Government guidance in practice: How PRINCE2® best practices support effective project delivery

What does effective project delivery look like when you’re working within UK government standards and guidance?

Watch this webinar with Prof. Ian Clarkson ChPP FAPM, Senior Director PRINCE2, PeopleCert, and Mike Saville, Head of Consulting at ILX, to explore how PRINCE2 can provide practical ways to approach the expectations placed on government projects, programmes and portfolios.

Drawing on their experience of project delivery, Ian and Mike discuss how PRINCE2 methods, roles and techniques can be applied alongside established government guidance – helping you connect strategic intent with the practical realities of delivery.

From standards to practical project delivery

Government guidance establishes important expectations around areas such as governance, risk, business cases, evaluation and benefits. The webinar looks beyond what those expectations are to consider how project professionals can address them in practice.

Ian and Mike explore the relationship between PRINCE2 and guidance including the Green, Orange, Magenta and Teal Books and Government Functional Standard GovS 002: Project Delivery.

You’ll hear how PRINCE2 can provide practical approaches across projects, programmes and portfolios, while giving you the flexibility to tailor those approaches to your organisation and delivery environment.

Key takeaways

Watch the discussion to explore:

• turning project delivery principles into action – using practical PRINCE2 methods, techniques and clearly defined roles
• selecting an appropriate delivery approach – understanding when project, programme, portfolio and agile practices can support different initiatives
• making better portfolio decisions – considering strategic value, risk, benefits, resources and capacity when prioritising initiatives
• connecting delivery with strategic objectives – maintaining the relationship between outputs, outcomes, benefits and social value
• strengthening governance and sponsorship – considering accountability and the role of sponsors and SROs throughout delivery
• developing organisational capability – exploring how P3M3 can help organisations understand and improve project delivery maturity.

Keep the focus on outcomes and benefits

A project isn’t successful simply because it produces its intended outputs. Those outputs need to contribute to the outcomes and benefits the initiative was created to achieve.

Ian and Mike discuss why maintaining this connection matters throughout delivery, from developing the business case to assessing continuing viability and managing benefits after a project closes.

The live Q&A takes the discussion further, addressing questions around who should remain accountable for benefits, how project roles can work in smaller organisations and how value differs from benefits.

Build your understanding of PRINCE2

Want to understand where PRINCE2 could take your project management development next?

Learn more about PRINCE2 Project Management, including the different certification levels and routes available, and find the option that fits your experience and goals.

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