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How To Close A Project In PRINCE2

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you aren’t using PRINCE2®, or if you want some general guidance as well about project closure documents and so on, read this next: How to close a project. This article has been updated to be fully aligned to PRINCE2 7 (2023 edition). Closing a project successfully means a good, clean transition for the project team.

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How To Close A Project In PRINCE2

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you aren’t using PRINCE, or if you want some general guidance as well about project closure documents and so on, read this next: How to close a project. A project has a start, a middle and an end, so closing a project is an important part of the project management lifecycle. How Does PRINCE2 Handle Closing a Project?

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is PRINCE2®? PRINCE2® is a project management method. PRINCE2® stands for Projects IN a Controlled Environment (Version 2). Who is PRINCE2® for? PRINCE2® works in a huge number of industries and domains. It’s a predictive methodology, although PRINCE2 Agile ® allows for agile frameworks.

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7 Easy Steps I Use To Close A Project Effectively (Steal my checklist!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

But there’s another area that is arguably as important, if not more so than those: how to close a project. I've closed out lots of projects in my 20+ years career as a project manager. One project in particular was difficult to close and sticks in my mind as there was no one to hand it over to, so I sat with it for ages.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We were talking about PRINCE2®, what it means to get qualified and how it compares to the PMBOK Guide. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004. Elizabeth, what’s the story behind the PRINCE2 methodology? PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN Controlled Environments and is a widely used project management method.

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12 Tips for PRINCE2® Practitioner Exam Success

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 Foundation was the first project management certification that I took. PRINCE2 is one of the most popular project management frameworks around the world, with thousands of certified professionals globally. A PRINCE2 Practitioner simulator will get you in the right frame of mind to answer the scenario-based questions.

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How to manage project assurance (with PRINCE2 guide)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If the project can no longer meet its goals, the function could even recommend that the project is closed. In PRINCE2 environments , it is specifically called out that project board members are accountable for assuring their particular areas. Who is responsible for project assurance?

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