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PRINCE2
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Quality
The initial idea will only be understood as a broad outline. This
Theme explains how the outline is developed so that all participants
understand the quality attributes of the products to be delivered and
then how project management will ensure that these requirements are
subsequently delivered.
Plans
PRINCE2 projects proceed on the basis of a series of approved
plans. This theme complements the Quality theme by describing the
steps required to develop plans and the PRINCE2 techniques that
should be applied. In PRINCE2, the plans are matched to the needs
of the personnel at the various levels of the organization. They are
the focus for communication and control throughout the project.
Once a decision has been made to proceed with work, and the
appropriate resources have been committed, the project management
team must be focussed on delivering within the tolerances agreed. CS
describes the work of the Project Manager in handling the day-to-day
management of the project. It starts after the Project Board approves the
Stage Plan. It is closely linked with the MP process.
Risk
Projects typically entail more risk than stable operational activity.
This theme addresses how project management manages the
uncertainties in its plans and in the wider project environment.
Change
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Progress
This theme addresses the ongoing viability of the plans. The theme
explains the decision-making process for approving plans, the
monitoring of actual performance and the escalation process if events
do not go according to plan. Ultimately, the Progress theme
determines whether and how the project should proceed.
Plans
Quality
Risk
Organization
Business Case
Stages
Business Case
Themes Used
Project
Brief
PID
Stages are divisions of the project for management purposes. Each stage is
reviewed by the Project Board who approve them one at a time (at an End
Stage Assessment). Stages are major decision making points in PRINCE2.
Management stages equate to commitment of resources and authority to
spend. Technical stages are groups of specialist skills / activities required
to create the specialist products.
Technical Stages
PID
Specification
Design
Business
Case
Build
Progress
Business Case
Risk
Expected Benefits
Test
Benefits
Review
Plan
Implement
End
Stage
Report
Project
Issues
End-Stage
Assessments
(Project Board
Decision Points)
Management Stages
Products
Progress
Plans
Quality
Risk
Business Case
Change
Organization
Progress
Change
Risk
Quality
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Lessons Log
Lessons Report
Plan
Product Description
Product Status Account
Project Brief
Product Initiation Documentation
Project Product Description
Quality Management Strategy
Quality Register
Risk Management Strategy
Risk Register
Work Package
Progress
Business Case
Quality
From Customer
Project Response
Customers Quality
Expectations
Acceptance Criteria
Project Product
Description
Quality Management
Strategy
Quality Components
Quality Criteria &
Tolerances
Product Descriptions
PRINCE2
Product-based
Planning Technique
Quality Methods
Quality Responsibilities
Quality Register
COMMUNICATE
PRINCE2
Quality Review
Technique
PRODUCT
CONTROL
Progress
Plans
Business Case
Risk
Organization
Risk
Project management must control and
contain risks if a project is to stand any
chance of being successful. Assumptions
about risk have to be regularly revisited
and reconsidered, for example at each
End Stage Assessment. Risk requires,
identification prior to assessment
leading to a plan which is implemented.
This Risk Management Cycle diagram
shows the relationship between them.
QUALITY
Progress
Change
Plans
Quality
The specific treatment for quality in PRINCE2 is the focus on products from
the outset, requiring systematic activities to:
QUALITY
PLANNING
Acceptance Record