PRINCE2 Pre-Course - pages 0 to 12
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Has an end-date
Goes on forever
Produces something
Produces nothing
Things need to be done to create that something
Needs managing
Needs resources
Is unique
True
False
True
False
Introduces Change
Always takes a long time
Temporary
Risk-free
Uncertainty
Cross-Functional
Unique
Repetitive
Permanent
Long-Term
Temporary
Business Products
Business Case
Large Budget
Celebrates
Disbands
Continues
Management Products - products used to manage the project, eg. Project Plan
Specialist Products - outputs specific to each project.
Business Products - outputs specific to each organization.
Justification for the project based on the costs of development and operation to achieve specific measurable benefits against the risks.
Justification for the project based on efforts to achieve as many measurable benefits as possible.
Justification for the project based on the business plan.
Costs
Change
Benefits
Costs
Change
Risk
Projects will involve different functions within an organization from financing to the delivery only.
Projects will involve different functions within an organization from the financing to the delivery. Some projects will also involve 3rd party suppliers to delivery specific specialist products.
Projects will involve 3rd party suppliers to deliver specific specialist products only.
True
False
Political demands
Technological advances
New or changed legislation
Research
Mergers and acquisitions
Industry regulators
Social pressures
Business opportunity or threat
Competitors' activities
Scope - The boundaries of the projects activities
Size - The size of the benefits
Time - Timeframe for the project
Cost - Budgets including Risk and Change
Quality - The fitness for purpose of project products
Quantity - The number of deliverables
Risk - Things we know we don‟t know and things we don‟t know we don‟t know. Uncertainties, in other words.
Benefit - Business improvements from having implemented the projects outputs.
Customer Products - the number of new products produced.