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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. Document lessons learned for future projects.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. The most recent version was released in June 2009, which has split the manual into two, covering project managers and project sponsors. Boards can also be overkill for small projects — as can a lot of PRINCE2 documentation. Are they free?

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. PRINCE2 was released in 1996 and had major updates in 2009 and 2017.

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Getting to Know the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition

The IIL Blog

The Standard for Project Management is the document that carries the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) designation. Artifacts are templates, documents, outputs, or project deliverables. She has received several awards, including the PMI Fellow Award in 2018 and PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award in 2009.

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Unlocking the Secret to Hybrid Scheduling

International Institute for Learning

Hybrid Schedule Variables Hybrid schedule variables include the governance needs of the project, the development approach you will use for various deliverables, and the number and timing of integration points. When you think about governance, think about decision points, phase gates and milestones. There are many other scenarios.

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A Fresh Way to Start Projects

International Institute for Learning

We describe the purpose, objectives, success criteria and all the other stuff that goes into a Charter; or maybe while working on Agile projects, you start with a vision statement that documents the product, customer, needs, and key attributes. By looking at the project roadmap, I can get a feel for the flow of work.

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