Module 15: Determining and Tailoring of the PRINCE2 Managing A Stage Boundary Process

Lesson 1:  15.1 Managing a Stage Boundary Purpose

In this lesson, you will learn how the purpose of managing a stage boundary is to enable the project manager to provide the project board with sufficient information to be able to review the success of the current stage, approve the next stage plan, review the updated project plan and confirm continued business justification and acceptability of the risks.

Members Only 15.2 SB Objectives Context and Overview

In this lesson, you will learn the managing a stage boundary objectives, how to deal with exceptions, and grasp the process context that business justification should be reconfirmed at the end of each stage, the project can be redirected or stopped if required, while providing a means for implementing an exception procedure. You will understand the managing a stage boundary process is based on dividing the project into stages, why it is important to have a mechanism for corrective action to bring the project back in the right direction and under control, and grasp how the managing a stage boundary provides a means by which an exception procedure can be implemented

Members Only 15.3 Managing a Stage Boundary Stage Plans

Managing a Stage Boundary Stage Plans. In this lesson, you will learn when using the managing a stage boundary process, how the evaluate the stage activity, request next stage activity, prepare the next stage plan, and prepare the exception plan (more details in the next lesson), are used. You will grasp the inputs and outputs to these activities and the management products created or updated.

Members Only 15.4 SB Exception Plans and Updating the Project Plan

SB Exception Plans and Updating the Project Plan. In this lesson, you will deep dive and learn when using the managing a stage boundary process, how the exception process is carried out, in particular the update the project plan, and update the business case activities, and grasp the inputs and outputs to these activities and the management products created or updated. You will learn that exception plans must be produced to show the actions required to recover from or avoid a deviation from the agreed tolerances in the project plan or a stage plan, and are prepared to the same level of detail as the plan they replace, and if approved, the exception plan replaces the stage plan that is in exception and becomes the new baselined plan. You will grasp the inputs and outputs to these activities and the management products created or updated.

Members Only 15.5 SB Business Case Update and Stage Evaluation

In this lesson, you will learn how to apply the update the business case activity, the evaluate the stage activity, and the request the next stage trigger (we will look in more detail on this in the next lesson), along with the structure and content of the end stage report. In each case, you will learn the recommended actions by the project manager.

Members Only 15.6 SB RACI and Practice Applications - Part ONE

In this lesson, you will grasp a top-level review of the exception process, and grasp the request the next stage activity and the recommended actions of the project manager. You will understand the application to the managing a stage boundary process to the RACI table. You will learn how the activities in managing a stage boundary may be combined, separated, or run concurrently to suit the project context, while taking care to ensure the integrity of the connections with the processes of initiating a project, controlling a stage, and directing a project The project manager is responsible for the creation of all new management products in this process but may delegate work to others with the requisite skills, such as project support or a team manager, provided the project manager retains the overall responsibility. You will also understand how the business case and organizing practices are applied to the managing a stage boundary process.

Members Only 15.7 SB RACI and Practice Applications - Part TWO

This is part two of the PRINCE2 practice applications to the Managing a stage boundary process. You will understand how plans, quality, risks, issues, and progress practices are applied to the managing a stage boundary process.