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Introducing PrinceLite
A framework can be thought of as a set of processes which result in the production of artifacts on the road to software. Allegedly, these artifacts are by-products of achieving the result around which the framework is orientated. A project management framework may successfully produce artifacts, that collectively point to a well- managed project without the project necessarily producing what the business wanted. A software engineering framework may equally suffer from the same criticism. The production of artifacts should be more than a process of going through the motions of delivery.
Adopting PrinceLite from Prince2
If you are reading this paper, your organisation probably has experience of Prince2. It is likely that some members of your staff have been sent on Prince2 training. It is then safe to assume that the fundamentals of this project management method are understood. Why then would it be necessary to think about doing things differently? The only reason to consider moving from Prince2 to PrinceLite is because your organisation is specifically involved in the delivery of I.T. projects.
PrinceLite Process as an Activity Model
A handy reference to get an overview of the process of PL that underpins project delivery. Document also includes a 'timeline' as a cross reference to the activity model. This is a good document to see PL in overview and understand how it hangs together. (Added September 2009)
This paper explores the difference between an agile engineering method such as Scrum/XP, and an agile governance method such as PrinceLite. It demonstrates how the two disciplines can work well together by allowing agile methods to be more palatable to medium/large organisations that are uncomfortable with an overt acceptance of uncertainty centred around requirements change.
Agile methods promise to address some of software developments shortcomings
in meeting deadlines, budgets and business requirements. But the fluid nature of
Agile projects can make them difficult to manage.
IT projects fail for a variety of reasons, however technical failure is normally a symptom of a more systemic problem. IT projects fail because senior management are reluctant to engage with the wider process of business change, and specifically with the language of IT requirements.
What is so good about Governance?
No project is going to be delivered successfully because it is well governed. You might say that governance is necessary but it is not sufficient. Governance is the view of what is going on inside a project from the outside looking in. The view you get may not be entirely accurate. Think about other people’s marriages; you cannot know what it is really like unless you are in it.
A programme is a group of related projects. The key word to note is ‘related’. Projects that are not dependent on one another in some way do not belong in the same programme. In general, programmes will be one of two types; revolutionary or evolutionary.
A couple of years ago I was parachuted onto a government project to review their
requirements. They were getting fed up, having waited two years for the supplier to
deliver more than promises.
Best Practice Showcase - Is Prince2™ Agile?
The latest OGC sponsored Best Practice Showcase took place at the QEII Centre in London atthe end of June 08. The programme included a presentation on the possibility of using Prince2 inan agile way. This possibility seemed too good to be true, or to miss. Might it be that thegoliath of project governance frameworks, with a manual of over 450 pages, could be agile?
When you choose to register on this site you get access to templates, and examples of project implementation artefacts. These include:
- Business Requirements explained
- Mandate template
- Worked mandate example
- Brief template
- Worked mandate example
- Business Requirements Specification (BRS) template
- Worked BRS example
- The business requirements pattern language - this allows for the rapid creation of initial specifications
... and more, as you will be informed as the list of resources increases.
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