Templates' effectiveness - End stage/project procedure 1.0.0

Prince2 template: End stage/project procedure 1.0.0

This is an articulate list (in its first version) of actions to be carried through for being sure that all the efforts will yield the promises made in the Business Case. It is based on Prince2 and includes some PMBooks concepts.

Template size and quantity

The frameworks are the project’s scaffolding. While almost impossible to avoid it, the choice of using a system instead of another is influenced (at least) by these factors:

1. Domain and company’s organization, including culture (where web is much more agile than ERP)
2. Project’s dimensions
3. Management’s leadership style
4. Team cohesiveness (e.g. previous experience, sharing the same premises)

Workload vs. results

Assuming that all the necessary data are available through a central repository (from an Excel sheet on PM’s PC to complex systems based on CMS – e.g. SharePoint), the strategy of using more or less templates should be focused on the need of caring for stakeholders’ communication.

The effort of collecting information that will be inserted in each document represents the smaller portion of the value. The documents are useful if, and only if, they are read and understood.