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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). How does PRINCE2® handle closing a project? Where can I get more guidance?

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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. A gate review is a control point that acts as a go/no go decision point for the work. Gates allow you to transition between stages in a controlled way.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Now that command and control is recognized as an ineffective way of managing projects, project managers need alternatives that work when they don’t have authority over the team. Lots of real-world advice on coping strategies, focusing really around thinking through what you are going to say and making it relevant.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

There are two major certifying bodies, PRINCE2 and the Project Management Institute (PMI). The project manager’s first role is making a feasible plan that achieves the goals and objectives of the project and aligns with the organization’s overall business strategy. Business & IT strategy experience. General Project Manager.

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Project Management Trends [2022]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

More trust, less control (especially in remote teams). What we practice already and more and more companies are adopting is more trust and less control. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Think about how your PMO teams are rewarded. Buy Now from Amazon.

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What Is a PMO? (Infographic)

Wrike

Project management is a discipline loaded with acronyms: PMP, PRINCE2, CPM, WBS, PMBOK, PMI… and about 150 others. Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Call your meetings anything you like.