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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). I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. Who is PRINCE2® for? PRINCE2® works in a huge number of industries and domains. And it’s not spelled PRINCE TWO! It was renamed PRINCE.

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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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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). I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. Who is PRINCE2 for? PRINCE2 works in a huge number of industries and domains. The History of PRINCE2. PRINCE2 Core Principles.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What really works might surprise you – it’s definitely something to work on when you are thinking about positive project risk! Specifically, Movable Type’s May 2004 decision to change the terms of its license. PRINCE2:2009: The Launch Please be patient with the video: it takes a while to load.

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What is Taylorism, and why Waterfall is just the tip of the iceberg!

Scrum.org

For many people, the traditional project management methodologies (see PMI / PRINCE2) are the root of the problems that birthed Waterfall. The thinking goes like this: Ideas and innovation from your workers were a risk to your business and thus must be eliminated. I assert that this is the tip of the iceberg. US Textile Mill.

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