CHAPTER 4: SEVEN PROCESSES
Process one: Starting up a project
Purpose:
The purpose of the starting up a project process is to ensure that the prerequisites for initiating a project are in place by answering the question: do we have a viable and worthwhile project?
The purpose of the starting up a project process is as much about preventing poorly conceived projects from ever being initiated as it is about approving the initiation of viable projects.
What this means
To trigger a PRINCE2 project, someone with enough authority from within an organisation needs to commission the project idea. The project idea is presented as a project mandate – either formally as a written document, or informally as a verbal request. Regardless of presentation, ...
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