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Whatever your project - no matter how big or small - PRINCE2 For Dummies, 2009 Edition is the perfect guide to using this project management method to help ensure its success. Fully updated with the 2009 practice guidelines, this book will take you through every step of a project - from planning and establishing roles to closing and reviewing - offering practical and easy-to-understand advice on using PRINCE2. It also shows how to use the method when approaching the key concerns of project management, including setting up effective controls, managing project risk, managing quality and controlling change. PRINCE2 allows you to divide your project into manageable chunks, so you can make realistic plans and know when resources will be needed. PRINCE2 For Dummies, 2009 Edition provides you with a comprehensive guide to its systems, procedures and language so you can run efficient and successful projects. PRINCE2 For Dummies, 2009 Edition includes: Part I: How PRINCE Can Help You - Chapter 1: So What's a Project Method and Why Do I Need to Use One? - Chapter 2: Outlining the Structure of PRINCE2 - Chapter 3: Getting Real Power from PRINCE2 Part II: Working Through Your Project - Chapter 4: Checking the Idea Before You Start - Chapter 5: Planning the Whole Project: Initiation - Chapter 6: Preparing for a Stage in the Project - Chapter 7: Controlling a Stage - Chapter 8: Building the Deliverables - the Work of the Teams - Chapter 9: Finishing the Project - Chapter 10: Running Effective Project Boards Part III: Help with PRINCE Project Management - Chapter 11: Producing and Updating the Business Case - Chapter 12: Deciding Roles and Responsibilities - Chapter 13:  Managing Project Quality - Chapter 14: Planning the Project, Stages, and Work Packages - Chapter 15: Managing Project Risk - Chapter 16: Controlling Change and Controlling Versions - Chapter 17: Monitoring Progress and Setting Up Effective Controls Part IV: The Part of Tens - Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make PRINCE Work Well - Chapter 19: Ten Tips for a Good Business Case - Chapter 20: Ten Things for Successful Project Assurance Part V: Appendices - Appendix A: Looking into PRINCE Qualifications - Appendix B: Glossary of the Main PRINCE2 Terms

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Part I: How PRINCE2 Can Help You 5 Chapter 1: So What’s a Project Method and Why Do I Need to Use One? 7 Chapter 2: Outlining the Structure of PRINCE2 15 Chapter 3: Getting Real Power from PRINCE2 27 Part II: Working Through Your Project 39 Chapter 4: Checking the Idea Before You Start 41 Chapter 5: Planning the Whole Project: Initiation 67 Chapter 6: Preparing for a Stage in the Project 93 Chapter 7: Controlling a Stage 109 Chapter 8: Building the Deliverables 121 Chapter 9: Finishing the Project 131 Chapter 10: Running Effective Project Boards 145 Part III: Help with PRINCE2 Project Management 167 Chapter 11: Producing and Updating the Business Case 169 Chapter 12: Deciding Roles and Responsibilities 187 Chapter 13: Managing Project Quality 209 Chapter 14: Planning the Project, Stages and Work Packages 223 Chapter 15: Managing Project Risk 253 Chapter 16: Controlling Change and Versions 275 Chapter 17: Monitoring Progress and Setting Up Effective Controls 295 Part IV: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make PRINCE2 Work Well 313 Chapter 19: Ten Tips for a Good Business Case 319 Chapter 20: Ten Things for Successful Project Assurance 325 Part V: Appendices 331 Appendix A: Looking into PRINCE2 Qualifications 333 Appendix B: Glossary of the Main PRINCE2 Terms 337 Index 351

About the Author :
Nick Graham is a director and founder of the project consultancy and training company Inspirandum Ltd and is a member of the Association for Project Management and the Institute of Directors. A qualified teacher and project manager, Nick has long experience in the PRINCE2 method. He delivers project training for private sector and public organisations throughout the UK and worldwide.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470667316
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 392
  • ISBN-10: 0470667311
  • Publisher Date: 25 Mar 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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