Changes to PRINCE2 Guidance (July 2009)

PRINCE2 2009 highlights

PRINCE2 2009 was launched in London on June 16th 2009 in response to evolving best project management practice, user feedback and a need to make all OGC best practice products consistent. The project manager's manual (Managing Successful projects with PRINCE2) is slimmer but now there is a manual for Project Board members as well (Directing Successful projects with PRINCE2). As well as reflecting latest project management thinking, the guidance will integrate the 2007 developments in the Office of Government Commerce's risk management (M_o_R) guidance.

The revised method does not change the underlying structure of PRINCE2 but it does bring it into greater alignment with MSP with the introduction of 7 Principles and 7 Themes. The key differences between the contents of the 2005 and the new 2009 versions are:

PRINCE2 AREA	2005	2009
Principles	None	7 Principles - before these were implicit, now they are explicit
Themes	8 Components	7 Key Themes
Processes	8 Processes	7 Processes
Sub-processes	45 sub-processes

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Changes to PRINCE2 Guidance (July 2009)

PRINCE2 2009 highlights