Tag: PRINCE2®

How do experienced project managers create and nurture a high performing project team?  In my experience, a high performing project team has a mutual purpose that binds them together and ratchets their performance to an exceptional level that is more than the sum of its parts? In their book, The Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and […]

Why be traditional with  your PRINCE2 project management methodology when you can integrate agile methods within your approach and enhance your project success?  Sure seems like agile methods and frameworks are increasing in popularity as organizations and individuals seek increased flexibility when managing their projects and change initiatives. According to the experts, agile approaches are […]

Sure can be difficult to justify your project when you don’t define and agree upon the business reasons why that project is being done in the first place.  The PRINCE2 Business Case allows you to do just that by documenting and tracking the business justification for your project.  Experienced project managers use the PRINCE2 Business […]

Research shows that despite substantial investments, organizations across all industries and sectors continue to struggle in demonstrating return on investments in change. The Managing Benefits guidance and qualification scheme from APMG-International is designed to address this problem, providing generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques. Effective portfolio management in any organization allows […]

Sometimes our project success is directly related to the quality of planning that gets done. When you define your project approach, you must decide where it falls across the spectrum of plan-driven approaches and change-driven approaches.  Plan-driven project approaches focus on ensuring that the solution is fully defined before its implementation begins.  Change-driven project approaches are indicative of a […]