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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. PRINCE2® was released in 1996 and had major updates in 2009 and 2017.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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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. It’s a joint venture company partly owned by the Cabinet Office of the UK government.

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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

Because PRINCE2 is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. PRINCE2 is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. PRINCE2 was released in 1996 and had major updates in 2009 and 2017. PRINCE2 Processes.

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Getting to Know the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition

The IIL Blog

There was a big change in the Standard as the content shifted from being focused on Process Groups to project management principles. Previous editions of the PMBOK ® Guide organized content by Knowledge Areas and processes. It provides a framework for applying the Standard. I’ll start by describing the Standard.

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Hybrid – The Future of Project ManagementWith Cyndi Snyder-Dionosio

International Institute for Learning

Both waterfall and Agile methods rely on process. With waterfall you might have detailed scope definition, robust schedules, and rigorous change control processes. Process is great, but we have to move beyond following a process without questioning if it is the most effective way to deliver value.

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