This month a senior manager asks, “I am quite concerned that we are not managing our projects as well as we might and it has been suggested that we implement PRINCE2. Can you refer me to an organisation that has fully adopted the PRINCE2 method and done it successfully?”
John Edmonds, Director of Strategy and Marketing and Head of Training replies:
“That is a very interesting question, and one that I have heard several times before. However, it is not really the RIGHT question.”
A key principle of PRINCE2 is that you should tailor your use of the method according to your organisational context and to the type and scale of project that you are running. In other words, there is no “full adopted version” because your use of the method could be very different to another organisation, but both approaches would still be considered to be appropriate.
In fact the essence of PRINCE2 can be expressed in the seven principles of the method. If there is evidence of each of these principles in practice, then that organisation has “fully adopted” PRINCE2.
Taking that even further, PRINCE2 has been designed as a generic approach to project management, so it can be used by any type and size of organisation in any sector, anywhere in the world! Will it work for you? There is no reason why not. So your question should therefore be more along the lines of, “How should I adopt PRINCE2 in my organisation?”
More on PRINCE2 here
Contact John Edmonds here
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