Themes became practices
The 7th edition renamed the themes to practices and there are still seven: business case, organizing, plans, quality, risk, issues, and progress. They are the aspects managed continuously and in parallel throughout the project.
Why it is like this
The rename signals that they are things you do rather than topics you know, and aligns the vocabulary with ITIL 4's practices.
Not to be confused with
Phases or a sequence. All seven are live at once from start-up to closure, and each has its own management products.
In practice
"Change" became issues in the 7th edition, and "organization" became organizing — small renames that show up in every exam question.
Source: Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2, 7th edition (PeopleCert, 2023) — PRINCE2 7, §6 to §12 — practices. Read on .
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Say it back Check yourself
Name the seven PRINCE2 7 practices.
Answer out loud or in writing first, then open the points below.
The points a good answer makes
- Business case
- Organizing
- Plans
- Quality
- Risk
- Issues
- Progress
If you learned PRINCE2 6, two names changed: change → issues, organization → organizing.