Learn Product-based Planning Technique in 10 Minutes Flat!

Without product focus, projects can be subjected to “scope creep”. PRINCE2 uses Product Descriptions which are created during planning.
These include the quality criteria that each product must meet. Once the products of a plan have been defined, then the activities and resources can be planned to create the products.
The use of the PRINCE2 methodology provides powerful benefits over traditional planning approaches.
This is because the philosophy is that products are first identified within the planning steps, and only then are the activities, dependencies between them, and the resources required to deliver those products are planned.
This is called Product-based planning and will be used for project, stage and optionally, team plan levels.
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Like most planning procedures, this one is iterative in nature and will often be progressively elaborated as the process of creating the plan proceeds.
At the end of each stage for example, the Project Plan will be updated and normally refined.
Whenever creation or update work on a plan is needed, the Product-based planning technique will be used.
At the start of any PRINCE2 project, decisions must be made about how the plan can be presented, and any specific presentation and layout rules that should be adhered to.
If the project is part of a programme then the above may need to use their preferred approach and plan structure.
Other decisions that need to be made at this point for the plans within a project, may include any company standards or the use of a planning tool such as Microsoft Project.
Estimating methods may also be mandated or recommended and will be based on the size, complexity, risk, or preferences within the organization or industry.
The Product-based planning technique consists of four steps, with the first step of writing the Project Product Description only being used for creating the Project Plan.
The remaining three steps are to create the Product Breakdown Structure (PBS), create the lower level Product Descriptions, and then create the Product Flow Diagram (PFD).
The remaining steps to create the plan document (which starts with identifying activities and dependencies), occurs after the Product-based planning technique, and is used in the creation of each level of PRINCE2 plan
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[@amptec24]

I am still confused about the four steps of product-based planning technique and the steps in product-based planning ;(

[@hambogumble4123]

The first stage is created once in the project. The others are repeated...