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

Portfolio, Programme and

Project Management

Maturity Model (P3M3)

PRINCE2™ (project)

MSP (programme)

In Development

Updated 2007

Updated 2007

PRINCE2™ Maturity Model

(P2MM)

Models Guides

Common Glossary (updated)

Portfolio Guide

Portfolio, Programme and Project

Office (P3O)

Gateway® M_o_R®

In Development

Updated 2007

Refresh pending

Refresh pending

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

PRINCE2Method

PRINCE2in Practice Study Guides

P2MM / P2MM Guide

Pocket Book

Templates

P3M3

PRINCE2& DSDM

Think PRINCE2 MSP

Business Benefits ThroughProject & Programme Management

M_o_R

Checklists ITIL

Case Studies

P3O

Knowledge Centre

Proposed Publications

P2MM / P2MM Guide

Business Benefits ThroughProject & Programme Management

Development Approach• Cases for/against any major changes to the method

• A Design Review of the principles and process model which underpins the method

• Using the OGC Common Glossary as the source dictionary for specialist terms

• Use of mentors who the authoring team can call upon for specialist advice

• Pilots of the revised method

• Proof of Concept that the exam syllabuses can be drawn from new the core guides

• Formal Quality Reviews of all published content

• Surveys and consultation to gauge the expected impact on the new guides

• Two releases– The first for the core guides, study guides and templates

– The second for the complementary products

• Co-ordinated release of publications with the enhanced qualification scheme

Refresh Time Line• 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• 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

• Andy Murray is a Chartered Director and PRINCE2 Registered Consultant, having worked in the field of Projects and Programmes for over 15 years.

• 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®.

• 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.

• 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.

• Andy is the co-author the P2MM Guide and the lead author for the PRINCE2 Refresh