PRINCE2 7 Foundation case studies
PRINCE2 7 Foundation · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) is an entry-level project management certification offered by PeopleCert. It is built on a best-practice method that PeopleCert describes as trusted by over 2 million professionals worldwide, and it is intended to give candidates a strong foundation for a career in project management. The PRINCE2 7 Foundation case studies are 5 cases and about 3,928 words.
1The Benefits That Shrank
Riverside Housing's Tenant Portal project is in the second of four management stages: £1.2m, 14 months, with 30% of phone contacts expected to shift online for annual savings of £380k. Twelve weeks in, the regulator issues guidance requiring phone lines to stay open for vulnerability checks, and the finance director re-forecasts the benefit at £210k a year - below the payback threshold the board approved.
780 words, about 4 min2Three Voices, No Decision
A county council's case-management replacement runs for nine months at £2.4m, using an internal IT team plus a systems integrator. The senior user (head of adult services) has attended one of five project board meetings.
771 words, about 4 min3Signed Off, But Not Fit
A payroll migration for 22,000 employees is twelve months in and entering its go-live stage. The product description for the 'payroll calculation module' states the purpose as 'accurate, user-friendly payroll calculation', the quality method as 'supplier unit test', and the quality criteria as 'system testing complete'.
768 words, about 4 min4The Boundary That Came Early
A rail signalling upgrade is budgeted at £8m across five management stages. Stage 3 (detailed design) is at week 11 of 16.
850 words, about 4 min5PRINCE2 Overkill
A charity is moving its donor CRM to a cloud provider: four months, £90k, five people including one supplier consultant. The PMO mandates the corporate methodology in full - a 60-page project initiation document, monthly project board, a daily log per team member, weekly risk register review meetings, an end stage report for every stage, and a dedicated project support officer.
759 words, about 4 min