Which term is defined as the result of change, normally affecting real-world behaviour and circumstances?

PRINCE2 defines an outcome as the situation that results once a change has been implemented; it is the altered real-world behaviour or circumstance that the project is meant to bring about. It is therefore the best fit for “the result of change, normally affecting real-world behaviour and circumstances”.

B. Benefit – a measurable improvement derived from an outcome, not the outcome itself.
C. Output – a specialist product created by the project, not the situation that product causes.
D. Request for change – a proposal to alter a baseline, not the result of the change.

1. AXELOS. “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2,” 6th ed., TSO, 2017, Glossary p. 366 (“Outcome”).

2. Ibid., Glossary p. 359 (“Benefit”).

3. Ibid., Glossary p. 366 (“Output”).

4. Ibid., Glossary p. 368 (“Request for change”).