Project Management/PRINCE2/Controlling a Stage

PRINCE2

PRINCE2	Pre-Project	Initiation stage	Delivery stages (usually multiple)	Final stage
Directing	Starting Up a Project (SU)	Directing a Project (DP)
Managing		Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)		Closing a Project (CP)
		Initiating a Project (IP)	Controlling a Stage (CS)
Delivering			Managing Product Delivery (MP)

Left to right represents time. Top to bottom represents decreasing decision-making power.

Projects under PRINCE2 are divided into stages, which are logical parts of projects each of which are completed before the next can begin. Controlling a Stage deals with the inputs and outputs of a single stage: construction/receival and issuing of work packages; tracking and reporting progress through the stage; and capturing and acting on issues.

The key activities of this process are explained below.