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How To Manage Fixed Date Projects in PRINCE2®

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. PRINCE2® Practitioner, Online Course and Exam. A comprehensive and accredited PRINCE2® Practitioner online course, including exam voucher and simulator access.

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How to manage project tolerances (with PRINCE2® 7 guide)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

However, the project sponsor is the person responsible for decisions that affect the project budget and the schedule, where making a change would deviate from the agreed plan. You can change the dates or the budget as long as you don’t go outside the zone. They define your zone of responsibility.

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A practical guide to quality management, assurance & control

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ll also link the practice back to the PMBOK® Guide and Managing Successful Projects, the latest PRINCE2 manual. The activities include: Identifying the deliverables (which PRINCE2 calls products) and documenting expectations around customer satisfaction about what quality standards they will adhere to.

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Free and Low Cost Project Management Resources

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve also included some low cost/high value resources that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets. Here are some free and low cost/high value project management training resources available online that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets.

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Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Gate reviews, or stage reviews are part of the PRINCE2® process, and also part of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s Project Roadmap in the Governance module. For simplicity, and because the UK government uses the terminology of gate review, that’s what I’m going with in this article. Benefits of gate reviews.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. What It Is: PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN Controlled Environments, and is a structured certified methodology. PRINCE2 came about in 1996 as a more general project management method.

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The Best Free Online Project Management Certificate Courses (2023)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve focused on courses that are aimed at beginners because if you have some experience leading projects, you are probably beyond what most of the free courses can teach you (and hopefully you can have a chat to your manager about funding professional training for PMP , PRINCE2 or another qualification. It is aimed at beginners.