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PRINCE2 Exam Prep 40, Process — Initiating a Project (IP)

June 10 · 2 min · 2.8 MB
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In this episode you will learn:
- The primary purpose of the Initiating a Project (IP) process is to create the detailed foundation, the Project Initiation Documentation (PID), before committing to major project resources.
- IP refines the outline business case from the pre-project stage into a detailed business case, justifying the project's continuation.
- A core activity is creating the four key management approaches: Risk, Quality, Change Control, and Communication.
- The PID is the key output of this process, which is baselined and requires Project Board approval before the first delivery stage can begin.
- A common exam trap is confusing the detailed planning in IP with the high-level viability check in the Starting Up a Project (SU) process.

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