Prince2 Requirements:

You have been recommended for the project manager role, but there are others on the shortlist, including some very experienced consultants.

In order to convince you are the person for the job, you need to develop a project and submit the Project Initiation Document (PID) using PRINCE2 and covering the subheading provided in ILX document.

You have to:

- provide an understanding of the theory of PRINCE2 and follow the document guidelines;

- demonstrate the application of PRINCE2 theory to your topic;

- Provide the rationale for proposed plans and choices based on evidence and research;

- use academic conventions, referencing and writing skills appropriate for L6.

- You are free to use any tool or technique, permitted by PRINCE2, that will in your opinion be best at supporting your individual project topic. For example, you may wish to use WBS and Gantt chart or just one. Your risk management may be qualitative or quantitative or a combination of both. Ultimately, it is up to you to decide which tool(s) and or techniques(s) would best suit your project and deploy them accordingly.

Topic: Installation of Solar Panels for Rental Properties

Project Objectives and Desired Outcomes

The project will focus on setting up solar energy systems in multiple rental units within the desired timeframe while ensuring a high standard of quality throughout the process. Some of the objectives and outcomes that the project will need to achieve are the following:

To add solar panels to 50 properties on lease within the next 12 months

To lessen carbon emissions by 50 tonnes annually

To reduce the costs of electricity bills by 25-30%

To increase the buildings value by an estimated 5%

Answer the following:

1. Communication management approach

[To define the parties interested in the project and the means and frequency of communication between them and the project. Where the project is subject to the commissioning organizations communication management policies/strategies, the PID should make reference to them rather than duplicate them. Where the project is not subject to the commissioning organizations communication management policies/strategies, appropriate strategies/ approaches should be documented]

1.1 Introduction

[States the purpose, objectives and scope, and identifies who is responsible for the approach]

1.2. Communication Procedure

[A description of (or reference to) any communication methods to be used. Any variance from corporate, programme management or customer standards should be highlighted, together with a justification for the variance]

1.3. Tools and Techniques

[Refers to any communication tools to be used, and any preference for techniques that may be used, for each step in the communication process]

1.4 Records

[Definition of what communication records will be required and where they will be stored (for example, logging of external correspondence)]

1.5 Reporting

[Describes any reports on the communication process that are to be produced, including their purpose, timing and recipients (for example, performance indicators)]

1.6 Time of Communication Activities

[States when formal communication activities are to be undertaken (for example, at the end of a management stage) including performance audits of the communication methods]

1.7 Roles and Responsibilities

[Describes who will be responsible for what aspects of the communication process, including any corporate, programme management or customer roles involved with the communication]

1.8 Stakeholder Analysis

[Identification of the interested party (which may include accounts staff, user forum, internal audit, corporate, programme management or customer quality assurance, competitors etc.)

- Current relationship

- Desired relationship

- Interfaces

- Key messages

- Information needs for each interested party:

o Information required to be provided from the project

o Information required to be provided to the project

o Information provider and recipient

o Frequency of communication

o Means of communication

o Format of the communication]

2. Project plan - make a table that indicates the timeline or schedule for each stage in the solar panel installation to rental houses from start to finish

[Describing how and when the projects objectives are to be achieved, by showing the major products, activities and resources required on the project. It provides a baseline against which to monitor the projects progress management stage by management stage]

3. Project controls

[Summarizing the project-level controls such as management stage boundaries, agreed tolerances, monitoring and reporting, and suggest other options if option A indicated in the project plan didnt work]