Controlling a stage

• Purpose
• Objective
• Context
• Activities
  • Overview
  • Authorize a Work Package
  • Review Work Package status
  • Receive completed Work Packages
  • Review the stage status
  • Report highlights
  • Capture and examine issues and risks
  • Escalate issues and risks
  • Take corrective action

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

Controlling a Stage activities are Project-Manager-oriented and comprise:

• Work Packages:
• Authorize a Work Package
• Review Work Package status
• Receive completed Work Packages
• Monitoring and reporting:
• Review the stage status
• Report highlights
• Issues:
• Capture and examine issues and risks
• Escalate issues and risks
• Take corrective action

Under PRINCE2® 2009 issue and change control procedures ensure that all issues and changes which may affect the project’s agreed baselines are identified, assessed and either approved, rejected or deferred.
[see Change - Change defined - Issue and change control]

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