Blog
Published 26 Feb 2016
The principal objective for a project – delivering a specific output – can often be relegated to a focus on standardization. And very often this standardization of the project management processes boils down to completing a set of project templates. I’ve seen this happen very...
Best practice|PRINCE2|Processes|Project and programme management (PPM)|Project checklists|Project management
Blog
Published 02 Mar 2018
Are you a person who wants to get things done and be successful but lacks the time to make big changes or to start anything complex and new? Based on PRINCE2 ® processes, though taking a more lightweight approach, we have created a brief, practical guidance paper using...
Certification|PRINCE2|Processes|Project checklists|Project management|Project planning
Blog
Published 01 Feb 2019
What leadership techniques and understanding of behaviour should project boards and project managers use for organizational transformation? Set the strategic vision Taking the example of AXELOS’ work on updating PRINCE2 ® in 2017 , our vision was focused on the se...
Agile|Behaviour|Change management|Communication|Digital transformation|Leadership|PRINCE2|Project management
Blog
Published 27 Sep 2018
What is a key difference between a traditional and an agile project manager ? You can recognize the latter today as someone more focused on facilitating and supporting a team. For example, a traditional project manager would expect to present an estimated project bu...
Agile|Communication|PRINCE2|Project management|Skills|Value
Blog
Published 23 Oct 2017
Steven Deneir – a project, programme and portfolio management trainer and coach with 20+ years’ experience – highlights his top four tips to agile project management success and reiterates the importance of ongoing learning and certification in approaches such as PRINCE2 ®...
Agile|Behaviour|PRINCE2|PRINCE2 Agile|Project management|Value
Blog
Published 10 May 2019
What is a PRINCE2 ® Champion and what does that person bring to an organization? The PRINCE2 Champion is capable of supporting an entire enterprise – from frontline delivery level to the boardroom – by demonstrating how using the PRINCE2 principles effectively will delive...
PRINCE2|PRINCE2 Agile|Project management|Roles|Skills|Value
Blog
Published 27 Feb 2020
Projects and programmes can be highly emotional environments, where everyone is under pressure to deliver . Some team members may not even have experience of working in this way, which means they need extra care, understanding and guidance. For the project manager, having t...
Behaviour|Collaboration|Project and programme delivery|Project and programme management (PPM)|Project checklists|Project management|Project planning|Project Progress
Blog
Published 02 Aug 2019
Why is now the time for organizations and their teams to move to Agile approaches in project management? At this moment, as the world is experiencing so much uncertainty, complexity and way more unknowns than knowns, the best way to deal with it is through an agile mind-s...
Agile|Business solutions|Capabilities|Learning|PRINCE2|PRINCE2 Agile|Project management
Blog
Published 09 Jun 2017
The focus on tailoring in the PRINCE2 ® 2017 Update is about taking only what you and your project need to ensure the right approaches are in place for success. This idea of cutting the best practice guidance down to the size you require is a crucial and useful change to...
Agile|Best Practice|Certification|PRINCE2|Processes|Project management
Blog
Published 14 Mar 2018
The quick-to-market digital environment of today means organizations have to find a way to incorporate agile working in what they do. Take-up of agile remains a mixed bag and we should acknowledge that agile isn’t for everyone or everything. However, where the feeling t...
Agile|Best practice|PRINCE2|PRINCE2 Agile|Processes|Project checklists|Project planning|Project Progress|Training