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Summary Papers M&T 2Paper 0 – Prince 2
What is a project
- Characteristics:
o Job that has to get done, problem scheduled to be solved
o Identifiable endpoint
o Group of people working on a one-time task
- MacLeamy curve
Project Management Cycle
- Understanding project environment – stakeholders and factors
- Defining project – objective, scope and strategy
- Planning – how project will be executed
- Technical execution – performing aspects of project
- Project control – monitoring if all goes according to plan
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- The most detailed and explicit project management model/approach
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,Project organization
- Corporate or Programme Management – do not participate in
project; level outside the project
- Programme – group of related projects in organization
- Project board – responsible for success of project
o Executive – main responsible person for project (appoints
team)
o Senior user – represents user interests (specifications)
o Senior supplier – represents designer (implementers of
products)
- Project Manager – manage daily progress of project to deliver end
product; runs project
- Team Manager – responsible to deliver products assigned to work
packages by project manager
Process Model
- Directing a Project (DP) – controlling by senior management
- Start up a Project (SU) – pre-project process; gathers
necessary information
- Initiating a Project (IP) – justification of project; create
project plan
- Controlling a Stage (CS) – project manager’s daily
monitoring and control
- Managing a Stage Boundary (MP) – controlled way to
complete a stage
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, - Managing Product Delivery (MP) – delivering product that users use
- Closing a Project (CP) – confirming delivery of products
SU – Project Mandate
- Main objective of project
- Business case describes reasons for project
- Project scope in high level terms
- Customers’ quality expectations
SU – Assemble Project Brief
- Project definition
- Project product description
- Outline of business case
- Project approach
- Team structure and role description
CS – Work Packages
- Way for project manager to group work activities together and assign work to team
o Set of information about one or more required products
CP – Outputs
- EPR: end of project report
- LR: lessons report
- PP: project plan
- BRP: benefits review plan
- PCN: project closure notification
- FAR: follow-on actions recommendations
- CIR: configuration items record
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