PRINCE2™ Now and Next
Andy Murray
PRINCE2 Lead Author
Outperform UK Ltd
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 OGC’s PPRM portfolio
OGC’s PPRM Products
Common Glossary (updated)
Models
Refresh pending
Portfolio,
Programme and
Project
Management
Maturity Model
(P3M3)
Guides
In Development
Updated 2007
Updated 2007
Portfolio,
Programme
and Project
Office
(P3O)
Gateway®
M_o_R®
In Development
Portfolio Guide
Updated 2007
MSP (programme)
PRINCE2™
Maturity Model
(P2MM)
Refresh pending
PRINCE2™ (project)
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.
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.
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
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 doesn’t guarantee successful projects
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
OGC Mandate For Change
Proposed Publications
P3O
P3M3
Business Benefits Through
Project & Programme Management
PRINCE2
& DSDM
P2MM / P2MM Guide
Think PRINCE2
PRINCE2
Method
PRINCE2
in Practice
MSP
Study Guides
M_o_R
Pocket Book
ITIL
Checklists
Templates
Case Studies
Knowledge Centre
Development Approach
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Cases for/against any major changes to the method
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A Design Review of the principles and process model which underpins the method
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Using the OGC Common Glossary as the source dictionary for specialist terms
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Use of mentors who the authoring team can call upon for specialist advice
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Pilots of the revised method
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Proof of Concept that the exam syllabuses can be drawn from new the core guides
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Formal Quality Reviews of all published content
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Surveys and consultation to gauge the expected impact on the new guides
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Two releases
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The first for the core guides, study guides and templates
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The second for the complementary products
Co-ordinated release of publications with the enhanced qualification scheme
Refresh Time Line
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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
Summary
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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
Speaker Profile
Andy Murray
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Andy Murray is a Chartered Director and PRINCE2 Registered Consultant,
having worked in the field of Projects and Programmes for over 15 years.
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He is currently a director of Outperform UK Ltd (www.outperform.co.uk), an
Accredited Consultancy Organisation (ACO) licensed to consult in the OGC’s
best practice trilogy of PRINCE2™, MSP and M_o_R®.
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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.
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Andy has been using maturity models as a consulting aid for more than five
years, since they help diagnose an organisation’s strengths and weaknesses,
prioritise improvement initiatives and measure progress. Andy has used the
OGC’s 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.
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Andy is the co-author the P2MM Guide and the lead author for the PRINCE2
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