This is a lon.o.o.ng heavy going, turgid textbook of the sort that used to exist before authors and trainers got wise to the needs of students.
It starts by trumpeting the virtues of Prince2as if they were unique to that system. It moves on to the subjects or processess without any real overview or prioritisation. In fact the book is written very like a software manual. Each chapter apparently unrelated to the others and there is an odd use of langauge throughout.
In fact if I was trying to make a subject difficult to understand I could not be much better than this.
Author(s): The APM Group Ltd
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publisher: The Stationery Office Books
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 326
Acknowledgement......Page 2
Foreward......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
1.2 What is PRINCE?......Page 18
1.3 Benefits of using PRINCE......Page 19
1.5 Using the manual......Page 20
1.6 PRINCE terminology......Page 21
2.1 What is a project?......Page 22
2.2 The scope of PRINCE......Page 23
2.4 Overview of PRINCE......Page 25
3 Introduction to the PRINCE Components......Page 29
4.1 Overview......Page 30
4.2 The PRINCE Project Management Team......Page 36
4.3 Programme Organisation......Page 43
4.4 Alternative organisation structures......Page 46
5.2 What are the components of a plan?......Page 48
5.4 Levels of plan......Page 50
5.5 Benefits of planning......Page 53
6.1 Purpose of Control......Page 54
6.2 Control overview......Page 55
6.3 Controlled start......Page 56
6.4 Controlled progress......Page 58
6.5 Controlled Close......Page 66
7.1 What is a Stage?......Page 68
7.3 Management versus Technical Stages......Page 69
7.5 How to use stages......Page 71
8.2 What is risk?......Page 72
8.3 Types of Risk......Page 73
8.4 Managing risk......Page 74
9.2 What is Quality?......Page 80
9.3 Quality Management......Page 81
9.4 The Quality Path......Page 82
9.5 Making project quality work......Page 87
10.1 Purpose......Page 88
10.2 Definition......Page 89
10.4 Configuration Management Method......Page 90
10.6 Configuration Identification......Page 92
10.8 Configuration Control......Page 93
10.11 Configuration Management and a Project Support Office......Page 94
11.2 What is being changed?......Page 95
11.4 Integrity of change......Page 96
11.5 Management of change and Configuration Management......Page 97
12.2 The PRINCE process model......Page 98
12.3 Summary of the processes......Page 101
13.2 Context......Page 106
13.3 Process description......Page 107
13.4 Appointing a Project Board Executive and a Project Manager (SU1)......Page 108
13.5 Designing a Project Management Team (SU2)......Page 110
13.6 Appointing a Project Management Team (SU3)......Page 113
13.7 Preparing a Project Brief (SU4)......Page 115
13.8 Defining Project Approach (SU5)......Page 117
13.9 Planning an Initiation stage (SU6)......Page 120
14.2 Context......Page 124
14.3 Process description......Page 125
14.4 Planning Quality (IP1)......Page 126
14.5 Planning a Project (IP2)......Page 129
14.6 Refining the Business Case and Risks (IP3)......Page 131
14.7 Setting up Project Controls (IP4)......Page 135
14.8 Setting up Project Files (IP5)......Page 138
14.9 Assembling a Project Initiation Document (IP6)......Page 140
15.2 Context......Page 144
15.3 Process description......Page 145
15.4 Authorising Initiation (DP1)......Page 147
15.5 Authorising a Project (DP2)......Page 150
15.6 Authorising a Stage or Exception Plan (DP3)......Page 153
15.7 Giving ad hoc direction (DP4)......Page 157
15.8 Confirming Project Closure (DP5)......Page 161
16.2 Context......Page 164
16.3 Process Description......Page 165
16.4 Authorising Work Package (CS1)......Page 166
16.5 Assessing Progress (CS2)......Page 169
16.6 Capturing Project Issues (CS3)......Page 171
16.7 Examining Project Issues (CS4)......Page 174
16.8 Reviewing Stage Status (CS5)......Page 176
16.9 Reporting Highlights (CS6)......Page 179
16.10 Taking Corrective Action (CS7)......Page 182
16.11 Escalating Project Issues (CS8)......Page 184
16.12 Receiving Completed Work Package (CS9)......Page 188
17.3 Process description......Page 190
17.4 Accepting a Work Package (MP1)......Page 192
17.5 Executing a Work Package (MP2)......Page 195
17.6 Delivering a Work Package (MP3)......Page 197
18.3 Process description......Page 199
18.4 Planning a Stage (SB1)......Page 201
18.5 Updating a Project Plan (SB2)......Page 204
18.6 Updating a Project Business Case (SB3)......Page 206
18.7 Updating the Risk Log (SB4)......Page 208
18.8 Reporting Stage End (SB5)......Page 210
18.9 Producing an Exception Plan (SB6)......Page 213
19.2 Context......Page 215
19.3 Process description......Page 216
19.4 Decommissioning a Project (CP1)......Page 218
19.5 Identifying Follow-on Actions (CP2)......Page 221
19.6 Project Evaluation Review (CP3)......Page 224
20.2 Context......Page 228
20.3 Process description......Page 229
20.4 Designing a Plan (PL1)......Page 232
20.5 Defining and Analysing Products (PL2)......Page 236
20.6 Identifying Activities and Dependencies (PL3)......Page 238
20.7 Estimating (PL4)......Page 241
20.8 Scheduling (PL5)......Page 243
20.9 Analysing Risks (PL6)......Page 247
20.10 Completing a Plan (PL7)......Page 249
21.2 Producing a Product Breakdown Structure......Page 251
21.3 Writing Product Descriptions......Page 255
21.4 Producing a Product Flow Diagram......Page 257
22.1 Change Control steps......Page 259
23.3 What is Quality Review?......Page 261
23.4 Overview of the Quality Review procedure......Page 262
24.1 Management files......Page 270
24.3 The Quality file......Page 271
Information......Page 273
Glossary......Page 275
A1 Acceptance Criteria......Page 280
A3 Checkpoint Report......Page 281
A5 End Project Report......Page 282
A7 Exception Report......Page 283
A8 Follow-on Action Recommendations......Page 284
A10 Issue Log......Page 285
A11 Lessons Learned Report......Page 286
A13 Post Project Review......Page 287
A15 Project Approach......Page 288
A16 Project Brief......Page 289
A17 Project Initiation Document......Page 290
A18 Project Issue......Page 291
A19 Project Mandate......Page 292
A21 Project Quality Plan......Page 293
A22 Quality Log......Page 294
A24 Risk Log......Page 295
A25 Stage Plan......Page 297
A26 Work Package......Page 298
B PRINCE and ISO 9001:1994......Page 300
B1 Management Responsibility (4.1)......Page 301
B2 Quality System (4.2)......Page 302
B4 Design Control (4.4)......Page 303
B5 Document and Data Control (4.5)......Page 305
B9 Process control (4.9)......Page 306
B10 Inspection and Testing (4.10)......Page 307
B13 Control of Non-conforming Product (4.13)......Page 308
B16 Quality Records (4.16)......Page 309
B20 Statistical Techniques (4.20)......Page 310
C1 Project Board......Page 312
C2 Executive......Page 313
C3 Senior User......Page 314
C5 Project Manager......Page 315
C6 Team Manager......Page 316
C7 Project Assurance......Page 317
C8 Project Support......Page 319
D PRINCE 2 Healthcheck......Page 321
