Global Complex Project Management

• Presents a project framework that illustrates the what, why, and how of what must be done to deliver better and higher quality solutions and increased business value over an alternate approach
• Designs the best-fit approach to managing complexity and uncertainty, aligned with the seven lean principles of continuous innovation, that embraces all project management methodologies and is driven totally by the characteristics of the project, its internal organizational environment and culture, and changing external market dynamics
• Supplies processes and practices for establishing and sustaining meaningful client involvement, utilizing a new brainstorming process and a co-manager model that from a product perspective gives a client the authority and decision-making responsibility equal to the typical project manager
• Transfers the knowledge needed to apply the decision-making authority of the co-managers to maximize the probability of project success and the delivery of expected business value
• Utilizes innovative Probative Swim Lanes to investigate feasible ideas, a Project Scope Bank to facilitate good decision making, and lean principles to conserve resource capacity and availabilities
• Provides a robust product-based planning process template which uses a just-in-time approach focused primarily on the quality and business value of the delivered products
• Includes a unique bundled lean change management process that is open, simple, and relatively painless for assuring better decision making with respect to analyzing, approving, and prioritizing change
• Discusses how to develop or expand the role of an existing PMO to properly support the PRINCE2 Lean Framework
• WAV^™ offers downloadable slide presentations for use in training and academic instruction that visually depict and briefly explain the P2 Lean Framework and associated processes—available from the Web Added Value^™ Download Resource Center

Robert K. Wysocki is a project management guru and a pioneer in business analysis, information systems management, and business process management with over 45 years of combined experienced within these fields. He has authored 25 books on project management and information systems management, including his major best-seller Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme, now in its 7^th edition. His most recent book, Effective Complex Project Management: An Adaptive Agile Framework for Delivering Business Value, was published in 2014.

Colin Bentley is a project management thought leader and the designer of the original PROMPTII/PRINCE Framework developed specifically for managing information technology projects and of PRINCE2, a more generic product management framework originally adopted for all UK government projects. Mr. Bentley authored all editions of the of PRINCE2 Manual, all Foundation and Practitioner exams for certification, and served as Chief Examiner until 2009. He still answers the “Ask an expert” questions on PRINCE2 for the APMG, an international professional certification organization.

PART 1: OVERVIEW Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter Learning Objectives Introduction P2 and the ECPM Frameworks: Differences and Similarities P2 Lean Framework Managing a P2 Lean Project Setting Up a P2 Lean Project The Future of P2 Lean Why We Wrote This Book How This Book Is Organized How to Use This Book Who Should Use This Book A Note on Capitalization of Terms Chapter 2: Overview of the Effective Complex Project Management Framework Chapter Learning Objectives ECPM Process Flow Diagram The Recommended ECPM Framework Artifacts Putting It All Together Chapter 3: PRINCE2 LEAN: Are You a Cook or a Chef? Chapter Learning Objectives The Complex Project Landscape A High-level Look at P2 and the ECPM Framework artifacts The ECPM Framework Artifacts P2 LEAN Framework Putting It All Together Chapter 4: PRINCE2 LEAN: Project Planning Chapter Learning Objectives What is Product-Based Planning? The P2 LEAN Project Planning Hierarchy Putting It All Together PART 2: PRINCE2 LEAN and the IDEATION PHASE Chapter 5: Preparing the Business Case Chapter Learning Objectives Overview Starting Up a P2 LEAN Project: The Business Case Preparing the P2 LEAN Business Case Putting It All Together Chapter 6: Creating the Project Product Description Chapter Learning Objectives P2 LEAN Project Product Description Process Flow Chapter 7: Preparing for the Initiation Stage Chapter Learning Objectives Introduction Appoint the Project Brief Task Force Draft the Project Brief Create the P2 LEAN Initiation Stage Plan Authorizing the Set-up Phase Putting It All Together PART 3: PRINCE2 and the SET-UP PHASE Chapter 8: Selecting the Project Core Team Chapter Learning Objectives The P2 LEAN Project Team Template Select the P2 LEAN Project Team Process Flow Putting It All Together Chapter 9: Designing the Project Approach Chapter Learning Objectives P2 LEAN Complex Project SET-UP Phase The P2 LEAN Project Team Template Putting It All Together Chapter 10: Preparing the Project Initiation Documentation Chapter Learning Objectives The Project Initiation Documentation Putting It All Together PART 4: PRINCE2 and the EXECUTION PHASE Chapter 11: Preparing for the Next Stage Chapter Learning Objectives Overview Update the Scope Bank Complete Bundled Change Management Process Create the Next Stage Plan Create the Team Plan Update the Project Initiation Documentation Authorize the Next Stage Putting It All Together Chapter 12: Executing the Stage Plan Chapter Learning Objectives Authorize Work Packages Execute Work Packages Review Stage Status Capture, Examine and Escalate Issues and Risks Take Corrective Action Accept Work Package Products Deliver the Work Package Products Putting It All Together Chapter 13: Closing the Stage Chapter Learning Objectives Closing a P2 Lean Stage Putting It All Together Chapter 14: Closing the Project Chapter Learning Objectives ECPM Process Flow Diagram Co-managers Recommend Project Closure Authorize Project Closure Create the End of Project Plan Deploy the Accepted Solution Evaluate the Project Prepare End of Project Report Observations on the Next Version Celebrating Success Putting It All Together PART 5: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Chapter 15: Organizational Infrastructure Chapter Learning Objectives What Is a P2 LEAN PSO? Establishing the PSO Mission PSO Objectives Hub & Spoke PSO Organizational Structure P2 LEAN PSO Support Services Staffing the EPSO and the Division level PSO Putting It All Together Chapter 16: Benefits of the PRINCE2 LEAN Framework Chapter Learning Objectives Origins of the P2 LEAN Framework P2 LEAN Benefits Gained from the P2 Framework P2 LEAN Benefits Gained from the ECPM Framework Putting It All Together EPILOGUE APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY APPENDIX B: REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY

“The growth of data, the integration of customers in business processes, and the need for custom solutions has made projects more complex and their products shorter lived. We now need lean, agile, and adaptive tools that are effective in building complex solutions quickly. Wysocki and Bentley offer just such an approach by combining two road-tested frameworks.” —Todd C. Williams, President, eCameron, Inc., USA

“Tailoring PRINCE2 to the needs of the project has always been a challenge and aligning PRINCE2 and Agile has been awkward. This book offers us a solution in the form of an easy-to-use and effective approach called PRINCE2 LEAN that fits like a glove.” —Richard Weber, PMP, PRINCE2, Managing Director, Key Result BV, Netherlands