During Initiating a Project, the PRINCE2 Project Initiation Document is produced. This comprises those products produced during the process, including
- the Project Background and Definition, refined from the project Brief produced during Starting Up a Project
- the project Organisation Structure
- Communication Plan
- Project Quality Plan, including plans for Change Control and Configuration Management
- Project Controls plan, setting out how the project will be controlled
- the initial Business Case
- the initial Project Plan
- the initial Risk Log
All this needs to be approved by the Project Board prior to detailed work starting in the next stage of the project.




