Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2.

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2®
 Contents
 List of figures
 List of tables
 Foreword
 About AXELOS
 Acknowledgements
 Contents summary
 1 Introduction
 1 Introduction
 1.1 The structure of PRINCE2
 Figure 1.1 The structure of PRINCE2
 1.2 What PRINCE2 does not provide
 1.3 What makes a project a \'PRINCE2 project\'?
 1.4 The purpose of this manual
 2 Project management with PRINCE2
 2 Project management with PRINCE2
 2.1 What is a project?
 2.2 What is project management?
 2.3 What is it we wish to control?
 2.4 What does a project manager do?
 Figure 2.1 Project management. 2.5 Projects in contextFigure 2.2 Projects in the context of portfolios and programmes
 2.5.1 Stand-alone projects
 2.5.2 Projects within programmes
 2.5.3 Projects within a portfolio
 2.5.4 Projects in a commercial environment
 2.6 Applying PRINCE2
 2.6.1 PRINCE2, international standards and bodies of knowledge
 2.6.2 PRINCE2 and commissioning organization standards
 2.6.3 PRINCE2 and delivery approaches
 2.6.4 Measures of success
 2.6.5 PRINCE2 and organizational capability
 3 Principles
 3 Principles
 3.1 Continued business justification
 3.2 Learn from experience. 3.3 Defined roles and responsibilities3.4 Manage by stages
 3.5 Manage by exception
 3.6 Focus on products
 3.7 Tailor to suit the project
 4 Tailoring and adopting PRINCE2
 4 Tailoring and adopting PRINCE2
 4.1 Tailoring PRINCE2
 4.2 Adopting PRINCE2
 4.3 Tailoring PRINCE2 to suit different projects
 4.3.1 What can be tailored?
 4.3.2 Who is responsible and where is tailoring documented?
 4.3.3 Tailoring is constrained and influenced by context
 Figure 4.1 Constraints and influences on tailoring a project
 4.3.4 Some common situations
 4.4 Adopting PRINCE2 in an organizational environment. 4.4.1 Effective use of PRINCE2 in an organization4.4.2 Tailoring PRINCE2 to create an organization\'s project management method
 Figure 4.2 Tailoring PRINCE2 to create an organization\'s project management method
 4.4.3 Embedding PRINCE2 in an organization
 5 Introduction to PRINCE2 themes
 5 Introduction to PRINCE2 themes
 Table 5.1 The seven PRINCE2 themes
 5.1 Tailoring the themes
 5.2 Format of the theme chapters
 6 Business case
 6 Business case
 6.1 The business case theme
 Figure 6.1 Relationship between outputs, outcomes and benefits
 6.2 PRINCE2\'s requirements for the business case. Figure 6.2 The development path of the business case6.2.1 Developing the business justification
 6.2.2 Verifying and maintaining the business justification
 6.2.3 Ensuring and confirming that benefits are realized
 6.2.4 Business case responsibilities in PRINCE2
 Table 6.1 Responsibilities relevant to the business case
 6.3 Guidance for effective business case management
 6.3.1 Business justifications can take many forms
 6.3.2 PRINCE2 products need to be used, not just delivered
 6.3.3 Customers and suppliers will usually need their ownbusiness cases
 6.3.4 Projects within programmes.