Organization

• Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Organization defined
• Levels of organization
• The project management team
  • Project management team structure
  • Project Board
  • Project Assurance
  • Change Authority
  • Size of the Project Board
  • Project Manager
  • Team Manager
  • Project Support
  • Dealing with changes to the project management team
• Working with the project team
  • Balancing the project team and individual
  • Training needs for project teams
  • Part time teams
• Working with the corporate organization
  • Line management functional management
  • Centre of excellence
• Working with stakeholders
  • Types of stakeholder
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • The Communication Management Strategy
• Responsibilities

Key sections

• Introduction
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
• Introduction to processes
• Starting up a projectDirecting a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment
• Directing Projects with PRINCE2

The PRINCE2 approach

Working with stakeholders

The Communication Management Strategy

The Communication Management Strategy contains a description of the means and frequency of communication to parties both internal and external to the project.
It facilitates engagement with stakeholders through the establishment of a controlled and bi-directional flow of information.

Where the project is part of a programme, the Communication Management Strategy should also define what information the programme needs and how this is to be communicated.

If a formal stakeholder engagement procedure has been completed, such as that described earlier, this should also be documented as part of the Communication Management Strategy.

For more details of the suggested content for the Communication Management Strategy see the folder ‘Product Description outlines’ in the product package.

The Project Manager should be responsible for documenting the Communication Management Strategy during the Initiating a Project process.
It is also important to review and possibly update the Communication Management Strategy at each stage boundary in order to ensure that it still includes all the key stakeholders.
When planning the final stage of the project it is also important to review the Communication Management Strategy to ensure it includes all the parties who need to be advised that the project is closing.

During a project, corporate or programme management retains control by receiving project information as defined in the Communication Management Strategy and taking decisions on project-level exceptions escalated by the Project Board.

If a project forms part of a programme, there will need to be consistency and communication between the project and programme levels of management.
For more detailed information on programme roles and how they may interact with project roles see the information contained in the folder ‘Tailoring PRINCE2® to the project environment’ as part of the product package.

Further details of project management team roles and their associated responsibilities are provided in the folder ‘roles and responsibilities’ as part of the product package. These include role description outlines, which should be tailored to the needs of the specific project and each specific appointment.

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