prince2 is dead! long live agile!

WHY STILL WORK WITH PRINCE2®?

“PRINCE2® IS DEAD! LONG LIVE AGILE!”

WHAT’S THE STORY?

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WHAT IS THAT CHANGE?

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WAS IT THAT CHANGE?

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WHAT’S THE CURRENT TREND?

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BUSTING THE BIG MYTH!

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SO WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE REAL WORLD?

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WHICH METHODOLOGY SUITED THESE

PROJECTS BEST?

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE REAL WORLD?

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WHICH METHODOLOGY SUITS THEIR CORE

BUSINESS?

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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LET THE AGILISTS DECIDE!

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WHAT DO THE PROS THINK?

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Consultant, Mentor, Speaker and Author developing multinationals

to make their tricky projects work.

Check out Penny’s publications @ koganpage.com!

WHAT DO THE PROS THINK?

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Accredited MSP®, MoP®, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile™ & Agile Project

Management trainer, project manager (PMP®), ScrumMaster and

management consultant.

Check out Key Result’s training and consulting

possibilities @ keyresult.nl !

WHAT DO THE PROS THINK?

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Writer, Business Change Manager, Project Management Expert

For amazing advice, great stories and epic freebies, check out

Elizabeth’s multi-award winning blog @ GirlsGuideToPM.com

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Interview with Elizabeth Harrin - FAPMIntroduction

Elizabeth is a career project and programme manager with over a decade of experience in healthcare and

financial services. She is the author of ‘Collaboration Tools for Project Managers’, ‘Customer-Centric Project

Management’ and ‘Shortcuts To Success: Project Management in the Real World’ as well as a regular speaker at

conferences and events.

She is the director of Otobos Consultants Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on project management copywriting. They

help people tell the story of their project more effectively.

Which is better: PRINCE2™ or Agile?

Better for what? Better for whom?

Neither is inherently better – they both have a place, as long as contextually it’s

appropriate for the project you are working on.

Is PRINCE2™ dead?

No. Next!

Seriously: PRINCE2™ is still the foundation of many projects,

especially in the public sector, here and in Europe, I think

because of the clear processes and above all the governance

framework.

PRINCE2™ continues to evolve and a new version is due out later

this year.

There is also the PRINCE2™ Agile qualification which shows how

both approaches can fit together to get better outcomes overall.

Do you work with PRINCE2™, Agile, or both?

Personally, I don’t work strictly with either. I hold the PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate and

I’ve certainly been trained in a PRINCE2 way, but most of my projects use a hybrid

methodology tailored to the organisational culture and the type of projects I do. We are

‘agile with a small a’ but I would say it’s more PRINCE2 than Agile proper.

Do you choose methodology based on the project / assignment / need at hand?

I do what’s needed to get the job done on time, on budget and with the required quality outcomes, while keeping the stakeholders happy. Once you’ve got

enough experience, you act on instinct rather than following the guidance from a manual, but you need to stay within the governance requirements of the

organisation.

And if you remember nothing else: Tailor, tailor, tailor! Learn the rules and then learn how to throw them away: use what you need to and nothing more.

CONCLUSION

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THANK YOU

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