| Prince2 the default for project management | | | | 1. Risk analysis |
| Most of the projects in Europe are managed by | | | | 2. Identify the risks |
| Prince2 certified project managers. Part of the Prince2 | | | | 3. Evaluate the risks |
| training is the Prince2 healt check, which can be found | | | | 4. Identify suitable responses to the risk |
| in Appendix D of OGC's Prince2 manual (Managing | | | | 5. Select |
| Sucessful Projects). | | | | Risk management |
| Use the project management health check | | | | 1. Plan and resource |
| I used this wonderful health check for years years | | | | 2. Monitor and report |
| to check the current state of my projects. Later as a | | | | The Prince2 Health Check contains the following |
| programme manager I have used it to check my | | | | questions: |
| project managers and help them perform better. | | | | 1. Is there a Risk Log? |
| Every time I switched jobs I was surprised that I was | | | | 2. Is it kept up-to-date? |
| the only one who had an automated Prince2 checklist | | | | 3. Are risks to each plan identified, analysed and acted |
| (in excel). Now I created a website with the automated | | | | upon? |
| health check so everyone can benefit from it. | | | | 4. Are business risks identified? |
| Online health check at With this website I found an | | | | 5. Is a formal procedure for the management of risk in |
| easy way to share my automated checklist with the | | | | use? |
| world. To use the Online Prince2 health check select | | | | 6. Is risk assessment part of each End Stage |
| the desired check from the submenu. Fill in your name | | | | Assessment? |
| and email. Select the 'send me a copy' box, to receive | | | | 7. Were the major risks entered in the PID? |
| the results by mail. | | | | 8. Have risk owners been identified? |
| Partial health checks available | | | | 9. Are risks monitored on a sufficiently regular basis? |
| The whole health check has 203 questions, which is a | | | | 10. Is risk assessment part of each major change |
| awfull lof of questions to answer. To make life easier I | | | | request assessment? |
| divided the health check also in sub health checks. One | | | | 11. Were risk likelihood and impact assessed? |
| of the sub health checks is the Risk Management | | | | 12. Have proactive risk actions been taken where |
| Health Check. I'll try to explain the necesity of this | | | | necessary? |
| health check: | | | | 13. Were any needed contingency plans prepared? |
| A key aspect for the project is management of Risk. | | | | 14. Were all obvious risks covered? |
| Management of Risk aims to identify risks that | | | | 15. Were the risks and countermeasures discussed |
| threaten the project and then manage them. It is not | | | | with the Project Board? |
| necessarily required to eliminate a risk (or all risks), that | | | | 16. Were appropriate countermeasures taken? |
| could be an disproportionate effort and could prove | | | | 17. Were risks reassessed when plans were |
| costly. | | | | changed? |
| The project manager must be aware of the risks | | | | Related links: |
| from the beginning of the project and not limited to one | | | | - complete project health check (203) questions; |
| stage, but looking forward towards the end of the | | | | - the Prince2 Weblog. |
| project. When decisions are taken they can have | | | | Reference to the manual: "Managing Successful |
| impact on the risks. So a risk assesment is a continous | | | | Project" from OGC, the 2005 edition: |
| process. | | | | - Management of risk - Chapter 17 |
| Risk are introduced at any stage in the project, so | | | | - Risk management cycle - Chapter 17.3 |
| good management of them is a necesity. The Prince2 | | | | - Risk analysis - Chapter 17.3.1 |
| risk management cycle is divided in two steps: | | | | - Risk Management - Chapter 17.3. |