What are PRINCE2 project controls?Project management

PRINCE2PRINCE2 provides for two types of project controls to help decision-making and enable control within a project. These are event-driven controls and time-driven controls.

Event-driven controls are based on specific events occurring within a project, such as the completion of a particular stage or the submission of a report.

What are PRINCE2 project controls?

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