Practices | Intro

Question 1

Practices are …

Answer 1

Things that must be applied consistently and throughout the project lifecycle

Question 2

The SEVEN Prince2 Practices are …

Answer 2

Business case (why?)
Organising (who?)
Plans (How? How Much? When?)
Quality (What?)
Risk (What If?)
Issues (What Now?)
Progress (where are we now? where are we going? Should we continue?)

Question 3

Two management products that are relevant to the majority of Prince2 Practices are …

Answer 3

Project Initiation Document (PID)
Project Log

Question 4

Project Initiation Document (PID) is for providing …

Answer 4

High level direct ion and scope

Question 5

The three primary uses of the Project Initiation Document (PID) are to …

Answer 5

Ensure that the project has a sound basis (before asking for £)

A base document against which the board and PM can assess progress, issues, and ongoing viability questions

Single source reference aso people can quickly get up to speed

Question 6

Project Initiation Document (PID) content typically includes …

Answer 6

● Project Definition: background context, objectives, desired outcomes, scope (inclusions and exclusions), constraints and assumptions, the user(s), interested parties
● Project approach: delivery method
● Business Case: justification, selected option (based on estimated costs, risks, and benefits)
● PM Team Structure: a chart showing who will be involved with the project
● Role Descriptions: Describe the roles of those in the project management team
● Responsibility Descriptions: change management, benefits management, commercial management, communication management, data management, issue management, quality management, risk management, and sustainability management
● Management approaches: Procedures, techniques, standards
● Project Plan: how and when the project’s objectives are to be achieved by showing the major products, activities, resources, and people required on the project; provides a baseline against which to monitor the project’s progress

Question 7

Project log is for …

Answer 7

Maintaining a live record of project activities and progress

Question 8

Project log content typically includes …

Answer 8

Project logs and registers:
● issue register
● lessons log
● product register
● quality register
● risk register
● daily log of other information actions and events.