Category: PRINCE2
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How to manage work
This article was written in response to a question from a 3rd year Computer Science student and it uses terms familiar to that domain. However the principles it puts forward are generally applicable and should be useful to any reader. What is “work”? “Work” is a verb, it doing something to create a Deliverable and it…
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Why is it often more difficult to manage a small project than a large one?
Ian Mitchell asks on Linkedin. I have spent the last 20 years a freelance consultant managing small hi-tech projects in large and small organisations. Examples include, satellite communications systems and integration of mail campaigns with data warehouses. Characteristics of small projects, the project manager is assigned 1 – 2 days/week people in your team will frequently also…
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SCRUM, PRINCE2 and ElephantPM
I have received several questions recently about how agile project management methodologies such as SCRUM can be used with deliverable-centric methodologies such as PRINCE2 or ElephantPM. ElephantPM is similar to PRINCE2 but is tailored for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Whereas ElephantPM is a generic methodology that can be used for almost any project,…
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Resource provider engagement in the school fair
In an earlier post I observed that in my experience one of the most problematic areas for project managers is the consistency of support from key resource suppliers. This was forcibly pointed out to me again this week. My wife volunteered to organise the Christmas Fair at my son’s primary school. While I have always…
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Stakeholder agreements are vital to successful projects
I am now writing the chapter in my book ElephantPM that describes how to start-up a project. When I look back over the projects that I have worked on, I think that there is one success factor that has caused me more problems than any other and that is “Stakeholder engagement”. PRINCE2 has this to…
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When would you use PRINCE2?
PRINCE2 is a heavy methodology and may not be suitable for all projects. What do you think?
Dr James Bayley 