Principles

There is a widespread perception that PRINCE2 is largely based on the traditional Waterfall approach. Many years ago the Waterfall approach was the standard in software development. Recently an extension to PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, was published. Many comments were made that PRINCE2 was finally modernized and was changed from a Waterfall approach to modern approaches popular in ...

For years I have been pointing at the characteristics of PRINCE2® and where the approach is different from other Project Management methods. I have always stated that PRINCE2® differs on three elementary points: The focus on the long term; the Business Case The vision on the project's organisation as a consequence of the focus on the Business Case The focus on products, also a ...