Why Should My Organisation Use PRINCE2?

Organisational Overview
By implementing a consistent but flexible approach to PRINCE2 you gain consistency in the way
that projects are presented for evaluation, commissioning, reporting and review. This can help to
reduce the potential for replication of effort and double-counting of benefit. By standardising on
the way that projects report, the organisation can get a clear focus on the current load of risk, for
example. If all projects use the same template and approach to presenting a business case it is
easier to make like-for-like comparisons between projects, even when those projects originate in
different areas of the business.

Consistency & Fluency

If you organisation delivers projects in a number of different locations the PRINCE2 process and
naming conventions can help to clarify project delivery. If you have a project manager in Delhi
and a project executive in Geneva, their local procedures may not be aligned; if the project is run
through PRINCE2 the potential for confusion or replication is reduced.

Reputational Management
PRINCE2 is the de-facto global standard for project delivery and is the preferred standard for a
number of international development agencies and high profile public and private sector
organisations. By becoming a PRINCE2 organisation you gain prestige with clients who have
either adopted already or who are thinking of making the switch. PRINCE2’s focus on
governance and control is selling point for any organisation that delivers customer projects.

Technical Advances
The PRINCE2 project delivery framework is focussed on effective planning and management
control. By completing the training and immediately moving into an environment where these
skills will be applied practically, your delivery teams will enhance their capacity to develop and
execute successful plans.

Organisational Capacity
By introducing PRINCE2 and standardising on your project lifecycle it is possible to see, at a
glance, the loading of your delivery teams. By checking the number of projects in Start Up, in
Initiation, in Delivery and approaching closure it is possible to constantly refine resource and
capacity plans based on ‘live’ data rather than periodic estimates.

Organisational Capability
By standardising on delivery, you facilitate inter-departmental and inter-directorate working as a
team manager from one area can deliver work packages for a project that is operating out of an
entirely different area without needing to understand the work procedures and conventions of that
‘unfamiliar’ area. So areas with a lighter loading should be able to support those areas that are
stretched, without impacting on critical path.

Process Maturity
All the studies show that there is a strong correlation between and improved productivity
improved process maturity.
One of the key steps to increased process maturity is the implementation of a standardised
approach to project management. If this approach can flex to accommodate local requirements
while retaining all the appropriate controls this would be characteristic of high process maturity.
PRINCE2 is designed to be extensible, and the key to its success is using as much or as little of
the standard as you need, while remaining in control.
ILX Group – PRINCE2 Accredited Training Organisation
ILX Group deliver more PRINCE2 training world-wide than any other company. It offers a full
range of training programmes for individuals and corporate groups including state of the art e-
learning, classroom training and blended solutions.

If you are seeking PRINCE2 training and are interested in a quote then call ILX Group on +44
(0)1270 611 600 or visit http://www.ilxgroup.com/contact-us.asp.