PRINCE2

By James Woodman When a project is chosen to be developed, two things are chosen. A project manager an a project management methodology.

PRINCE started as the UK Government standard for information systems (IT) project management; however, PRINCE2 was released in 1996 as a generic project management method to be applied to all projects even those outside of the IT environment.

PRINCE2 is a process-driven project management method. It is based on 7 principles, 7 themes and 7 processes that are listed below.

**Principles**: continued business justification, learn from experience, defined roles and responsibilities, manage by stages, manage by exception, focus on products and tailored to suit the project environment

**Themes**: business case, organization, quality, plans, risk, change and progress

**Processes**: starting up a project, directing a project, initiating a project, controlling a stage, managing product deliver, managing stage boundaries, closing a project.