PRINCE2 Now and Next

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PRINCE2 Now and Next
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Andy Murray

• PRINCE2 Lead Author
• Outperform UK Ltd

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What is PRINCE2?

• Formerly known as PRINCE (and PROMPT before
  that!)
• Introduced by central government because high
  profile project failures were too common
• Owned by Office of Government Commerce
• Launched in 1996
• Currently in its 4th edition (2005)
• Next version in development (2009)
• It is a method for managing projects
• It is part of OGCs PPRM portfolio

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OGCs PPRM Products
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Recent Additions

• For Successful Project Management Think PRINCE2
• An affordable introductory, practical guide to
  PRINCE2.
• Official beginners guide written by practitioners
  provides a real view on PRINCE2, from a
  government organisation, private sector and
  not-for-profit global organisation perspective.

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Recent Additions

• Agile Project Management Running PRINCE2
  Projects with DSDM Atern
• Based on PRINCE2 and DSDM, the two most
  established and internationally recognised
  project management approaches, this title
  explores the differences between the two
  approaches before showing where they overlap and
  how they can be integrated.

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Recent Additions

• Improving Project Performance Using the PRINCE2
  Maturity Model
• Practical advice on how P2MM can be used
• The help implement PRINCE2 (first time users)
• To re-invigorate/enhance existing PRINCE2
  implementations
• To help organisations improve their project
  performance by going beyond training and
  templates (i.e. overcoming the issue of PRINCE in
  Name Only - PINO)
• As a benchmark to assess organisational
  capability, plan improvements and measure the
  improvements
• For organisational accreditation

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Ten Years of PRINCE2

• 1. More than 250,000 practitioners world-wide
• 2. There are more than 20 User Groups around the
  world
• 3. There are more than 120 accredited training
  consulting organisations
• 4. There are more than 50 software tools
  supporting PRINCE2
• 5. Training courses available in more than 17
  languages
• 6. It is used on all 7 continents
• 7. It is used by the private sector as much as
  the public sector
• 8. It is used on all types of projects
  (construction, change, technology)
• 9. It is the most widely used method (more than
  1.6m pages on www)
• 10. Used on its own it doesnt guarantee
  successful projects

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Public Consultation

• The feedback showed a general consensus for
  change
• Reduce the size of the manual and improve the
  style of language (more guidance less
  instruction)
• Make it more accessible (for example by embracing
  new media)
• Integrate with other OGC products
• Show linkage to other methods and bodies of
  knowledge
• Provide more guidance on scaling and tailoring
  (particularly for smaller projects)
• Include (or reference) the soft aspects of
  Project Management (e.g. people management,
  change management, fuzzy initiation)
• Training/qualifications should focus on the
  application of PRINCE2 rather than knowledge of
  PRINCE2

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OGC Mandate For Change
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Proposed Publications
P3O
P3M3
Business Benefits ThroughProject Programme
Management
Business Benefits ThroughProject Programme
Management
PRINCE2 DSDM
P2MM / P2MM Guide
P2MM / P2MM Guide
PRINCE2Method
Think PRINCE2
MSP
PRINCE2in Practice
Study Guides
M_o_R
Pocket Book
ITIL
Checklists
Templates
Case Studies
Knowledge Centre
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Development Approach

• Cases for/against any major changes to the method
• A Design Review of the principles and process
  model which underpins the method
• Using the OGC Common Glossary as the source
  dictionary for specialist terms
• Use of mentors who the authoring team can call
  upon for specialist advice
• Pilots of the revised method
• Proof of Concept that the exam syllabuses can be
  drawn from new the core guides
• Formal Quality Reviews of all published content
• Surveys and consultation to gauge the expected
  impact on the new guides
• Two releases
• The first for the core guides, study guides and
  templates
• The second for the complementary products
• Co-ordinated release of publications with the
  enhanced qualification scheme

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Refresh Time Line

• 2007 Q4 Design Review
• 2008 Q1 1st Draft Pilots
• 2008 Q3 2nd Draft
• 2008 Q4 Production Transition
• Keeping up to date
• www.best-management-practice
• Author team blog
• e-alert service

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Summary

• PRINCE2 ten years of success
• Drive to eradicate PINO
• Refresh to accommodate new thinking
• Expanded series provides greater context
• Extensive public consultation
• To produce OGC Mandate
• To develop the Scoping Document and PDs
• On-going to pilot and review the updated method
• See www.best-management-practice for more details

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Speaker Profile

• Andy Murray
• Andy Murray is a Chartered Director and PRINCE2
  Registered Consultant, having worked in the field
  of Projects and Programmes for over 15 years.
• He is currently a director of Outperform UK Ltd
  (www.outperform.co.uk), an Accredited Consultancy
  Organisation (ACO) licensed to consult in the
  OGCs best practice trilogy of PRINCE2, MSP and
  M_o_R.
• Andy was an early adopter of PRINCE2, back in
  1997, and has been helping organisations
  implement and gain value from PRINCE2 ever
  since. He has helped implement PRINCE2 in
  numerous organisations in more than a dozen
  countries.
• Andy has been using maturity models as a
  consulting aid for more than five years, since
  they help diagnose an organisations strengths
  and weaknesses, prioritise improvement
  initiatives and measure progress. Andy has used
  the OGCs PRINCE2 Maturity Model (P2MM) and
  Portfolio, Programme and Project Management
  Maturity Model (P3M3) as a means to both
  benchmark organisations via the APM Group
  assessment process and to define improvement
  plans.
• Andy is the co-author the P2MM Guide and the lead
  author for the PRINCE2 Refresh