Many of us are aware of the manual Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2® – often referred to as the “PRINCE2 book” or the purple book. In a succinct 327 pages, it explains the PRINCE2® (Projects IN Controlled Environments) structured project management method for project managers and team members.
Few of us are aware that there is a second manual aptly named Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (the blue book) which in a mere 166 pages (including glossary and index) looks at the world renowned project management method, specifically from the viewpoint of helping senior managers (think sponsors and steering committees – or in PRINCE2-speak executives and project board) direct project work. Novel thought, hey?
It reveals answers for those burning questions often left unvoiced by those of us sponsoring/directing projects including:
All these questions and more are covered off neatly in this Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 manual without getting bogged down into the day-to-day nitty-gritty of the project manager’s role (which is of course covered off in the “standard” PRINCE2 manual).
In addition it deftly includes an 8-point project board duties checklist on project senior management duties and behaviours:
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