Chapter 3 of 5 · PeopleCert PRINCE2 7 Foundation
People
Ecosystems, change management, stakeholders, culture, leadership, communication, teams and how people integrate.
- 3topics
- 15 minfast track
- 14%of the exam
Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Ecosystems, Stakeholders, Culture and LeadershipPRINCE2 7 people terms: organizational and project ecosystems, stakeholders, culture, co-creation, and how leadership differs…5 min
- 2Change Management, Engagement and CommunicationPRINCE2 7 change management and why it matters, stakeholder engagement, communication, and the PID change and communication…5 min
- 3Effective Teams and How People Integrate with PRINCE2PRINCE2 7 effective teams with diversity, capability and competence, and how the people element links to the principles…5 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
People is 14% of the PRINCE2 7 Foundation exam, about eight of the 60 questions. People became one of the five integrated elements in PRINCE2 7, so this chapter is new compared with older editions of the method.
It covers the organizational and project ecosystems, change management, stakeholders, culture, collaboration and co-creation, leadership and management, communication and effective teams. It also covers two parts of the PID that support people (the change management approach and the communication management approach) and how the people element links to the principles, practices and processes.
Questions are mostly definitions and "which statement is correct" items. Many hinge on one contrast: people working inside the project versus people affected by it, or leadership versus management.
How the topics fit together
The project sits inside a wider organizational ecosystem. Outputs only turn into outcomes and benefits when the people affected adopt the change, which is why engagement, communication and change management matter.
If a question asks why a project with perfect outputs still failed to deliver benefits, the answer is almost always about people: the change was not adopted.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with tables and examples.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise and how questions are phrased.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
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