Project Management - PRINCE2 Publications

The Official PRINCE2 Portfolio includes:

• The OGC required products. These are the OGC Core Reference material and a range of OGC derived products. All products that are OGC-required are "Crown copyright - value-added".

• Complementary material from the Official Publisher, Official Accreditor and web based complementary products.

Core Reference Material

• Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2

OGC Derived Products

• For Successful Project Management: Think PRINCE2
• PRINCE2 Pocketbook
• Tailoring PRINCE2
• People Issues and PRINCE2
• Business Benefits through Programme and Project Management
• Passing the PRINCE2 Examinations

Complementary Products

• Agile Project Management: Running PRINCE2 Projects with DSDM Atern
• Improving Project Performance using PRINCE2 Maturity Model
• Managing Portfolios of Change (with MSP for Programmes and PRINCE2 for Projects)
• Buying Software - A Best Practice Approach
• PRINCE2 for the Project Executive - Practical Advice for Achieving Project Governance
• Delivering IT Services using ITIL, PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern
• Focus on Skills Series Suite

Core Reference Material

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2
This reference manual describes the PRINCE2 project management method which provides detailed guidance on how to set up, organise, manage, control and deliver your projects on time, within budget and to the right quality. PRINCE2 is an easy to follow structured method suitable for any type of project. The processes and techniques in PRINCE2 will help your project team cope with the risks, challenges and opportunities of today's rapidly changing environment.

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OGC Derived Products

For Successful Project Management: Think PRINCE2
In order to meet the current and future business requirements, Service Design provides guidance on the production and maintenance of IT policies, architectures, and documents for the design of appropriate and innovative IT infrastructure service solutions and processes.

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PRINCE2 Pocketbook
This pocketbook has been produced as a reference tool for the trained PRINCE2 Practitioner who is assumed to be familiar with the method and the terminology. This title should be used in conjunction with Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 which contains full details of the method.

Tailoring PRINCE2
PRINCE2 is a very adaptable project management method, but new users particularly find knowing how and where to adapt it to the size and scope of their projects somewhat daunting. This can lead to over-zealous adherence to unnecessary levels of formality and detail in smaller, low-risk projects, and the impression of excessive bureaucracy on the part of PRINCE2. Conversely, it can also lead to inappropriate short cuts being taken in other cases, undermining the integrity of the method, the control and management of risk that it provides.

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People Issues and PRINCE2
The key to the success or failure of every project is the Project Manager's ability to deal with the gap between the plan and reality. PRINCE2 provides Project Managers with highly effective ways of managing any discrepancies. However no plan or methodology can be entirely fool proof against the single most unpredictable element in any project: people. Because human factors are so central to every project, OGC has developed guidance to help managers tackle this issue. PRINCE2 is about controlling the various risks to which projects are subject: the better the risks are managed the more likely the project is to be successful.

Business Benefits through Programme and Project Management
This revised title, previously 'Business Benefits through Project Management' has been updated and now covers both programme and project management. It shows senior managers how using Managing Successful Programmes and PRINCE2 allows them to delegate, yet retain control of the big picture.

Passing the PRINCE2 Examinations
'Passing the PRINCE2 Examinations 2007 Edition', has been updated to take into account the change to the format of the Practitioner Exam, which is now multiple choice instead of an essay format. PRINCE2 is a structured method for effective project management. This publication is essential for those intending to take the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner examinations.

Complementary Products

Agile Project Management: Running PRINCE2 Projects with DSDM Atern
This ground breaking book shows how users can combine the strength of both approaches so that they complement each other and create a new, best of breed framework suitable for all project environments. Based on PRINCE2™ and DSDM Atern, the two most established and internationally recognised project management approaches, this title explores the differences between the two approaches before showing where they overlap and how they can be integrated. While DSDM Atern is a project management methodology in its own this new publications sits within the PRINCE2 suite of titles.

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Improving Project Performance using PRINCE2 Maturity Model
PRINCE2 is cited as the most widely used project management method worldwide. But, while the PRINCE2 manual describes how to manage a single project it does not include any guidance on how to embed PRINCE2 into an organisation. Such guidance is now available: this publication describes the organisational processes and practices required for the effective implementation of PRINCE2 as an organisational standard. It includes guidance on assigning ownership, tailoring the method, training, integrating PRINCE2 with other management systems and establishing quality assurance mechanisms to gain a continuous improvement capability.

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Managing Portfolios of Change (with MSP for Programmes and PRINCE2 for Projects)
Integrating the MSP and PRINCE2 methods is a challenge that many organisations are facing. When the organisation also operates a portfolio-driven model of change, the challenges are even greater. This unique publication offers pragmatic advice on how to integrate MSP and PRINCE2 within a cohesive portfolio-driven framework, reinforcing the best practice principles of both methods, whilst allowing the strategic alignment and organisational ownership of good portfolio management.

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Buying Software - A Best Practice Approach
Based on best practices from the private and public sector, integrating the best project management approaches this title describes the best practice general approach to selecting software and suggests a structured process that will ensure maximum benefit. The guidance is complementary to other OGC Best Practice guidance for other aspects of IT and is just as valuable to smaller software procurements as for large ones.

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PRINCE2 for the Project Executive - Practical Advice for Achieving Project Governance
This publication focuses on the important role and responsibilities of the project executive in PRINCE2. It provides answers to the practical questions project Executives are faced with. Intended for Executives and programme managers responsible for directing a variety of project types, including research, product development, organisational change, and introduction of new work processes, town and country planning, housing improvements, company relocations, and development and implementation of ICT solutions. This publication also allows project managers to look at their role through the eyes of a project Executive.

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Delivering IT Services using ITIL, PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern
This publication, 'Delivering IT Services using ITIL, PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern', offers practical guidance on how to deliver an IT Service by employing ITIL, PRINCE2, and DSDM Atern together and discusses all three approaches, provides an overview, and the benefits of each. It also describes the issues that arise from implementing ITIL, the structure and content of PRINCE2, the breadth of DSDM and how they fit together, where the common areas sit, and where the specialities for each exist.

Focus on Skills Series Suite
The Focus on Skills Series Suite explores the various 'soft skills' that are demonstrated by effective project and programme managers, as the day-to-day co-ordination, motivation and communication aspects of project and programme management are very similar. The titles contain management theories and a step-by-step guide to how the key skills within each skill set can be demonstrated in different situations and is backed up by examples and anecdotes from project managers in different industry sectors in both the public and the private sector.

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