Processes

Question 1

PROCESSES: SU - Starting Up a Project

Answer 1

1. Receive Project Mandate
2. Should the project go ahead?

Question 1

PROCESSES: DP - Directing a Project

Answer 1

1. Project Brief
2. Make decisions about the projects future

Question 2

PROCESSES: IP - Initiating a Project

Answer 2

1. Take a detailed look at everything so far (mandate/brief)
2. Create PID (Product Initiation Document)
   2a. The PID is a collection of all the documents required for a project
   2b. What/when/how/where/who of the project > PID
3. Performance targets:
   Time, cost, quality, scope, benefits, risk

Question 3

PROCESSES: CS - Controlling a Stage

Answer 3

1. Allocate work packages
2. Monitor progress and report
3. Report progress to project board
4. Manage risks and changes (issues)

Question 4

PROCESSES: MP - Managing Product Delivery

Answer 4

1. Accept work
2. Execute work
3. Deliver work (hand back when complete)

Question 5

PROCESSES: SB - Managing Stage Boundary

Answer 5

1. Plan next stage
2. Update the project plan
3. Update the business case
4. Report stage end to project board or produce an exception plan

Question 6

PROCESSES: CP - Closing a Project

Answer 6

1. Hand over products
2. Review project management
   2a. Identify follow-on actions, prepare benefits and project evaluation reviews, free up leftover resources
3. Recommend project closure to the project board
4. Handover products to the customer

Question 7

What are the seven PRINCE2 processes?

Answer 7

1. SP - Starting up a project
2. DP - Directing a project
3. IP - Initiating a project
4. CS - Controlling a stage
5. MP - Managing product delivery
6. SB - Managing stage boundary
7. CP - Closing a project