The Gorse Fox has been pretty scathing about PRINCE2 MSP. He does not retract a single word of it. What he has recognised, however, that it a problem of scale. This is a system that would be perfectly adequate for the planning of a programme to build a power station... but is spectacularly overkill for even a large IT Programme. Next time you see the headlines reporting failure of a Government IT Project, ask how much of total spend went "project management" and how much went on solving the actual problem.
Now, GF is sometimes dismissive of project managers. That s not to say he does not recognise the valuable role they play in a well-run project. Every project should be managed by a good, PM... but not hordes of them. A good PM recognises the the correct outcome of a project is product that meets the client's requirements, on-time, and on-budget. It is not a sheaf of project management reports.
[File under: Project Management]
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