PRINCE2 Practitioner case studies
PRINCE2 Practitioner · Put your knowledge to work in context.
PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7) is the higher of the two PRINCE2 certifications listed by PeopleCert, the certification body that publishes the method. Where the Foundation level establishes vocabulary and principles, the Practitioner level is described by PeopleCert as teaching you to "apply and tailor the latest PRINCE2 Project Management (Version 7) to any project, lead project teams effectively and ensure your projects' success." That makes it relevant to practising project managers, team managers, project support staff and assurance or governance roles who need to scale and adapt the method rather than simply recognise its terms. The PRINCE2 Practitioner case studies are 5 cases and about 3,582 words.
1The benefits that moved: a local authority waste-collection transformation
The Northshire Council approved a £4.2m, 14-month programme to transform waste collection, with a business case promising £1.1m annual savings from route optimisation and reduced overtime. At the end of stage 2, month 6, the integration supplier reports that the fleet telematics interface will cost £600k more and take ten weeks longer.
597 words, about 3 min2Who owns the work package? A three-party infrastructure upgrade
Meridian Agency is eight months into a 20-month programme to upgrade network and security equipment at 60 government sites. The project board has three members: an executive from Meridian, a senior user from facilities, and a senior supplier from the prime contractor.
749 words, about 4 min3Done or just delivered? A clinical records migration
Westbridge NHS Trust is migrating 2.3 million patient records to a new clinical system. The project initiation documentation states that the migration product must be 'accurate and user-friendly.' The supplier's test summary reports a 99.2% record match, but the quality register has not been updated for seven weeks, and acceptance records exist for only 8 of the 20 quality criteria.
750 words, about 4 min4The supplier whose credit rating fell: a payment platform build
Northgate Financial is building a payment platform for a regulatory deadline in 14 weeks. The fraud-detection engine is supplied by Vantage, the only provider with the required API certification.
766 words, about 4 min5The reporting change that kept growing: a regulatory reporting project
Arclight Bank is delivering a new regulatory report. The report specification is baselined at version 2.1.
720 words, about 4 min