Project Management - the Nuts and Bolts of Prince2 2009

June 10, 2009 - PRLog -- London, UK -- The UK's project management community is gearing up for the change to Prince2 2009, the latest version of the Prince2 method.

The new manual, and exams, are due to come into the effect during the summer of 2009, although your can sit the current 2005 Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner exams until the end of 2009.

Firstly, there are 7 Prince2 "Principles" which have been added.  In other words, guides to good project management best practices, such as business justification and management of risk.  These are mentioned in the 2005 manual, but not specifically outlined as a framework of methodologies which wrap around Prince2.

Second, Components are now called Key Themes, and are reduced in number from 8 to 7.  Similarly there are now 6 Processes instead of 7.  Key though is that all the 45 sub-processes have been stripped out and are not included in the 2009 manual.  This is aimed at stripping out sections of the current Prince2 training manual which are seen as unnecessarily complex.

The Techniques section will include cross-references to other Bodys of knowledge including ‘soft’ aspects.  The number of
Management Products has been slimmed down to 27 products from 36, and additional content has been added within the section relating to the Project Environment, where none previously existed.

And lastly, the Hints & Tips section is now in an FAQ style, which is seen as more user-friendly than before.

NOTES TO EDITORS
Prince2 is widely used as a project management method in IT-projects in both public and private sectors, but it has become popular in non-IT projects as well. It is now the UK's de facto standard for project management. One of the most effective ways to grasp the method is through Accelerated Learning.

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PRINCE2 was originally developed by the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) now part of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in 1989 as a UK Government standard for IT project management.

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• Enhances retention by employing accelerated learning techniques focused on committing information to long-term memory

• Is not like other bootcamps where just the exams are taught. In fact our PRINCE2 training courses is delivers more case based scenarios than traditional training or boot camps

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