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Who does what in Project Initiation in PRINCE2®

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Initiating a project is where it all starts in PRINCE2®. The Initiating a Project process is designed to “establish solid foundations” according to the 2023 Managing Successful Projects official manual, also known as PRINCE2 7. Prepare the business case This step is where PRINCE2 7 deviates from other methods and approaches.

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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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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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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. PRINCE2® requires at least two management stages: one to initiate the project and then however many you need after that to do the rest of the work.

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Free and Low Cost Project Management Resources

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. I find their search engine quite difficult to navigate but if you spend the time hunting you can normally find the document you want.

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10 Places to Get Free Project Management Templates

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And yet… somehow the organisation doesn’t have the documentation you need to get it started, keep it on track and close it down successfully. These are all good, reliable sources of quality documentation for projects. Feel free to change the documents so that they are actually useful. PRINCE2 Templates from Axelos.

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How to handover a project on closure

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A closure document is a formal sign off that marks the end of the project work. The closure document talks about what you did and how that compared to what you set out to do. I start a handover document towards the end of a project or phase and use it to make notes of what information to pass on.