Tag Archive | "prince2"
Categories: Books & Papers, Project Mgt.
Just a bit more than a year ago, Prince2 2009, with some structural and content changes and a face lift for Prince2, was published. This update was very well received by most people, including myself. I have been heavily using the materials since then, and they have been of great use and – at least [...]
Categories: Agile, Business and Change, Project Mgt.
Here we are, in week 2 of our Scrum project (see blog posts here and here), close to the end of the first sprint. I thought it’s about time to give a brief update how we’re doing. So far, it is going really well. Much better than expected, actually. Productivity of the team increased by [...]
Categories: Agile, Project Mgt.
“Energize!” is not only a favorite quote from Jean-Luc Picard. This is also what Scrum is doing to our project team! (See my last post Scrum in a Prince2 Shell). After explaining to the team what applying Scrum would mean in practical terms, I got a very quick and determined “Yes, let’s do it!”. So [...]
Categories: Agile, Business and Change, Project Mgt.
Agile approaches and Scrum in particular seem to mature more and more and become accepted also in non-software domains. There are also quite a few articles around about combining Scrum and Prince2, which I found quite interesting and encouraging. I might be able to contribute another example soon: With my current client, I am supporting [...]
Categories: Business and Change, MBA Studies
Surprisingly, my blog post NPV explained in simple words has been the most viewed page on my blog, so far. Wow! I have just resumed my MBA studies at the OUBS (will write more about that soon), with the Financial Strategy course, which takes a lot of these appraisal techniques to the next level. So [...]
Categories: Blog, Books & Papers, Tekkie Stuff, Thoughts
So I bought this heavily DRM-restricted Prince2 2009 PDF for roughly 100 EUR. It is easy to read on the laptop. So far, so good. I didn’t try printing it yet. Now I thought, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to read it on my iPhone, too? This way I could look things up [...]
Categories: Blog, Books & Papers, Project Mgt.
Though I got my Prince2 certification in 2002, I was more involved with PMI in the last few years. I wanted to refresh my Prince2 knowledge lately, so I bought the Prince2 2009 PDF guide (in German). Thanks Andreas for the link! (See for all available languages here). And what should I say… I was [...]
