Prince2 In Plain English

Packed with expert advice, this e-book bundle steers you through every step in the PRINCE2 and project management process - from initial planning to risk management and quality control. It also covers the techniques of Lean Six Sigma that will help you achieve your business goals by improving both the quality and efficiency of your projects. PRINCE2 For Dummies is the perfect guide to using this project management method to help ensure its success. It takes 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. Project Management For Dummies shows business professionals what works and what doesn’t by examining the field’s best practices. Readers will learn how to organise, estimate and schedule projects more efficiently. Lean Six Sigma For Dummies outlines the key concepts of this strategy in plain English and explains how you can use it to get the very best out of your business. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level.

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

Everything you need to prepare for—and pass—the exams Does the thought of sitting your PRINCE2 exams bring you out in a cold sweat? Fear not. Passing the PRINCE2 Exams For Dummies is your complete guide to preparing for—and passing—the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exams. It's packed with everything you need to learn from both syllabi, plus good advice on revision techniques. You'll also find example exam questions that enable you to practice, practice, practice. Chapters devoted to revising each of the PRINCE2 Processes (e.g. initiating a project) and Themes (e.g. change) Revision checklists for both Foundation and Practitioner exams tell you exactly what you need to learn in preparation for the exams Extra clarification and plain-English explanations of the more tricky concepts Spot tests to check your understanding as you go Sample Foundation and Practitioner exam questions for each Theme and Process Relax and shake off those exams flashbacks of yesteryear—with this guide, you've got it covered.

For trainers free additional material of this book is available. This can be found under the "Training Material" tab. Log in with your trainer account to access the material.Note: This book is available in several languages: English, Dutch.An increasing number of companies are working in a project-like manner, using the PRINCE2 project management method. The advantages of a standard method are great: a uniform method of working and terminology makes projects comparable, transferable and orderly. Moreover, PRINCE2 has additional qualities, such as the standard no go/go decision with each stage, the Business Case at the centre of the project and clear agreements about who is responsible for what.The book gives a faithful representation of the 2009 Edition of the PRINCE2 methodology, with many lists serving as reference material for all project types and sizes. Furthermore, as the content of the book covers all specs for the PRINCE2 Foundation exams, it can serve as a good basis for the PRINCE2 Foundation exams.The three authors of this title have successfully combined their tremendous experience and made this available in a structured manner to those who are involved in controlling, designing or managing projects. And whatever they missed was added by a team of expert reviewers.The content for this book is also intended for everyone doing projects in real world, it covers more than the minimum reference that is necessary for the Foundation exam. Therefore it is also very useful as a solid starting point for anyone studying for the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam.Available in English and Dutch.

Besides the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Practitioner Courseware - English (ISBN: 978 94 018 0225 3) publication you are advised to obtain the publication Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2® 2017 Edition (ISBN: 978 01 133 1533 8). PRINCE2® Practitioner Certifications is suitable for individuals wanting to demonstrate they have achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the PRINCE2 method in a given scenario. Changing business practices, the introduction of new technologies, combined with customer and stakeholder feedback led to the thorough update to PRINCE2. The revised PRINCE2 guidance will be easier to navigate and more practical in its approach. The NEW Practitioner exam with a renewed focus equips practitioners with the practical skills to apply PRINCE2. The seven principles, themes and processes remain the same. Key benefits: • PRINCE2 can be successfully applied to any sized project, organisation, and professional role • PRINCE2 leverages off the real-life expertise of the global PRINCE2 community, offering practical, relevant, current accessible guidance • The new exams highlight real world applications that equip professionals for success in project management This Courseware is suited for the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Practitioner exam. There is also one sample exams added of the PRINCE2® 2009 Edition Practitioner exam in case the participant prefers to take the PRINCE2® 2009 Edition Practitioner exam. *(2009 option expires at the end of 2017)

