Product based planning in Prince2

In my article about the complete Prince2 health check I explained that the main features of PRINCE2 are:

• Business Case: Business justification of the project (which benefits contributes the project for the organization, how does the project contribute to the corporate goal).
• Product Based Planning: A planning based on the products that should delivered.
• Organisation: Defined organizational structure for the project (project manager, business executive, project board, etc.).
• Stages: controlable and checkable project stages.
• Management by Exception: The project board comes together only when strictly necessary.

In this article we’ll look a little bit further on the Product Based Planning aspects of a project. Not only because I have created two home made templates ( Product Breakdown Structure and Product Flow Diagram in Visio format) but also because I think that Product Based Planning helps you to keep your focus right while delivering the required results. (more…)

Prince2 foundation test: sample exams added from Focusprojects.co.uk!

The list of sample prince2 exams has been extended with 2 new sample exams. You can use these sample exams as a warming up for your real Prince2 foundation or practitioner exam. The sample exams added are:

• Prince2 foundation assessment from Focusprojects.co.uk.
• Prince2 practitioner readiness assessment from Focusprojects.co.uk.

Check the article for an complete overview of the Prince2 foundation sample exams found on the internet.

What features should a project management site have?

This Prince2 weblog is growing each day, or better said: each week. The numbers are going up as more and more people are finding this website. A good thing is that the average time people spend on this site is over 7 minutes! Of course I’m very happy with all of you. As this website is growing I’m also interested in your opinion. What information and what features should have this website?

Do you have any suggestions like:

• a section on best practices
• feeds from other weblogs/websites on Project Management
• a list of links for suggested articles
• ……

Just tell me what you are looking for when coming to this site. Your opinion is very much apreciated.