leads to project failure

8. A Project Management solution…
PRINCE 2
A Project Management solution…

9. Adoption of PRINCE 2
PRINCE 2 does not define the tools we use to run the project, or how we manage our environment, but it does define the process to enable successful project delivery.
PRINCE 2
PRojects IN Controlled Environments Version 2
Defacto standard
Methodology is in the public domain and non proprietary
A framework for managing a project

10. What is PRINCE2 A PRINCE2 project has the following characteristics:
A Customer / Supplier environment
A finite and defined life cycle
Defined and measurable business products
A corresponding set of activities to achieve the business products
A defined amount of resources
An organisation structure, with defined responsibilities, to manage the project
Scalable regardless of project size

11. Structure of PRINCE 2 PRINCE 2 Processes Components Techniques
Starting up a Project (SU)
Business Case
Product Based Planning
Initiating a Project (IP)
Organisation
Change Control Techniques
Directing a Project (DP)
Plans
Quality Review Technique
Controlling a Stage (CS)
Controls
Managing Product Delivery (MP
Management of Risk
Managing Stage Boundaries (SB)
Quality of Project Environment
Closing a Project (CP)
Configuration Management
Planning (PL)
Change Control

12. Implementing PRINCE2 Where next ?
Gain management approval that this is the correct methodology for us
If not, what is it missing and what is a suitable alternative
Create the toolset that we will use
Run a pilot project(s) to prove the process and toolset
Train staff on the process and toolset
Migrate all projects to PRINCE 2
Establish regular process review to ensure that it is being used and is effective

13. Development to PRINCE 2 Certification
Staff Development
PRINCE 2
Awareness
PRINCE 2
Foundation
PRINCE 2
Practitioner
Operational Development
PRINCE 2
Awareness
PRINCE 2
Process
Model
BS 6079:1996
Guide to Project
Management

14. PRINCE 2
Questions and Answers ?