Starting up a project

• Purpose
• Objective
• Context
• Activities
  • Overview
  • Appoint the Executive and the Project Manager
  • Capture previous lessons
  • Design and appoint the project management team
  • Prepare the outline Business Case
  • Select the project approach and assemble the Project Brief
  • Plan the initiation stage

Key sections

• Introduction
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
• Introduction to processes
• Starting up a projectDirecting a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment
• Directing Projects with PRINCE2

Activities

The activities within the Starting up a Project process are likely to be shared between corporate or programme management, the Executive and the Project Manager.

The activities are to:

• Appoint the Executive and the Project Manager
• Capture previous lessons
• Design and appoint the project management team
• Prepare the outline Business Case
• Select the project approach and assemble the Project Brief
• Plan the initiation stage

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