PRINCE2

PRINCE2 vs PMP

• PRINCE2 focuses of WHAT to do
• PMP focuses on HOW to do it
• PRINCE2 is a methodology using processes
• PMP is a standard and a knowlegebase

Theses certifications are not in competition with each other, they can be used with each other.

Benefits of PRINCE2

• Common lexicon for those involved in project
• Explicit roles assigned for each reponsability
• Customer focuses by design
• Provides repeatable processes
• Deliver on busines needs
• Adaptable and tailorable to the business

What it Won’t Provide?

• Excludes specialized aspects
  • Procurement
  • Legal
  • Finatial
  • Human resources
• Excludes management of people
• Doesn’t focus on techniques or dictate how to do something

& Principles

• Continued Business Justification
• Learn From Experience
• Defined Roles and Reponsabilities
• Manage by Stages
• Manage by Exception
• Focus on Products
• Tailor To Suit The Project

Principle: Continued Business Justification

• Are the benefits still worth the risk & costs?
• Project must always remain desirable, viable, and achievable
  • If not, the project should be closed
• Does the organization have the capability to deliver the product?
• Will the use of the project’s products result in the outcomes and benefits expected?
• Prevents wasting resources on a project that has no benefits
• Benefits do not have to be (only) monetary

Business Case Components

• Reason for the project
• Expected benefits and dis-benefits
  • What threshold would project be terminated?
• Timeline, Cost, and Risk
• Underlying assumptions
• Options considered
• Chosen solution

Learn From Experiences

• Everyone makes mistakes, but how can we learn from them?
• Collect reports of lessons learned from previous projects
• Generate reports during the project

Who’s Responsability Is It?

• Project managers should identify, document, and disseminate lessons via lesson reports to the project board
• Project board should distribute these reports to the organization’s other project managers

Hindsight is 20-20

• Setup a lessons learned log during the Starting Up a Project process
• Generate lessons reports at the end of each stage
• Final lessons report created before the Closing a Project process is completed

Lessons Learned arr “Testable”

• Assurance auditors will ask for evidence that lessons ar actually being learned
• Looking for proof that things are implemented to improve process and prevent mistakes
• Lessons Learned is different from Lessons Observed

How to prevent mistakes?

• Learn from past mistakes to prevent new ones
• Create a repository of lessons reports
• Recruit members to your project with similar project experiences…
• …there really is no substitute for experience!

Referências

• PRINCE2 Foundation: Cram to Pass the PRINCE2 Exam in 7 days