- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: A Butterworth-Heinemann Title; 2 edition (6 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750653302
- ISBN-13: 978-0750653305
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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PRINCE 2 is a flexible project management method, suitable for use on any type of project. It has been derived from professional Project Managers' experiences and refined over years of use in a wide variety of contexts.
'PRINCE 2: a practical handbook' demonstrates how using PRINCE 2 can provide a business-like start to a project, ensuring its viability and the effective use of resources before any large-scale expenditure is undertaken.
It covers the main management concerns about a project such as initiation, controlling products, quality, risks, change and project closure, and concludes with descriptions of the normal management products of a project.
Assessed as conformant with the concepts of PRINCE Version 2 by the PRINCE User Group Ltd
Fully updated and revised to reflect the year 2001 changes to PRINCE 2
Relates PRINCE 2 to the practical issues of setting up and running a project
'PRINCE 2: a practical handbook' demonstrates how using PRINCE 2 can provide a business-like start to a project, ensuring its viability and the effective use of resources before any large-scale expenditure is undertaken.
It covers the main management concerns about a project such as initiation, controlling products, quality, risks, change and project closure, and concludes with descriptions of the normal management products of a project.
Assessed as conformant with the concepts of PRINCE Version 2 by the PRINCE User Group Ltd
Fully updated and revised to reflect the year 2001 changes to PRINCE 2
Relates PRINCE 2 to the practical issues of setting up and running a project
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PRINCE 2: a practical handbook demonstrates how using PRINCE 2 can provide a business-like start to a project, ensuring its viability and the effective use of resources before any large-scale expenditure is undertaken.It covers the main management concerns about a project such as initiation, controlling products, quality, risks, change and project closure, and concludes with descriptions of the normal management products of a project. EDITIONNUMBER: 15
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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite the title, you can expect nothing in the way of how to run a Prince2 project. As the chief examiner for the Prince2 exams, he probably had a lot of input into the course book. Shame, because he simply regurgitates it here. There are a mere 2 real world examples given, one of which is how to book a restuarant...
Worse still, the writing is terrible. He's obtuse, humourless and characterless. It makes for slow reading, and without any real practical advice, it can be a struggle to make it to the end.
Finally, the index has been corrected, only for him to miss out a couple of appendices. Nice touch.
It avoids 1 star because in conjunction with the handbook, there are some useful nuggets here, especially about cost benefit analysis. However, they're so few and far between, I'd give it a wide birth.
Worse still, the writing is terrible. He's obtuse, humourless and characterless. It makes for slow reading, and without any real practical advice, it can be a struggle to make it to the end.
Finally, the index has been corrected, only for him to miss out a couple of appendices. Nice touch.
It avoids 1 star because in conjunction with the handbook, there are some useful nuggets here, especially about cost benefit analysis. However, they're so few and far between, I'd give it a wide birth.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good reference for PRINCE2, or at least it would be if the index didn't appear to come from a version of the book that was nearly 100 pages shorter.
If you never use an index, then consider this a 4 star review, but if -- like me -- you need an index to use a reference book on a daily basis then you'll find this a chore. Example: "Risk Management" is listed as being on page 146, when it's actually dealt with in a chapter that starts on page 197.
When you do find the information, it is clearly and concisely represented, but I'd suggest checking with the publisher that the index has been fixed before ordering.
66 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ironic that a book professing the all-seeing, omnipresent wizardry of PRINCE 2 didn't itself take heed to the section on project control. Quite obviously this book was published in such a rush that they left the proof-reading to...well, I don't think they actually did it at all. There is no table of contents and the index is full of errors completely unsatisfactory. The Quality, Cost and Time Triangle should be renamed 'crap we're running out of time, just publish the thing, what's proof-reading?'. The layout of the book is bad and hard to follow with no indication of where things should be found or coherence of pregression. It's only after a couple of hours trying to work out how the book is structured that you start to get a feel for how to use it. Otherwise the content is good and fairly comprehensive, except the two-line paragraphs on 'Small Projects' which basically all read 'don't ignore the above on your small projects'! Thanks for the advice, big help!
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Two reasons not to buy this book
1. The index is out of sync , for example Cash Flow P86 , is actually on page 123
2. There is a Third edition
1. The index is out of sync , for example Cash Flow P86 , is actually on page 123
2. There is a Third edition
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by M. Cook
Superb book - It helped me pass my University Module (managing...
Great book! Goes into great depth and I found it more interesting to read than other PRINCE2 books. This helped me loads in my assingnment for Project Managment. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2009 by Shilen Patel
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Recommended reading for the Engineering Council Part 1 Examination Subject 504, Engineering Perspectives and Skills
Published on 9 Aug 2000
Good value for money & easier to carry than the CCTA manual
Mr. Bentley has helped develop Prince 2, so it shouldnt be too surprising that this book is very well informed. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2000
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