Introducing the PRINCE2™ Model

• How a PRINCE2™ project works
• Controlling the project with a start, middle and end
• Translating the manual to practical application

Starting up a Project

Analysing liability and value

• Comparing the mandate to the Project Brief
• Enhancing the starting position
• Outlining the business case

Gaining consensus on the starting position

• Setting and managing expectations
• Choosing your battles
• Making the tradeoffs visible
• Selecting tailoring decision drivers

Determining the next steps

• Identifying the work to plan the project
• Gaining senior management commitment

Logging barriers to success

• Capturing deficiencies in the starting point
• Forecasting risk to the project as a whole

Initiating the Project

Managing quality simply and directly

• Creating an effective quality log
• Utilising the quality log to track the project

Adapting project controls to your situation

• Implementing management by exception
• Balancing risks, costs and benefits
• Identifying stages and tolerances
• Designing the communication plan
• Communicating your successes

Plans and Product-Based Planning

• Defining the final product
• Constructing a product checklist to communicate with the Project Board
• Interpreting the Project Plan

Preparing for the project authorisation

• Establishing the Business Case
• Managing risks
• Taking into account the importance of people in the process

Managing the Work

Completing the Work Package

• Delegating Work Packages
• Treating change as normal
• Receiving completed work

Assessing progress

• Utilising the information you have
• Tracking work progress

Reporting accurately in an appropriate manner

• Gathering progress data with a Checkpoint Report
• Presenting progress to the board

Engaging people in the work

• Creating a sense of team
• Building motivation
• Maintaining involvement in the project

Expecting the Unexpected

Capturing and responding to issues

• Conducting an impact analysis
• Making logical and defendable decisions

Preparing for an Exception Assessment

• Getting the project ready for an ad hoc stage boundary
• Creating the Exception Report

Closing the Project

Recognising and valuing success

• Proving success with tangible results
• Planning for project benefit assessment
• Preparing for the final meeting with the Project Board

Creating a legacy

• Documenting the Lessons Learned
• Preserving project documentation for future use

Implementing PRINCE2™ in Your Organisation

Making the case for PRINCE2™

• Articulating advantages for your organisation
• Creating the Business Case for PRINCE2™

Successful implementation strategies

• Demonstrating the benefits of PRINCE2™
• Developing a personal action plan