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PRINCE2: A Practical Handbook, Second Edition (Computer Weekly Professional) [Kindle Edition]

Colin Bentley (Author)

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"PRINCE 2: a practical handbook, is a good example of a book written by project people for project people. The book complements the CCTA PRINCE 2 manual where the framework of the PRINCE 2 methodology is established. It offers good advice and suggestions on how to implement and utilise PRINCE 2 pragmatically in order to achieve a successful project. The book will be especially useful to those who wish to make use of PRINCE 2 to manage smaller scale projects. A useful addition to any project manager's reference" - The PRINCE User Group Ltd.

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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

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2646 KB
Print Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (1 May 1997)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B001DDMA1U
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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful

The least practical book you'll ever read 1 July 2004

By "mike1702"

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.

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A good book made average by an incorrect index 11 Feb 2002

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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.

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66 of 68 people found the following review helpful

Er, where's the project management? 16 July 2002

By "jsuitflynn"

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

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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Good value for money & easier to carry than the CCTA manual

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Published on 18 Jan 2000

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