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PRINCE2
Update
®
2017 brings a major update to PRINCE2 ® : equipping professionals for
project success in a swiftly-evolving world
PRINCE2, the world’s most-practised method for
project management, has undergone a major update,
its first since 2009. Long recognized globally for
delivering successful projects, PRINCE2 is the method
of choice for over a million certified practitioners
worldwide. The updated guidance, due for release in
mid-2017, will place a strong emphasis on the scala-
bility and flexibility of the method and on how
best to tailor it to the complexity and specific
requirements of a project. consultation with over 100 project management
professionals from the widest possible range of sectors
and cultures, including PRINCE2 Practitioners,
academics and organizations from across the world. The
update has been shaped by their real-life experience of
successfully applying the method, and of rising to
professional challenges as technology changes the
game, the expectations of customers and stakeholders
grow, and it becomes imperative to achieve more with
less financial outlay.
In fact, the philosophy and practice of tailoring
permeates the entire PRINCE2 2017 update. As a
result, the method will respond reliably to the
demands
of
today’s
project
management
environment and its imperatives for versatility and
agility. Now anyone with a project to manage, even if
they are not a full-time Project Manager, will find
PRINCE2 even easier to adapt to the needs of any
organization and the project in hand. Peter Hepworth,
AXELOS said:
The updated PRINCE2 guidance, Managing
Successful Projects, will initially be available in
English, with other languages to follow in
due course. It has been developed in close
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Chief
Executive
Officer
of
“Time and again we hear that the only constant in the
world is change, and PRINCE2 is evolving to respond to
changes in business practice. At the same time, the key
elements of PRINCE2 remain a constant: rooted in the
realities of working life and as relevant as they ever
were. The method’s strength, derives from decades of
best practice in project management across diverse
organizations and industries.
“As always, this latest evolution of PRINCE2
consolidates a wealth of real-life experience gained by