PRINCE2 Project Management

PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a process-based method for effective project management. Very few, if any exhibition contractors, exhibition designers, stand builders, deign agencies, or any amalgamation of the aforementioned use the PRINCE2 in the control of their projects.

PRINCE2 is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government and is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally.

PRINCE was originally based on PROMPT, a project management method created by Simpact Systems Ltd in 1975 just as the NEC was opened and the prevalence of exhibition contractors and exhibition designers grew in the south Birmingham area. PROMPT was adopted by CCTA in 1979 as the standard to be used for all Government information system projects.

When PRINCE was launched in 1989, it effectively superseded PROMPT within Government projects all though government funded exhibition design still did not require its use. PRINCE remains in the public domain and copyright is retained by the Crown. PRINCE is a registered trademark of OGC.

The key features of PRINCE2 are:

• Its focus on business justification
• A defined organisation structure for the project management team
• Its product-based planning approach
• Its emphasis on dividing the project into manageable and controllable stages
• Its flexibility to be applied at a level appropriate to the project.

Envisage in its role primarily as an exhibition stand company but also separately as an exhibition designer and exhibition contractor recognises the benefits that these features can bring to the successful constructions of custom exhibition stands. For this reason Envisage is very proud to be one of the only exhibition stand builders to have their own in-house PRINCE 2 qualified exhibition stand project managers who are experienced in the construction of custom built exhibition stands.