This Courseware package consist out of two publications, PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation Courseware English – 2nd reviewed edition (ISBN: 978 94 018 0327 7) and PRINCE2® 2017 Edition (Pocket Guide) (ISBN: 978 94 018 0318 2). This Courseware is suited for the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation exam. Why take a PRINCE2® course? There are six variables that present in every project. These variables need to be managed accordingly. The six variables are: - Money - Time - Quality - Scope - Risks - Benefits PRINCE2® is an integrated framework of processes and themes that will provide handles for planning, delegating, supervising and maintaining the six aspects of project performance. By using examples and assignments from practice, PRINCE2® will be made clear. The participants will be optimally prepared for the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation exam as they will receive handles by which they can use the method in their own practice. PRINCE2® is part of an integrated framework with all of AXELOS methods and models like ITIL®, M_o_R®, MSP®, MOV® and P3O®. After completing this course, you have improved your ability to: - name the importance, the location, the benefits and the factors of success and failure within projects - describe the characteristics and the factors of success and failure of project-based working - describe the base, the goal and the basic definitions of project-based working according to PRINCE2® - recognize and describe the relation between projects and the daily operations of the organization - name the principles, the themes and the main processes of PRINCE2®, describe the mutual relations between the main processes and give examples of data, results and products that can be exchanged between the main processes - describe the importance of communication that is in time and correct with employers and employees

'This Courseware package consist out of two publications, PRINCE2(R) 2017 Edition Foundation Courseware English - 2nd reviewed edition (ISBN: 978 94 018 0327 7) and PRINCE2(R) 2017 Edition (Pocket Guide) (ISBN: 978 94 018 0318 2). This Courseware is suited for the PRINCE2(R) 2017 Edition Foundation exam. Why take a PRINCE2(R) course? There are six variables that present in every project. These variables need to be managed accordingly. The six variables are: -Money -Time -Quality -Scope -Risks -Benefits PRINCE2(R) is an integrated framework of processes and themes that will provide handles for planning, delegating, supervising and maintaining the six aspects of project performance. By using examples and assignments from practice, PRINCE2(R) will be made clear. The participants will be optimally prepared for the PRINCE2(R) 2017 Edition Foundation exam as they will receive handles by which they can use the method in their own practice. PRINCE2(R) is part of an integrated framework with all of AXELOS methods and models like ITIL(R), M_o_R(R), MSP(R), MOV(R) and P3O(R). After completing this course, you have improved your ability to: -name the importance, the location, the benefits and the factors of success and failure within projects -describe the characteristics and the factors of success and failure of project-based working -describe the base, the goal and the basic definitions of project-based working according to PRINCE2(R) -recognize and describe the relation between projects and the daily operations of the organization -name the principles, the themes and the main processes of PRINCE2(R), describe the mutual relations between the main processes and give examples of data, results and products that can be exchanged between the main processes -describe the importance of communication that is in time and correct with employers and employees

This Courseware package consist out of two publications, PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation Courseware English (ISBN: 978 94 018 0227 7) and Project Management Based on PRINCE2® 2009 Edition (ISBN: 978 90 8753 496 7). This Courseware is suited for the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation exam. There are also two sample exams added of the PRINCE2® 2009 Edition Foundation exam in case the participant prefers to take the PRINCE2® 2009 Edition Foundation exam. Why take a PRINCE2® course? There are six variables that present in every project. These variables need to be managed accordingly. The six variables are: - Money - Time - Quality - Scope - Risks - Benefits PRINCE2® is an integrated framework of processes and themes that will provide handles for planning, delegating, supervising and maintaining the six aspects of project performance. By using examples and assignments from practice, PRINCE2® will be made clear. The participants will be optimally prepared for the PRINCE2® 2017 Edition Foundation exam as they will receive handles by which they can use the method in their own practice. PRINCE2® is part of an integrated framework with all of AXELOS methods and models like ITIL®, M_o_R®, MSP®, MOV® and P3O®. After completing this course, you have improved your ability to: - name the importance, the location, the benefits and the factors of success and failure within projects - describe the characteristics and the factors of success and failure of project-based working - describe the base, the goal and the basic definitions of project-based working according to PRINCE2® - recognize and describe the relation between projects and the daily operations of the organization - name the principles, the themes and the main processes of PRINCE2®, describe the mutual relations between the main processes and give examples of data, results and products that can be exchanged between the main processes - describe the importance of communication that is in time and correct with employers and employees