PRINCE2™ For Dummies®

PRINCE2™ For Dummies^®, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organised

Part I: How PRINCE2 Can Help You

Part II: Working Through Your Project

Part III: Help with PRINCE2 Project Management

Part IV: The Part of Tens

Part V: Appendices

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: How PRINCE2 Can Help You

Chapter 1: So What’s a Project Method and Why Do I Need to Use One?

Getting the Low-Down on PRINCE2

Giving You Some Facts about Projects

Fact 1: A lot of projects go wrong

Fact 2: We know why projects go wrong

Fact 3: We know good ways of preventing a lot of those things

Fact 4: PRINCE2 is free to use

Making Your Life Easier with PRINCE2

Clearing Up Some Misunderstandings about PRINCE2

Working Through Your Project

Chapter 2: Outlining the Structure of PRINCE2

Getting to Know the Process Model

Getting things going

Repeating as necessary

Shutting down: Closing a Project

Introducing the Themes

Understanding the themes

Working in Line with the Principles

Appreciating the Six Control Variables

Fitting in Project Techniques

Putting It All Together

The environment of a PRINCE2 project

Chapter 3: Getting Real Power from PRINCE2

Understanding the Problems

Remembering that PRINCE2 Is a Tool

Leaving out activities

Adjusting the degree to which you do activities

Altering the sequence of activities within a PRINCE2 process

Shifting activities between processes

Using PRINCE2 in a hurry – parallel initiation

Running the project ...